ARIK LEVY
Born in 1963 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Lives and works in Paris and Saint-Paul de Vence
"Creation is an uncontrolled muscle" according to Arik Levy.
Artist, technician, photographer, designer, video artist, Levy's skills are multi–disciplinary and his work can be seen in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide. Best known publicly for his sculptures – such as his signature Rock pieces –, his installations, limited editions and design, Levy nevertheless feels "The world is about people, not objects."
Hailing originally from Israel and moving to Europe after his first participation in a group sculpture exhibition in Tel–Aviv in 1988, Levy currently works in his studio in Paris.
His formation was unconventional where surfing, as well as his art and graphic design studio, took up much of his time back home. Following studies at the Art Center Europe in Switzerland he gained a distinction in Industrial Design in 1991.
After a stint in Japan where he consolidated his ideas producing products and pieces for exhibitions, Levy returned to Europe where he contributed his artistry to another field – contemporary dance and opera by way of set design.
The creation of his firm then meant a foray back to his first love, art and industrial design, as well as other branches of his talents. Respected for his furniture and light designs on all continents, Levy also creates hi–tech clothing lines and accessories for firms in the Far East.
Considering himself now more of a "feeling" artist, Arik Levy continues to contribute substantially to our interior and exterior space, his work including public sculpture, as well as complete environments that can be adapted for multi use. "Life is a system of signs and symbols," he says, "where nothing is quite as it seems."
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Works available:
EDUCATION
1991
Art Center Europe, Switzerland
SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)
2023
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Invisible thoughts, - Duo show with Zoé Ouvrier
2022
Galerie Scheffel, Sculpture Park, Eschborn, Germany – solo exhibition
Podgorny Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France – solo exhibition
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva – Arik Levy’s works and the museum’s collection
2021
Pilevneli at Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, Turkey – Natural Fusion – duo exhibition with Zoé Ouvrier
Venice Design Biennial, 3rd edition – Stick&Structures – main entrance installation at SPUMA – Space for the Arts, Venezia
Mineral Forest, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
2020
Emotional Ghosts, Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France
Beyond Nature, Method & Concept, Naples, USA
Mineral Nature, Château Sainte Roseline, Les Arcs, France
Independence,Espace Muraille, Geneva, Switzerland
2019
Intersection of existence, Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul,Turkey
2018
Shift of Perception, Podgorny-Robinson Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
Unnatural History, Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida, USA
2017
New Works, Please Do Not Enter, Los Angeles, USA
Louise Alexander Gallery, Nomad, Monaco
I Remembered It Differently, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
Absent Presence, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Mineral Memories, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Intimate Formations, Please Do Not Enter, Los Angeles, USA
Intuitive Reactions, Praguekabinet gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Transparent Opacity, five-year solo installation, Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens, Austria
Manmade (Human) Nature, Pékin Fine Arts, Hong-Kong
2014
Primitive Components, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Uncontrolled Nature, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy
New Works, Ilan Engel Gallery, Paris, France
2013
New sculptures, Mitterrand+Cramer, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Nothing is Quite as It Seems, Passage de Retz, Paris, France
Experimental Growth, Bisazza Foundation, Montecchio Maggiore, Italia
Transparent Opacity, two-year solo installation, Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens, Austria
Genetic Intimacy, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Emotional Deflection, Priveekollektie, Heusden aan de Maas, Netherlands
2010
Natural Disorder, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Geotectonic, Mitterrand+Cramer, Geneva, Switzerland
My Name Is Arik, Priveekollektie, Heusden aan de Maas, Netherlands
Out there logging, Eighth Veil Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Luminescence, between Fire & Ice, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
2009
Confessions, solo installation in “Préliminaires” exhibition, Slott gallery, Paris, France
Osmosis commissioned by Swarovski Crystal Palace, Ex Magazzini di Porta Genova Milano, Italia
2008
