Arik Levy was born in Tel Aviv in 1963 and moved to Europe in 1988. He graduated with distinction from Art Center Europe in Switzerland in 1991, spent a formative period in Japan, and now lives and works between Paris and Saint-Paul de Vence. He works across sculpture, art, design and stage design, and his multi-media art is represented by galleries worldwide.
Recognition
France made him a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009, and ELLE Decoration’s international awards named him Designer of the Year in 2008. His work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.
“Oblique’s design is an expression of a sprouting plant.”
Artemide, on Oblique
Light like a sprouting plant
Oblique (2014) is, in Artemide’s words, an expression of a sprouting plant: the angled head pushes up and stretches the stem like a bean sprout. Because it is drawn in two dimensions, it almost disappears from some angles and reads as a solid line from others. It comes as a wall light and an outdoor bollard.
Stab Light
Stab Light, designed for Danese, won a Red Dot design award in 2016. Its diffuser is hand-blown in several layers of colored glass over a wooden mold, a very traditional technique.
- Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 2009
- ELLE Decoration International Design Awards, Designer of the Year, 2008
- Stab Light: Red Dot design award, 2016
- Collections include the Centre Pompidou, the V&A and MoMA
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Sources: LoftModern product listings for Artemide designs by Arik Levy, including the Artemide notes quoted in them; Arik Levy’s published biography (ariklevy.fr).