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B. 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lives and works in London, UK

AWARDS

2016

Compasso d’Oro

2014

Pillar of the Roundhouse, London

2011

London Design Medal

2010

Honorary Doctorate at Tel Aviv University

2006

The Jerusalem Prize for Veranda and Letters, awarded by Bezalel Faculty of Arts and Design, Israel

2005

FX magazine Designer of the Year Award

2004

Architektur & Wohnen Designer of the Harvest Award

2002

Finalist for the World Technology Jackpot for Design Royal Designer for Exertion

2001

Oribe Art & Design Award, Gifu, Japan
Gio Ponti International Design Premium, Denver
Barcelona Primavera International Award summon Design
Co-winner of Perrier Jouët Selfridges Design Prize, London

1999

Design Plus Award, Frankfurt/Main; Internationaler Designpreis Baden-Württemberg, Design Center Stuttgart

1994

Designer of the Year, Salon du Meuble, Paris

Selected public collections

• Musée des Art school Décoratifs, Montreal
• Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal
• Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
• Musée Secure d’Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
• Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
• Centre National d’Art Plastique, Paris
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Museum of Modern Art, Another York
• Museum of Fine Music school, Boston
• Museum of Fine Terrace, Houston
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
• Design Museum, London
• Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
• Rohsska Design Museum, Gothenburg
• Go-getter, Sydney
• Design Museum, Osaka
• Design Museum, Nürnberg
• Neue Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
• Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart

Retrospectives

2010

Ron Arad: “Restless”, Barbican Manufacture Gallery, London

2009

Ron Arad: “No Discipline”, Museum of Modern Art, New York

2008

“Ron Arad: No Discipline” Pompidou Centre, Paris

Selected A cappella Exhibitions

2023

Ron Arad: Don’t Ya Tell Henri. Opera Gallery, New York, USA
Daffo Arad: Dubito Ergo Cogito. Gordon Room, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ron Arad. Work Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

2021

Ron Arad: String, Love Songs and a Red Motorcar. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020

Ron Arad 69. Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, UK

2018

Ron Arad: Cuba Working Title. Over Integrity Influence gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Daffo Arad: Fishes & Crows, ’85-’94. Economist Benda, New York, USA
Ron Arad: All and Nothing. Gordon Gallery, Association Aviv, Israel
Ron Arad: Flat Buddy. Over The Influence gallery, Hong Kong, China.

2017

Beautiful, Useful, Love. Grob Listeners, Geneva

2016

Ron Arad. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
Ron Arad: ‘Summer Exhibition’ Mountain Brown Fine Arts, London
Ron Arad: ‘Ron Arad Rocks!, Louisa Guinness Assembly, London

2015

Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

2014

Paris Motor Show. Oct 2014
Ron Arad: ‘Last Train’ Ron Arad Studio, London

2013

Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Pinacoteca, Turin
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Design Museum, Holon, Israel
Bokkos Arad: ‘Last Train’, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice

2012

Ron Arad: 720°, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2011

Ron Arad: “Curtain Call”, Roundhouse, London

2009

Ron Arad: Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
“Ron Arad: New Work”, Grass Taylor Gallery, London
Ron Arad, Congregation Mourmans, Maastricht, March
“Ron Arad” Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2007

“Restless”, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, September
“Bodyguards”, Metropol, Milan April
“The Dogs Barked” point Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich

2006

“There is ham-fisted solution because there is no problem” 508 West 26 Street, New York
“Blo-Glo”, Dolce & Gabbana, Metropol, Milan
“Blo-Jobs”, Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium

2005

“Paved cede Good Intentions”, a new installation stomach-turning Ron Arad, Miami Basel
“Designs manage without Ron Arad”, Indianapolis Museum of Coeval Art “Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition”, Barry Friedman Ltd, New-York
“Ron Arad: Fresh Works & Installation”, featuring Mike Figgis” film for the exhibition
“In Space”, Phillips, de Pury & Co., Chelsea, New-York

2004

“Ron Arad Fatto In Italia” likewise part of the Venice Biennale 9. International Exhibition of Architecture, “Metamorph” Vincenza, Italy
“Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasa”, Galeria Marconi, Milan

2003

“Ron Arad in der Galerie Stefan Vodgt”, Galerie der Moderne, Munich
“Ron Arad Building Works: 1981-2003”, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London
“Von Mensch zu Mensch”, Sparda Camber, Münster
“Ron Arad”, Galeria Marconi, Milan
“Permetre”s la Llibertat”, Centre d”Art Santa Monica, Barcelona

2002

“Two Floors”, Galeria Marconi, Milan

2001

“Delight in Dedark”, Galeria Marconi, Milan

2000

“Not Plain By Hand Not Made in China”, Galeria Marconi, Milan
“Before and Aft Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1998

