Arik Levy

Arik Levy was born in Tel Aviv. An artist and industrial designer, he attended the Art Center Europe in Switzerland where he graduated with distinction in 1991. Levy employs a multi-disciplinary approach in both the art and industrial design fields. His works have been included in multiple museum collections. Levy lives and works in Paris.

Biography

After graduating at Art Center College of Design (Art Center, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland), Levy went to Japan where he consolidated his ideas producing products and pieces for exhibitions. His sculpture RockGrowth Atomium 808 was acquired by Atomium in Brussels.

Art exhibitions and installations 2020 Installation of the monumental sculpture RockGrowth 2000, on Bratyev Vesninykh Boulevard, Moscow. It is 21 meters high and made of mirror polished stainless steel. 2019 BLICKACHSEN 12, 05/2019 to 10/2019, Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main 2017 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo "Sculpture park" Installation of RockTripleFusion VerticalGiant 660 and RockTripleFusionGiant 500, Taipei. two monumental public sculptures commissioned to be part of the residential project Da-An Park Towers by Sir Richard Rogers, in Taipei, Taiwan. Baker Museum, Florida – solo exhibition – 09/2017 Swarovski Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens – 11/2017 Louise Alexander Gallery, Nomad, Monaco – Solo exhibition – 04/2017 Aeroplastic, Brussels – group exhibition – 04/2017 Setareh gallery, Düsseldorf – I Remembered It Differently - solo exhibition – 03/2017 Samsung, commission for BaselWorld – Galaxy Stand – 03/2017 Jensen Gallery, Sydney – group exhibition – 03/2017 2016 Atomium, Brussels – RockGrowth 808 Atomium – public space permanent installation – 04/2014 Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv – Absent Presence - solo exhibition – 03/11/2016 Design Miami, Miami – Ice by Arik Levy – 12/2016 Les Rencontres D’arles, Arles – 20/20 – Group Exhibition – 07/2016 to 09/2016 PODGORNY ROBINSON gallery temporary space, Saint Paul de Vence – Summer group exhibition – 07/2016 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo "Crater" 2015 Set decoration for the fifth season of American Horror Story Marlborough Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong Louise Alexander Gallery, Shanghai, China – DesignShanghai 2015 – solo exhibition – 03/2015 2014 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo – Uncontrolled Nature – solo exhibition – 06/2014 Ilan Engel Gallery, Paris – New Works – solo exhibition – 06/2014 RockGrowth 808 Atomium – Atomium, Brussels - public space permanent installation and exhibition – 04/2014 Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels – Full House: 100 artists – group exhibition – 04/2014 Fondation EDF, Paris – Que la lumière soit – RewindableLight art video – 04/2014 2013 Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris – AbstractRock series and other artworks alongside the exhibition “Dans la ligne de mire” – 09/2013 to 03/2014 Vitra Museum, Weil am Rhein – RewindableLight art video – Lightopia group exhibition – 09/2013 to 03/2014 Galerist, Istanbul – Activated Nature – solo exhibition – 11/2013 Enclos des Bernardins, Paris – RockGrowth installation – 09/2013 Mitterrand+Cramer, Geneva – new sculptures – solo exhibition – 03/2013 Galerie Maubert, Paris – Nouvelle Lune – group exhibition – 04/2013 Mitterrand+Cramer, Geneva – new sculptures – solo exhibition – 03/2013 Alon Segev Gallery, London – Art13 London – art fair – 02/2013 Priveekollektie, Rotterdam – Raw Art Fair – art fair – 02/2013 Priveekollektie, Grand–Saconnex, Switzerland – Artgenève – art fair – 01/2013

2012 Passage de Retz, Paris – Nothing is quite as it seems – solo exhibition – 11/2012 Fondazione Bisazza, Montecchio Maggiore, Italy – Experimental growth – solo exhibition – 11/2012 Swarovski Crystal Worlds, Wattens, Austria – Transparent Opacity – solo exhibition – 09/2012 Galerist Tepebaş, Istanbul – Le Jardin de la Spéculation Cosmique – group exhibition – 11/2012 Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv – Genetic Intimacy – solo exhibition – 09/2012 London Design Museum, London – Osmosis Interactive installation at Swarovski's Digital Crystal – group exhibition – 09/2012 Jardin du Hauvel, Saint-Hymer – Art et Nature – group exhibition curated by Jean–Gabriel Mitterrand – 06/2012 Hedge Gallery, San Francisco – Flections – group exhibition curated by Sabrina Buell – 06/2012 Priveekollektie, Heusden aan de Maas – EmotionalDeflection – solo exhibition – 05/2012 Galerie Maubert, Paris – Le Sacre du Printemps – group exhibition – 04/2012 Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv – Arik Levy & Guy Yanai – group exhibition – 03/2012 Stonetouch, Geneva – Candelabra – group exhibition – Nuit des Bains – 03/2012

