Raphaël Zarka

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Born in 1977 in Montpellier (France). Lives ans works in Paris (France).

Sculptor Raphaël Zarka also expresses himself through photography, drawing or video. His approach refers to science, industry, philosophy, the perpetual search for new trajectories. Through his work, he collects forms that can be minimal, geometric but remain recognizable while being isolated from their context.

Raphael Zarka was awarded the Prize of Fondation d’entreprise Ricard in 2008 and he was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2013.

Raphaël Zarka works have been exhibited at Tate Modern (London), Centre Pompidou Metz, Palais de Tokyo (Paris), MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (Roma), Museo Experimental el Eco (Mexico), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Protein Studio (London), Museum of Contemporary Art - MOCAD (Detroit), Luciana Brito Galeria (São Paulo), Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (Singapore), Le Corbusier Foundation - Villa Savoye (Poissy), EACC - Espai d’art Contemporani de Castelló (Castellon), MUDAM - The Grand Duke Jean Museumof Modern Art (Luxembourg), Stroom Den Haag (La Haye), Pastificio de Cerere (Roma), CAN (Neuchâtel), The Art Foundation - TAF (Athens), Modern Art (Oxford), Zabludowicz Collection (New York), Le Grand Café (Saint-Nazaire), FRAC Franche Comté (Besançon), Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), Performa 11 (New York), New Visual Art Performance Biennial (New York).

His work is part of prestigious collections as Centre Georges-Pompidou (Paris), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, MUDAM - The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (Luxembourg), Kadist Art Foundation (Paris), Zabludowicz Foundation (London), Museum of Old and New Art (Hobart), Josée and Marc Gensollen collection (Marseilles) among others.

Selected press



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Ouestfrance

Raphael Zarka

September 2020

Le Monde

Raphael Zarka

June 2020

City Magazine International

Raphaël Zarka

September 2019

Zérodeux

Les Prismatiques

January 2019

Connaissance des Arts

Raphaël Zarka

October 2018

ARTYLAB

Raphaël Zarka

May 2018

Paris Art

Raphaël Zarka

April 2018

Libération

Raphaël Zarka

April 2018

Les Inrocks

Modulations fréquentes

March 2018

Artforum

Raphaël Zarka

January 2018

Liberation

Raphaël Zarka

October 2017

Télérama

Raphaël Zarka

October 2017

Zerodeux

Raphaël Zarka

October 2017

rtbf.be

Raphaël Zarka

October 2017

Elephant Magazine

Raphaël Zarka

September 2017

A Skateboard Annual 3

Raphaël Zarka

May 2017

Ecrit pour Voir

Raphaël Zarka

January 2017

Le Quotidien de l'Art

Raphaël Zarka

December 2016

Art Press

Raphaël Zarka

November 2016

délibéré

Raphaël Zarka

October 2016

Article

Raphaël Zarka

July 2016

La Libre Belgique

Les appropriations modernistes de la géométrie

March 2014

l'oeil

Raphaël Zarka

February 2014

Beaux arts magazine

Rapaël Zarka

February 2014

Art Press

Raphaël Zarka

February 2014

Les inRockuptibles

Raphaël Zarka

December 2013

Strabic.fr

Raphaël Zarka

April 2013

ARTE REF

Raphaël Zarka

February 2013

TIME OUT

Raphaël Zarka

February 2013

Le journal des Arts

Raphaël Zarka

January 2013

Dank

Raphaël Zarka

October 2012

Perfoma Magazine

Raphaël Zarka

June 2012

Cura

it would have been so much easier to start from the beginning

January 2012

Le monde

Raphaël Zarka

December 2011

Le Quotidien de l'Art

Raphaël Zarka

December 2011

AD Magazine

Raphaël Zarka

June 2011

Kunst Bulletin

Raphaël Zarka

March 2011

Métropolis

Raphaël Zarka

January 2011

Kaléidoscope

Raphaël Zarka

November 2009

20/27

Raphaël Zarka

July 2008

Bidoun

Raphaël Zarka

June 2008

EXIT Express

Raphaël Zarka

May 2008

Art 21

Raphaël Zarka

April 2008

Artforum

Raphaël Zarka

March 2008

Publications



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Raphaël Zarka

Riding Modern Art

August 2017
Publisher: B42
ISBN 978-2917855874

Raphaël Zarka

July 2014
Publisher: Musée de Sérignan
ISBN 978-2-9541245-4-45 €

Raphaël Zarka

November 2012
Publisher: Editions B42, Galerie Michel Rein30 €
Raphaël Zarka

On a day with no waves (a chronicle of skateboarding 1779-2009)

November 2011
13.70 €
Raphaël Zarka

La conjonction interdite

November 2011
Raphaël Zarka

Free Ride, skateboard, mécanique galiléenne et formes simples

November 2011

En milieu continu

October 2007
Publisher: École régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

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