Ralfonso "Ralf" Gschwend (born April 29, 1959) is a Swiss kinetic sculptor.
Sculpture designs range in size from 2 ft to 180 ft. Sculptures have been exhibited or installed in Switzerland, Russia,[1] Netherlands,[2] China,[3] Germany and the USA.
As president from its inception, he co-founded the Kinetic Art Organization (KAO) www.kinetic-art.org in 2001 with a German and a US fellow Kinetic Artist. Now, with more than 1,000 members in over 60 Countries around the world, KAO has become the largest kinetic art organization in the world. KAO has co-organized Kinetic Art Exhibitions, such as the ART IN MOTION in The Netherlands,[2] St. Petersburg, Russia,[1] and the MomentuM exhibition at Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, USA.
As an award winner of the Beijing City Sculpture Competition 2007 and a finalist for the "Contest of Landscape Sculpture Designs for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games", Ralfonso was invited to speak at "Olympic Culture and Public Art Conference".[3]