Absent Nature, Wright20, Chicago, USA
2005
Feel before you see, Garanti Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2004
Love counts, Park Ryusook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2002
Pascale Cottard-Ollsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2021
PILEVNELI x KÖNIG, Kaplankaya, Milas, Turkey
2020
Art Biesenthal, Germany
In small format, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
The Blazing World, Sotheby’s, London, UK
2019
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Australia
2018
Artmonte-carlo 2018, Setareh Gallery, Monaco
Podgorny Robinson Gallery at Art Paris 2018, Paris, France
In the Light of Spring, Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
Carbon, Fox/Jensen/McRory Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2017
Visual Dialogs, Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France
SuperYacht Gallery at Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Aeroplastic, Brussels, Belgium
Carbon, Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016
Julian Schnabel & Arik Levy, Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France
2015
Humble me, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Alon Segev Gallery, Art15, London, UK
Louise Alexander Gallery, Art15, London, UK
2014
Lux, Le Frenois, Tourcoing, France
Full House: 100 artists, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2013
RewindableLight art video, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Nouvelle Lune, Galerie Maubert, Paris, France
2012
Le Jardin de la Spéculation Cosmique, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
Osmosis Interactive, installation at Swarovski’s Digital Crystal, London Design Museum, London, UK
Art et Nature, Jardin du Hauvel, Saint-Hymer, France
Flections, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, US
Le Sacre du Printemps, Galerie Maubert, Paris, France
Arik Levy & Guy Yanai, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Candelabra, Stonetouch, Geneva, Switzerland
2011
M+C, JGM. Galerie, Paris, France
Un regard d'Obsidienne, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
Post Fossil: excavating 21st century creation, Design Museum Holon, Israel
Reality Lab, 21_21 Design Sight gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
13 798 grams of design, Lambretto Art Project, Milano, Italy
Post Fossil: excavating 21st century creation, 21_21 Design Sight gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Fruit & Flowers, Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London, UK
Prophets & Penitents, Confessions of a Chair, Oratorio Basilica di S. Ambrogio, Milano, Italy
Love Design, Galleria Nina Lumer, Milano, Italy
2008
Beyond Organic: Design In the State of Nature, Design Miami, Miami, USA
Diversion, Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London, UK
Beyond Limits, Chatsworth, UK
The Artist’s Playground, Sudeley Castle, UK
Imperative Design, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, US
Propositions lumineuses 2, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
Il était une fois…, Galerie NumerisCausa, Paris, France
2006
Du Bois Dont On Se Chauffe, Passage de Retz / Mouvements modernes, Paris, France
2005
Propositions lumineuses, Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris, France
2004
Brilliant, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
INSTALLATIONS (SELECTION)
2022
Installation of RockGrowthHermitage, Moscow, Russia : monumental public sculpture commissioned to be installed in front of the future Hermitage Modern Contemporary Museum Moscow, a unique museum complex that will see the day in the Zilart District in Moscow, Russia.
2021
Venice Design Biennial, 3rd edition – Stick&Structures – main entrance installation at SPUMA – Space for the Arts, Venezia, Italy.
2020
Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens – Transparent Opacity – Chamber of Wonder.
Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens – Emotional Formation, Chamber of Wonder n. 8 2017 version.
2019
Blickachsen 12 (2019), Blickachsen Foundation, Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany. Installation of five monumental sculptures: GiantLog, Rock Tower 131, RockStoneShift 235, RockstoneFusionVertical 170, RockStoneImplosed 207.
2018
RockTripleFusion VerticalGiant 660 and RockTripleFusionGiant 500, Taipei - permanent installation of two monumental public sculptures commissioned to be part of the residential project Da-An Park Towers by Sir Richard Rogers, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Biennale Internationale Saint-Paul de Vence 2018, France - RockStoneShift 235 installation.
Permanent installation of 6 monumental outdoor sculptures, private collection, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Shenzhen Bay Boning Garden, China - RockFormationTower 350 and a horizontal installation of 3 Rocks in bronze, permanent public installation of 4 monumental sculptures.
Naples Botanical Gardens, Naples, Florida – Unnatural History - installation of 7 monumental outdoor sculptures.
