Ron Arad
Retrospectives
2010
Ron Arad: “Restless”, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 18 February – 16 May
2009
Ron Arad: “No Discipline”, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2 August – 19 October
2008
“Ron Arad: No Discipline” Pompidou Centre, Paris, 20 November – 16 March 09
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Ron Arad: Strings, Love Songs and a Red Car. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2020
Ron Arad 69. Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, UK. 29 September 2020 – 7 March 2021
2018
Ron Arad: Cuba Working Title. Over The Influence gallery, Los Angeles, USA. 16 September – 28 October
Ron Arad: Fishes & Crows, ’85-’94. Friedman Benda, New York, USA. 21 June – 27 July
Ron Arad: All and Nothing. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. 22 March – 5 May
Ron Arad: Flat Mates. Over The Influence gallery, Hong Kong, China. 12 January – 28 February
2017
Beautiful, Useful, Love. Grob Gallery, Geneva
2016
Ron Arad. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
Ron Arad: ‘Summer Exhibition’ Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Ron Arad: ‘Ron Arad Rocks!, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London
2015
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2014
Paris Motor Show. October 2014
Ron Arad: ‘Last Train’ Ron Arad Studio, London 27 June – 25 July
2013
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Pinacoteca, Turin
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Design Museum, Holon, Israel 19 June – 19 October
Ron Arad: ‘Last Train’, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice 1 June – 24 November
2012
Ron Arad: 720°, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 15 August – 5 September
2011
Ron Arad: “Curtain Call”, Roundhouse, London, 9 – 29 August
2009
Ron Arad: Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 26 November 2009 – 29 January 2010 “Ron Arad: New Work”, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, 8 April – 9 May Ron Arad, Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht, March “Ron Arad” Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 27 March – 20 April
2007
“Restless”, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, September “Bodyguards”, Metropol, Milan April “The Dogs Barked” de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich November 2006- February 2007
2006
“There is no solution because there is no problem” 508 West 26 Street, New York
14-30 September (with Barry Friedman Gallery)
“Blo-Glo”, Dolce & Gabbana, Metropol, Milan April
“Blo-Jobs”, Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium (March)
2005
“Paved with Good Intentions”, a new installation by Ron Arad, Miami Basel
(1 Dec - 10 Dec)
“Designs by Ron Arad”, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (11 Nov 2005 – 7 Jan
“Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition”, Barry Friedman Ltd, New-York (5 May – 24 June)
“Ron Arad: New Works & Installation”, featuring Mike Figgis” film for the exhibition
“In Space”, Phillips, de Pury & Co., Chelsea, New-York
2004
“Ron Arad Fatto In Italia” as part of the Venice Biennale 9. International Exhibition
of Architecture, “Metamorph” Vincenza
“Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasa”, Galeria Marconi, Milan
2003
“Ron Arad in der Galerie Stefan Vodgt”, Galerie der Moderne, Munich “Ron Arad Studio Works: 1981-2003”, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London “Von Mensch zu Mensch”, Sparda Bank, 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 Made By Hand Not Made in China”, Galeria Marconi, Milan “Before and After Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1998
R.T.W. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
1997
Ron Arad new acquisitions, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts Ron Arad at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer, Spazio Krizia, Milan
1996
Glasgow Festival of Architecture & Design Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer, Spazio Krizia, Milan
1995
Ron Arad – Gazi, Athens The work of Ron Arad, Museum of Applied 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 in Captivity” Edward Totah Gallery “Design in the 20th Century”, Grand Palais, Paris “One Off and Short Runs”, Centre 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, R. Kawakubo, S. Kuramata
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 Arts and Letters, awarded by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel
2005
FX magazine Designer of the Year Award
2004
Architektur & Wohnen Designer of the Year Award
2002
Finalist for the World Technology Award for Design
Royal Designer for Industry
2001
Oribe Art & Design Award, Gifu, Japan
Gio Ponti International Design Award, Denver
Barcelona Primavera International Award for 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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Tatintsian Gallery Selected. Tatintsian Gallery, Dubai, UAE
254th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Overdose. Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
2021
253rd Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Presentation of the contemporary collection. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2020
The Chair. The Page Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2019
1989 – Culture and Politics. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
251st Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
Chair as an Artwork. Latvian National Museum of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2018
Cure3. Bonhams – London, London, UK
2017
The School. Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
dna10. Friedman Benda, New York, USA
2016
Tudo Joia. GOMIDE & Co, São Paulo, Brazil
Drawing Room. David Nolan Gallery, New York, USA
MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Alberto Alessi: The Beauty and the Mastery. MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany
2015
Grand Opening. Opera Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Icons of Art. Opera Gallery, Monaco, Monaco
Sculptural Forms: A Century of Experiment.Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2013
Out of Hand – Materializing the Postdigital. Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Contemporary Emotion.Opera Gallery – London, London, UK
2012
Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum. Design Museum, London, UK
Ron Arad / David Mach. Opera Gallery, Singapore
2011
Made with design and love. Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice, France
Collector. Tri Postal, Lille, France
2010
Ideen sitzen. 50 Jahre Stuhldesign. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG), Hamburg, Germany
Nature in a Kit. MUDAC – Musée de design es d`arts appliques contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009
Esquire’s Singular Suit. Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
Super Contemporary. Design Museum, London, UK
Jangja And Butterfly. Gana Art, Seoul, South Korea
2008
Sothebys – Beyond Limits. Chatsworth House Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
Design Cities. Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE + RON ARAD. Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
The Hands of Art. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
2007
20th Century Design Art. The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
Design A-Z. Cramer Mitterrand Art Advisory, Geneva, Switzerland
DAVID LACHAPELLE + RON ARAD. Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2006
Cor Unum – Architekten und Designer entwerfen Keramik. Hetjens-Museum – Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Strange I’ve Seen That Face Before – Kunst, Design, Architektur im Kopf. Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2005
Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
BIG BANG. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2003
Ex-press. Royal College of Art Galleries, London, UK
Intervention. John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
2000
Presence De L’objet. Passage de Retz, Paris, France
1999
100 Jahre 100 Stühle. Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Great Design – 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design MuseumPhoenix Art MuseumPhoenix, USA
1997
Chi ha paura…? (Wie is er bang voor…?) : hedendaagse sieraden. Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch’s, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1995
New Rose Hotel. Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1993
(P)review. Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch’s, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1988
The Modern Chair. Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Metropolis: New British Architecture And The City. Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA), London, UK
The Modern Chair. Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA), London, UK
1987
Vessel. Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Montreal
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
Musée National 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, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Design Museum, London
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
Rohsska Design Museum, Gothenburg
Powerhouse, Sydney
Design Museum, Osaka
Design Museum, Nürnberg
Neue Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart