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Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, educated at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and later at the Architectural Association in London, Ron Arad co-founded with Caroline Thorman the design and production studio One Off in 1981 and later, in 1989, Ron Arad Associates architecture and design practice. In 2008 Ron Arad Architects was established alongside Ron Arad Associates.
From 1994 to 1999 he established the Ron Arad Studio, design and production unit in Como, Italy.
Ron Arad was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his ‘sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry’ in 2002, and was awarded the London Design Medal in 2011.
He was professor of Design at the Hochschule in Vienna from 1994 to 1997, and later Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London up until 2009, when he was made Professor Emeritus. In 2013 he was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Art in London.
Ron Arad’s constant experimentation with the possibilities of materials such as steel, aluminium or polyamide and his radical re-conception of the form and structure of furniture has put him at the forefront of contemporary design.
Selected Shows
2010
Ron Arad: ʻRestlessʼ, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 18 February – 16 May
2009
Ron Arad: ʻNo Disciplineʼ, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2 August – 19 October
2008
ʻRon Arad: No Disciplineʼ Pompidou Centre, Paris, 20 November – 16 March 09
Exhibitions
2023
Ron Arad, Dubito Ergo Cogito, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, April-May 2023
2022
Overdose, Design Museum, Holon, April-August 2022
2021
Black box, Design Museum, Holon, February-Jun 2021
2021
Ron Arad: Strings, love songs, and a red car, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, April-Jun 2021
2018
Ron Arad: ‘All and Nothing’ Over, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, March – April 2018
2018
Ron Arad: ‘Flat Mates’ Over the Influence, Hong Kong, 12th January to 28th February 2018
2017/18
Ron Arad: ‘Beautiful, Useful, Love’ Grob Gallery, Geneva, 3rd November 2017 to 26th January 2018
2016/17
Ron Arad: ‘One Man Show’ Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, 18th November 2016 to 1st February 2017
2016
Ron Arad: ‘Summer Exhibition’ Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, 22 June to 15 September
2016
Ron Arad: ‘Ron Arad Rocks!, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London, 26 February to 8 April
2015
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 12 February to 14 March
2014
Paris Motor Show October 201
2014
Ron Arad: ‘Last Train’ Ron Arad Studio, London 27 June – 25 July
2013/14
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Pinacoteca, Turin, 20 December 2013 to 30 March 2014
2013
Ron Arad: Ivorypress, Madrid 5 September – 9 November
2013
Ron Arad: ‘in Reverse’ Design Museum, Holon, Israel 19 June – 19 October
2013
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: ʻCurtain Callʼ, Roundhouse, London, 9 – 29 August
2009
Ron Arad: Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 26 November 2009 – 29 January 2010
ʻRon Arad: New Workʼ, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, 8 April – 9 May
Ron Arad, Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht, March
ʻRon Aradʼ Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 27 March – 20 April
2007
ʻRestlessʼ, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, September
ʻBodyguardsʼ, Metropol, Milan April
ʻThe Dogs Barkedʼ de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich November 2006- February 2007
2006
ʻThere is no solution because there is no problemʼ 508 West 26 Street, New York 14-30 September (with Barry Friedman Gallery)
ʻBlo-Gloʼ, Dolce & Gabbana, Metropol, Milan April
ʻBlo-Jobsʼ, Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium (March)
2005
ʻPaved with Good Intentionsʼ, a new installation by Ron Arad, Miami Basel (1 Dec – 10 Dec)
ʻDesigns by Ron Aradʼ, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (11 Nov 2005 – 7 Jan
ʻRon Arad: A Retrospective Exhibitionʼ, Barry Friedman Ltd, New-York (5 May – 24 June)
ʻRon Arad: New Works & Installationʼ, featuring Mike Figgisʼ film for the exhibition
ʻIn Spaceʼ, Phillips, de Pury & Co., Chelsea, New-York
2004
ʻRon Arad Fatto In Italiaʼ as part of the Venice Biennale 9. International Exhibition of Architecture, ʻMetamorphʼ
Vincenza ʻLo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasaʼ, Galeria Marconi, Milan
2003
ʻRon Arad in der Galerie Stefan Vodgtʼ, Galerie der Moderne, Munich
ʻRon Arad Studio Works: 1981-2003ʼ, Louisa Guinness Gallery, London
ʻVon Mensch zu Menschʼ, Sparda Bank, Münster
ʻRon Aradʼ, Galeria Marconi, Milan
ʻPermetreʼs la Llibertatʼ, Centre dʼArt Santa Monica, Barcelona
2002
ʻTwo Floorsʼ, Galeria Marconi, Milan
2001
ʻDelight in Dedarkʼ, Galeria Marconi, Milan
2000
ʻNot Made By Hand Not Made in Chinaʼ, Galeria Marconi, Milan
ʻBefore and After Nowʼ, 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
ʻSticks and Stonesʼ, Vitra Design Museum, Touring Exhibition 1990-1995
1994
ʻLʼEsprit du Nomadeʼ, Cartier Fondation, Paris
1993
ʻBreeding in Captivityʼ Edward Totah Gallery
ʻDesign in the 20th Centuryʼ, Grand Palais, Paris
ʻOne Off and Short Runsʼ, Centre for Contemporary Arts, (Warsaw, Krakow, Prague)
1991
ʻA Break with Traditionʼ, Rohska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
1990
Ron Arad Recent Works, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1987
ʻNouvelles Tendencesʼ, Centre Georges Pompidou
ʻDocumenta 8ʼ, Kassel
1986
ʻIntellectual Interiorsʼ, 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
Finalist for the 2002 World Technology Award for Design
2002
Royal Designer for Industry
2001
Oribe Art & Design Award, Gifu, Japan
2001
Gio Ponti International Design Award, Denver
2001
Barcelona Primavera International Award for Design
2001
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