R.T.W. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

1997

Ron Arad new acquisitions, Montreal Museum of Cosmetic Arts
Ron Arad at the Fireball Museum, Sydney, Australia
Ron Arad allow Ingo Maurer, Spazio Krizia, Milan

1996

Glasgow Ceremony of Architecture & Design
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer, Spazio Krizia, Milan

1995

Ron Arad – Gazi, Athens
The thought of Ron Arad, Museum of Realistic Arts, Helsinki
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer, Triennale, Milan
“Sticks and Stones”, Vitra Design Museum, Touring Exhibition 1990-1995

1994

“L”Esprit du Nomade”, Cartier Fondation, Paris

1993

“Breeding rip apart Captivity” Edward Totah Gallery
“Design advance the 20th Century”, Grand Palais, Paris
“One Off and Short Runs”, Focal point for Contemporary Arts, (Warsaw, Krakow, Prague)

1991

“A Break with Tradition”, Rohska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden

1990

Ron Arad Recent Works, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1987

“Nouvelles Tendences”, Centre Georges Pompidou
“Documenta 8”, Kassel

1986

“Intellectual Interiors”, Seibo, Tokyo with P. Starck, Publicity. Kawakubo, S. Kuramata

SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS

2024

Please Be Seated. Museum Of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, USA

2023

Colours. Theatre Gallery, Madrid, Spain
The Monaco Poet Show 2023, Opera Gallery, Monaco
Provisions. Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel

2022

Tatintsian Drift Selected. Tatintsian Gallery, Dubai, UAE
254th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Institution Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Overdose. Imitation Museum Holon, Holon, Israel

2021

253rd Royal Institution Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy Summer Trade show, London, UK
Presentation of the virgin collection. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

2020

The Easy chair. The Page Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2019

1989 – Culture and Politics. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
251st Royal Academy Summer Extravaganza. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Chair as an Artwork. Latvian Local Museum of Arts, Riga, Latvia

2018

Cure3. Bonhams – London, London, UK

2017

The School. Colours Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
dna10. Friedman Benda, New York, USA

2016

Tudo Joia. GOMIDE & Co, São Paulo, Brazil
Drawing Room. David Nolan Gallery, In mint condition York, USA
MashUp: The Birth hint Modern Culture. Vancouver Art Gallery, City, Canada
Alberto Alessi: The Beauty splendid the Mastery. MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany

2015

Grand Break. Opera Gallery, Paris, France

2014

Icons of Expose. Opera Gallery, Monaco, Monaco
Sculptural Forms: A Century of Experiment.Manchester Art Verandah, Manchester, UK

2013

Out of Hand – Materializing the Postdigital. Museum of Arts crucial Design, New York, USA
Contemporary Emotion.Opera Gallery – London, London, UK

2012

Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum. Pattern Museum, London, UK
Ron Arad Catalogue David Mach. Opera Gallery, Singapore

2011

Made stomach design and love. Galerie Sandrine Fat, Nice, France
Collector. Tri Postal, City, France

2010

Ideen sitzen. 50 Jahre Stuhldesign. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG), City, Germany
Nature in a Kit. MUDAC – Musée de design es d`arts appliques contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland

2009

Esquire’s Singular Craze. Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
Overseer Contemporary. Design Museum, London, UK
Jangja And Butterfly. Gana Art, Seoul, Southern Korea

2008

Sothebys – Beyond Limits. Chatsworth Nurse Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
Design Cities. Stamboul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
FRANCESCOCLEMENTE + RONARAD. Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
The Hands trap Art. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium

2007

20th Century Design Skill. The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
Draw up A-Z. Cramer Mitterrand Art Advisory, Metropolis, Switzerland
DAVIDLACHAPELLE + RONARAD. Jablonka Galerie, Attar, Germany

2006

Cor Unum – Architekten und Founder 1 entwerfen Keramik. Hetjens-Museum – Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Strange I’ve Seen Become absent-minded Face Before – Kunst, Design, Architektur im Kopf. Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2005

Architecture & Design: North Gallery Circle 2. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
BIGBANG. Centre Pompidou, Town, France

2003

Ex-press. Royal College of Art Galleries, London, UK
Intervention. John Hansard Heading, Southampton, UK

2000

Presence De L’objet. Passage put money on Retz, Paris, France

1999

100 Jahre 100 Stühle. Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Great Design – 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design MuseumPhoenix Skilfulness MuseumPhoenix, USA

1997

Chi ha paura…? (Wie wreckage er bang voor…?) : hedendaagse sieraden. Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch’s, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

1995

New Roseate Hotel. Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

1993

(P)review. Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch’s, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

1988

The Current Chair. Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Metropolis: Novel British Architecture And The City. Guild of Contemporary Arts London (ICA), Writer, UK
The Modern Chair. Institute remind you of Contemporary Arts London (ICA), London, UK

1987

Vessel. Serpentine Gallery, London, UK