biografia di Ron ARAD (1951)
Personal data
Birth : 1951 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Israel - United Kingdom
Address
London, United KingdomEducation
1971 – 1973 : Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Diploma) – Mount Scopus – Jerusalem, Israel
1974 – 1979 : Architectural Association (Diploma) – London, United Kingdom
Professional data
Work and Life
2001:Ron Arad Associates were selected to be the architects for a new refurbishment of the Wilton Music Hall in Whitechapel, London, UK for the Broomhill Opera Company.
1994:He established the “Ron Arad studio”, design and production unit in Como, Italy.
1989:With Caroline THORMAN, he founded “Ron Arad associates”, an architecture and design practice in chalk farm, London, UK.
1981:With Caroline THORMAN, he established “One Off ltd”, a design studio, workshops and showroom in Covent Garden, London, UK.
1973:Moved to London, UK.
Other professions
1994 – 1997 : Professor
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien / University of Applied Arts – Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2 – Vienna, Austria
1997 : Professor – Design
RCA Royal College of Art – Kensington Gore – London, United Kingdom
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Steel
Furniture-Design :
Subject
architecturedecoration
industry
Works
Bookworm | |
Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Sculpture Materials : plastic Technical data : (bookcase) Size : 820 x 20 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Barry Friedman Limited – New York NY, United States
05/06/2005 – 06/20/2005
New Works & Installations
Phillips, De Pury & Company – New York NY, United States
05/02/2005 – 06/10/2005
2001
Galleria Gio Marconi – Milan MI, Italy
05/2001
1995
The Work of Ron Arad
Taideteollisuusmuseo / Museum of Art and Design – Helsinki, Finland
1995
1990
Ron Arad Recent Works
Tel Aviv Museum of Art – Tel Aviv, Israel
1990
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Downtown – 33 rue de Seine – Paris, France
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Downtown – 33 rue de Seine – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2008
Des constructeurs élclectiques
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain du Languedoc-Roussillon – Sète, France
02/18/2008 – 05/11/2008
2003
Intervention
John Hansard Gallery – University of Southampton – Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
09/30/2003 – 11/15/2003
2002
Un jeu d’enfants, magie des plastiques
Annecy, France
05/06/2002 – 05/20/2002
2000
Design World 2000
Taideteollisuusmuseo / Museum of Art and Design – Helsinki, Finland
02/03/2000 – 04/30/2000
Not made by hand, not made in China
Galleria Gio Marconi – Milan MI, Italy
2000
Before and After now
V & A – The Victoria and Albert Museum – London, United Kingdom
2000
1996
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer
Spazio Krizia – Milan MI, Italy
1996
1994
L’Esprit du Nomade
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
1994
1991
A Break with Tradition
Rohsska Museet/Museum of Handcraft and Design – Gothenburg, Sweden
1991
1990
Sticks and Stones
Vitra Design Museum – Berlin, Germany
1990
1987
Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987
1986
Intellectual Interiors
Tokyo, Japan
1986
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
2000
The International Design Yearbook 15
Author: Hudson Jennifer – London, United Kingdom
Author: Andrew Susan – London, United Kingdom
2000
ISBN : 0-7892-0638-2