A Life Rooted in Displacement, Blossoming in Wood Ursula von Rydingsvard’s sculptures are monuments to resilience, born from a life steeped in displacement and forged through an intimate dialogue with the natural world. Born Urszula Karoliszyn in 1942 in Deensen, Germany, her earliest years were shadowed by the turmoil of World War II. The daughter of Polish parents—her mother Polish, her father Ukrainian—she experienced firsthand the upheaval and trauma of wartime Europe, followed by five harrowing years spent traversing eight different German refugee camps for displaced Poles. This period…