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. He then returned to Europe where he contributed his artistry to contemporary dance and opera creating set designs.
Known for his sculptures and the "Rock" series, Levy's work is collected in public and private collections. 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
References
External links
Arik Levy at Louise Alexander Gallery
1963 births
Artists from Paris
French contemporary painters
Living people
People from Tel Aviv
Israeli Jews
Israeli sculptors
French installation artists
20th-century Israeli sculptors
21st-century sculptors