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Ron Arad
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British
, born 1951)
Ron Arad
4 White Objects,
2012
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Ron Arad
4 Black Objects,
2012
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Ron Arad
Flat Mate
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Biography
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Timeline
1951
Born in Tel Aviv
1971 - 1973
Jerusalem Academy of Art
1974 - 1979
Architectural Association - School of Architecture, studies under Peter Cook and B. Tschumi
1981
Established One Off Ltd. with Caroline Thorman in Covent Garden, London
1989
Founded Ron Arad Associates, Architecture and Design practice with Caroline Thorman in Chalk Farm, London
1991
Guest Editor of 1994 International Design Yearbook and Designer of the Year
1994 - 1997
Professor of Product Design at the Hochschule in Vienna
1997
Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art in London
Designer of the Year, Salon du Meuble, Paris, 1994
Design Plus Award, Frankfurt/Main; Internationaler Designpreis Baden-Württemberg, Design Center Stuttgart, 1999
Co-winner of Perrier Jouët Selfridges Design Prize, London, 2001
Barcelona Primavera International Award for Design, 2001
AWARDS
Oribe Art & Design Award, Japan, 2001
Finalist for the 2002 World Technology Award for Design
Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his ‘sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry’, 2002
His work has been widely featured in many design/architectural books and magazines worldwide. He is currently Professor of Design Product at RCA
Gio Ponti International Design Award, Denver, 2001
Fellow of the World Technology Network, 2002
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Exhibitions
2013
Ron Arad: Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 - 2012
720 Degrees, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
2011
Ron Arad’s Curtain Call, Roundhouse, London, UK
2010
European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Restless. Barbican Centre, London, England
Retrospective to be held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
U.F.O.: Grenzgänge zwischen Kunst und Design, NRW Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Drunken Bodyguards. Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium
Ron Arad: New Work. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2009
Ron Arad: No Discipline retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2008
Guarded Thoughts. Friedman Benda, New York (solo)
Ron Arad, Centre Pompidou, Paris (solo)
Let’s Play, Galerie Arums, P (solo)
Ron Arad: No Discipline retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Designing Modern Britain. Design Museum, London, England
Paved with Good Intentions (2005), arums galerie, Paris (solo)
2007
Mod'If. Galerie Arums, Paris, France
Restless, Friedman Benda, New York, NY (solo)
Bodyguards, Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Italy (solo)
2006
Exhibits in Designing Modern Britain at the Design Museum, London.
THERE IS NO SOLUTION because there is no problem, Installation at 508 West 26th Street, NY. Barry Friedman Ltd., NY: September 14-30 (solo)
Blo-Glo, Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Italy (solo)
Blo-Jobs, Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium (solo)
The Dogs Barked. De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
Graff. Galerie Arums, Paris, France
Volumes and Voids, Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (solo)
2005
Paved with Good Intentions. Installation at the Collins Building, Barry Friedman Ltd., Miami, FL
Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004. Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004, Barry Friedman Ltd., NY (solo)
Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasa, with Mike Figgis. Phillips de Pury & Company (solo)
New Works & Installations in Corian, Installation at Phillips, de Pury & Company, NY. Barry Friedman Ltd., NY: May 2 – June 10 (solo)
Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rassa. Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy
Metamorph. Vincenza, Italy
2004
Begins designing Magis’ headquarters in Treviso, Italy and the Holon Design Museum in Holon, Israel. Participates in British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
2003
Ron Arad in der Galerie Stefan Vogdt. Galerie der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Ron Arad Studio Works: 1981-2003. Louisa Guinness Gallery, London, England
Von Mensch zu Mensch. Sparda Bank, Münster, Germany
Ron Arad. Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy
Ron Arad. Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Works on projects including the Maserati headquarters showroom in Modena, Italy and Y’s fashion store for Yohji Yamamoto in Tokyo. Begins designing for the Upperworld Hotel at Battersea Power Station, London.
2002
Two Floors, Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo)
2001
Delight in Dedark, Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo)
2000
Not Made By Hand Not Made in China, Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy (solo)
‘Before and After Now’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (solo)
1998
R.T.W. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (solo)
1997
Ron Arad new acquisitions, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts (solo)
Ron Arad at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia (solo)
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Spazio Krizia, Milan, Italy
Designed for Delight. Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Spazio Krizia, Milan, Italy
1996
R.T.W. Glasgow Festival of Architecture & Design, Glasgow, Scotland
1995
Ron Arad. Gazi, Athens, Greece
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Triennial, Milan, Italy
The work of Ron Arad, Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki (solo)
1994
‘L’Esprit du Nomade’, Cartier Fondation, Paris (solo)
1993
‘Design in the 20th Century’, Grand Palais (solo)
Breeding in Captivity. Edward Totah Gallery, London, England
One Off and Short Runs. Centre for Contemporary Arts: Warsaw, Krakow, Poland
1991
A Break with Tradition. Rohska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
1990 - 1995
Sticks and Stones. One Offs and Short Runs. Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
1990
Ron Arad Recent Works, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (solo)
Design Museum, London, England
Triennale, Milan, Italy
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
Documenta 8. Kassel, Germany
1987
‘Nouvelles Tendences’, Centre Georges Pompidou (solo)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1986
Intellectual Interiors. With P. Starck, R. Kawakubo, S. Kuramata. Seibo, Tokyo, Japan
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Public Collections
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Ghent Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Design Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
Design Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Design Museum, London, England
Centre National d'Art Plastique, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Montreal, Canada
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Trienale, Milan, Italy
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
St Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rohsska Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
Neue Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
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Literature
1999
Ron Arad by Deyan Sudjic, graphics Angus Hyland, Pentagram, Laurence King Publishers
1998
Ron Arad by Raymond Guidot, Olivier Boissiere, Dis Voir
1997
Design Classics Bookworm by Volker Albus, publisher Form Verlag
1993
Ron Arad Associates: One Off Three by Artemis Architectural Publications
1990
Ron Arad by Alexander von Vegesack, Vitra
1989
Restless Furniture by Deyan Sudjic, Publisher: Fourth Estate. Reprinted 1990