2011 Natural History Museum, London – installation – Regeneration: Osmosis Chaton Superstructures at the Natural History Museum – 09/2011 JGM. Galerie, Paris – M+C Design 2008–2011 – group exhibition – Facetmoon + WireFlowRandom + BigRock – 03/2011 Galerie Pierre–Alain Challier, Paris – Un regard d'Obsidienne – group exhibition – Absence – 01/2011 Design Museum Holon, Israel – Post Fossil: excavating 21st century creation – group exhibition – RockFusion + SelfArcheology – 01/2011

2010 21_21 Design Sight gallery, Tokyo – Reality Lab – group exhibition – Fixing Nature Log installation – 11/2010 Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv – Natural Disorder – solo exhibition – 10/2010 Mitterrand+Cramer, Geneva – Geotectonic – solo exhibition – 09/2010 Priveekollektie, Heusden aan de Maas, The Netherlands – My Name is Arik – solo exhibition – 09/2010 Istanbul Modern – Log Forest – 08/2010 Personality Disorder Social Codes installation – No Holds Barred – Art Amsterdam – 05/2010 Eighth Veil Gallery, Los Angeles – Out there logging – solo exhibition – 05/2010 Santa Monica Museum of Art, USA – Luminescence, between Fire & Ice – solo exhibition – 05/2010 Lambretto Art Project, Milano – 13 798 grams of design – group exhibition – RockFusion Brass – 04/2010 21_21 Design Sight gallery, Tokyo – Post Fossil: excavating 21st century creation – group exhibition – RockFusion and SelfArcheology – 04/2010

2009 Slott Gallery, Paris – Confessions – group exhibition Préliminaires – 12/2009 Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London – Fruit & Flowers – group exhibition 10/2009 Vienna Design Week, Vienna – Arik Levy & Swarovski Osmosis Chaton Superstructures at the Liechtenstein Museum and TableScape architectural Jewellery at Sotheby's – 10/2009 Swarovski Crystal Palace, Ex Magazzini di Porta Genova Milano – Osmosis – 04/2009 Oratorio Basilica di S. Ambrogio, Milano – Prophets & Penitents, Confessions of a Chair – group exhibition– Identity Disorder chair – 04/2009 Galleria Nina Lumer, Milano – Love Design – group exhibition – Powered by JimmyJane – 04/2009

2008 Design Miami, Miami – Beyond Organic: Design In the State of Nature – group exhibition – 12/2008 Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London – Diversion – group exhibition – 11/2008 Chatsworth, UK – Beyond Limits – group exhibition – Log Corner + Log Corner Grid – 09/2008 Sudeley Castle, UK – The Artist's Playground – group exhibition – Moon Tables – 06/2008 Wright20, Chicago, IL – Absent Nature – 04/2008 Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX – Imperative Design – group exhibition – 01/2008 Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris – Propositions lumineuses 2 – group exhibition – 01/2008

2007 Galerie NumerisCausa, Paris – Il était une fois... – group exhibition for the gallery's opening – Shine light sculpture – 12/2007 The Mews Gallery by Rabih Hage, London – Sitting Pretty – exhibition of photos by Jonathan Root, featuring a portrait of Arik Levy with his creation Identity Disorder – 09/2007 Dialogues méditerranéens, St. Tropez – Big Rock – installation – 07/2007 Centre des arts, Enghien–les–Bains – L’Autre – 01/2007

2006 Drugstore Publicis, Paris – MiniMaxi – installation – 09/2006 Baccarat, Paris – Phantom – installation – Designer's Days 06/2006 Passage de Retz, Paris – Big Rock – permanent installation – 05/2006 Centre culturel français, Milan – République Libre du Design – installation Organ – 04/2006

2005 Passage de Retz / Mouvements modernes, Paris – Du Bois Don't On Se Chauffe – 12/2005 Gallery Alain Gutharc – Propositions lumineuses – 2005–2006 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – D.Day – installation From primitive to virtual – 06/2005 Garanti Gallery, Istanbul – Feel before you see – 05/2005 National Glass Centre/Glass Gallery, Sunderland, UK – Brilliant – 02/2005

2004 Park Ryusook Gallery, Korea – Love counts – 09/2004 Victoria & Albert Museum, London – Brilliant – 02/2004

2002 Hertzlia Museum, Israel Video Zone Biennale – Two stars hotel – in collaboration with Sigalit Landau, 2002

2001 Pascale Cottard–Ollsson Gallery, Stockholm – personal exhibition – 11/2001

2000 Isart Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich – Virtual light – 2000 Isart Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich – Virtual/Religious’ – 2000

1997 Sculpture Biennale Ein Hod, Israel – Humanism 2020 – 1997

1996 Louisiana Museum, Danemark – Design og identitet – 1996

1986 Sculpture Park, Jaffa, Israel – 1986

Museum collections The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago – Contemporary Domestic Confessional – 2010 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Installation Fractal Cloud – 2006 Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul – Umbilical Light – 2005 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Xm3 duo, Light pocket, Alchemy tube lights – 2002 HSBC Connection Collection / Volume 1 – Rockshelves + Rocksplit – 2009

Competitions and awards 2014 Design Plus powered by Light+Building 2014 award: Best of Design Plus - Wireflow pendants by Arik Levy for Vibia – Frankfurt Wallpaper* Design Awards 2014 – Best line work – Wireflow pendants by Arik Levy for Vibia – London

2013 Best of Year 2013 awards/INTERIOR DESIGN : category Lighting: Floor and Sconce – Fold lighting collection by Arik Levy for Vibia – USA

2011 Good Design award: Emu Pattern collection for Coalesse – USA Design Plus powered by ISH 2011 award: best product – Structure collection for Inbani – Frankfurt

2010 Grand Prix Stratégies du Design 2010: best Branding Packaging – bottle A Scent for Issey Miyake – Paris

2009 Red Dot Design Award: best product design 2009 – SH05 ARIE shelving system by E15 – Essen The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best of the Best” – SH05 Arie shelving system by E15 – Köln Wallpaper* Design Awards 2009 – Best new beds – Landscape by Arik Levy for Verardo – Italy Wallpaper* Design Awards 2009 – Best shelving – Fluid by Arik Levy for Desalto – Italy

2008 JANUS Award for Industry, design and innovation 2008 – Log Light by Saasz – Paris Label VIA, Torch table lamp by Baccarat – France, 2008 Red Dot Design Award: best product design 2008 – Mistic collection by Gaia & Gino – Essen, Germany ELLE Decoration International Design Awards 2008 – Designer of the year

2008 Wallpaper* Design Awards 2007 – Best modular furniture – Cubic Meter by A. Levy for Kenny Schachter – London Design PLUS Award 2008, Mitos glassware collection by Kvetna – Frankfurt Globes de Cristal Award Arts et Culture 2008 Paris Première – Best Designer – Paris

2007 JANUS Award for Industry, design and innovation 2007, Invisible system by Visplay – Paris Wallpaper* Design Awards 2007, Furniture designer of the year, finalist – London Wallpaper* Design Awards 2007 – Best centerpiece – Mistic collection by Gaia & Gino – London

2006 Design PLUS Award 2006, Mistic vase by Gaia&Gino

2005 The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best detail” 4to8 table by Desalto – Köln The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best detail” Liko glass table by Desalto – Köln Elle Decoration magazine Design Award for lighting (2nd edition)

2003 The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best of the Best” Liko table by Desalto – Köln

2002 Prix de l’Observeur du Design/APCI, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset – France Grand Prix de la Presse Internationale de la Critique du Meuble Contemporain, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset – France, 2002 Label VIA, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset – France, 2002

2001 Cartier international office furniture and light system in collaboration with Vitra Label VIA, Slim stacking chair by Ligne Roset – France, 2001 George Nelson Award, Interior magazine, 2001

2000 Label Via, U cd shelf by Ligne Roset – France, 2000 iF Award light fixtures – Germany, 2000 L'Express Best of category Light – France, 2000 Carte blanche VIA – France

1999 Label VIA, Light Pocket lamp by Ligne Roset – France Grand Prix de la Presse Internationale de la Critique du Meuble Contemporain, Cloud lamp – France Design PLUS Award 1999, Ambiente Fair, Seed porcelaine lamp – Frankfurt

1997 Mouvement français de la qualité – posters for “Qualité 97” campaign – Paris, 1997

1991 Seiko Epson (International Art Center Award) – Japan, 1991