Art Center Europe in Switzerland, Graduated with distinction in 1991.
Known for
Artist
Notable work
RockGrowth at Hermitage Moscow 2018, RockGrowth 808 at Atomium, Brussels; CraterCorten E, Singapore
Atomium, Brussels
Arik Levy was born in Tel Aviv.[1] An artist and industrial designer, he attended the Art Center Europe in Switzerland where he graduated with distinction in 1991.[2] 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.[1] 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.[3] His sculpture RockGrowth Atomium 808 was acquired by Atomium in Brussels.[4]
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.[5][6]
2019
BLICKACHSEN 12, 05/2019 to 10/2019, Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main[7]
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.
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