2017
Somerset House, London (during the London Design Festival) – Mineral Gravity – installation in collaboration with COMPA
SoLocal Group Headquarters, Boulogne-Billancourt – RockGrowthCube 150 – permanent installation
Multiplex Galleria Manzoni, Milano – Kryptonite – installation for COMPAC
Palazzo Crivelli, Milano– UrbanLog – installation at Delta Light
2016
Dice Kayek Pop-up store, Paris – pop up installation
2015
Somerset House/The London Design Festival – Transition : Warm/Wet – installation with Tabanlioglu Architects
Atomium, Brussels – RockGrowth 808 Atomium – public space permanent installation
2014
Atomium, Brussels – RockGrowth 808 Atomium – public space permanent installation and exhibition
2013
Alcazar, Paris – Fractal installation and photo exhibition (Orchids and Seduction series)
2012
Crystal Worlds Museum, Wattens – Transparent Opacity – two-year solo installation
2011
Natural History Museum, London - installation - Regeneration : Chaton Superstructures at the Natural History Museum
2010
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul – Log Forest installation – Dice Kayek’s Istanbul Contrast
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam – Personality Disorder Social Codes – installation at No Holds Barred
2007
Dialogues méditerranéens, St. Tropez – BigRock
Drugstore Publicis, Paris – MiniMaxi
2006
Baccarat, Paris – Phantom
Passage de Retz, Paris – BigRock
Centre culturel français, Milan – République Libre du Design
2005
Centre Pompidou, Paris – D.Day – From primitive to virtual
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
One Park Taipei, Taiwan – RockTripleFusion Giant 660 and RockTripleFusionGiant 550 – permanent monumental installation part of Sir Richard Rogers’ Da-An Towers residentials project - 2018
Private collection New York, USA – RockGrowth 420 - 2018
Atomium, Brussels, Belgium – RockGrowth 808 Atomium – public space permanent installation - 2014
SoLocal Group, Boulogne Billancourt – RockGrowthCube 150 - 2017
Fondazione Bisazza, Montecchio Maggiore – RockChamber + ExperimentalGrowth series – 2012
HSBC Connection Collection / Volume 1 – Rockshelves + Rocksplit – 2009
MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago – Contemporary Domestic Confessional – 2010
Museum of Arts and Design, New York – Giant Giant Mega Heliodor – 2010
Triennale Design Museum, Milan – Meteorite drawing – 2009
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – installation Fractal Cloud – 2006
Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul – Umbilical Light – 2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Handshake light – 2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Piflow light – 2005
Victoria & Albert Museum, London – Umbilical ball and Umbilical knitted lights – 2004
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Xm3 duo, Light pocket, Alchemy tube lights – 2002
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – Double layer chair, CD shelf – 2002
FNAC, Fond national d’art contemporain, Paris – Infinite light video – 2001
Israel Museum, Jerusalem – White hole light installation – 2001
Israel Museum, Jerusalem – Need light – 2000
Museum of Modern Art, New York – Need light – 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Arik Levy GHOSTS – exhibition catalogue – Podgorny Robinson Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence 2020
IN/DEPENDENCE – exhibition catalogue - Espace Muraille, Geneva 2020
Arik Levy / COMPAC - TECHNO POETICS – Paris 2019
Arik Levy UNNATURAL HISTORY – Paris 2017
Arik Levy FIXING NATURE – Paris 2016
Arik Levy OUT THERE, 2nd edition – Black Dog Publishing – London 2014
Arik Levy ART - Black Dog Publishing – London 2013
UNCONTROLLED NATURE – catalogue from the exhibition at Louise Alexander Gallery – Porto Cervo 2014
Arik Levy OUT THERE - 1st edition – Paris 2012
EXPERIMENTAL GROWTH – the permanent installation at Fondazione Bisazza – Montecchio Maggiore, 2012
TRANSPARENT OPACITY – permanent installation at Swarovski Kristallwelten – Wattens 2012
GENETIC INTIMACY – catalogue from the exhibition at Alon Segev Gallery – Tel Aviv 2012
Arik Levy REGENERATION – The Hennessy XO commission – Paris 2011
ABSENT NATURE – catalogue from the 2008 exhibition at Wright, Chicago – 2010
The Connection Collection Volume 1 : ARIK LEVY RockSplit & RockShelves - HSBC Private Bank - 2009
OSMOSIS - catalogue from the exhibition at Swarovski Crystal Palace – Milano 2009
COSMIC NATURE – catalogue from the exhibition at Kenny Schachter ROVE project LLP- London 2007
Arik Levy THE OTHER – Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains & Isthme Editions - 2007
DU BOIS DONT ON SE CHAUFFE – catalogue from the exhibition at Passage de Retz – Paris 2006
LOVE COUNTS - catalogue from the exhibition at Park Ryusook Gallery – Seoul 2004
LIGHT LIGHT - catalogue catalogue from the exhibition at Passage de Retz – Paris 1998