JOSE LEVY | ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

JOSE LEVY ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Born in , José Lévy enters the world of design through the fashion door. First with his eponymous label José Lévy à Paris, he establishes himself both as an outstanding colorist and as a tailor working with the utmost precision. His style, characterized by a chic that is altogether casual, uncompromising and irreverent, wins him immediate success and visibility with an international audience. He also directs creation for Cacharel, Nina Ricci, Holland & Holland and Ungaro.

José Lévy is Laureate of the Villa Kujoyama, Grand Prix de la ville de Paris and Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He has collaborated with the Manufacture de Sèvres,Hermés, diptryque, Musée de la Chasse,Perrotin Galley, St. Louis, Astier de Villate, among others… JOSE LEVY | ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS

2018 / ‘Rochers’, furniture collection for Hermes, Paris,

2016 / ‘Le veilleur et le Rapace’, Musée de la Chasse, Paris France / ‘Le veilleur et le Rapace’, Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japon / ‘Moving Tatamis’, Galerie Joyce, Paris, France / ‘Les Endiablés – la suite’ collection for Cristallerie Saint Louis, Saint-Louis, France

2015 / ‘Wabi Sabi Shima’, Thalie Art Foundation, , Belgium

2014 / ‘Pavillon des Arts & du Design’, NextLevel Galerie, Paris, France / José Lévy pour Monoprix, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France / Scenography for Villa Kujoyama reopening, Kyoto, Japon

2013 / ‘Oasis : luco noctambule’, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France / Interior design for Les Cloches restaurant, Paris, France

2012 / ‘Vos chefs-d’œuvres’, Ma Galerie, Samuel Le Paire, Paris, France / ‘Judogi’ NextLevel Galerie, Paris, France / ‘Interface’Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts, Paris, France / ‘Les Endiablés’ collection for Cristallerie Saint Louis, Saint-Louis, France / ‘Jeux de tables’ furniture collection for Serge Bensimon Gallery, Paris, France

2011 / ‘La Collection Parisienne’ with Roche Bobois, Paris, France

2010 / ‘Sèvres, porcelaines contemporaines’, The State Hermitage Museum, Menshikov Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

2009 / ‘Mousse de Sèvres’, Galerie de la Manufacture de Sèvres, Paris, France / ‘Oasis : luco noctambule’, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France / ‘Carpet Stories’, ToolsGalerie, Paris, France

2008 / ‘Dans Ma Chambre’, porcelain collection with Deshoulières, Paris, France / ‘Rose de Nice’, Home linen collection with Garnier Thiébaut, Paris, France / ‘Les Entraineuses’, perfume artistic direction with the brand Nickel, Paris, France

2004 / Emmanuel Ungaro, Menswear collection, Artistic Director, Paris, France

2003 / ‘Mon Paris’, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

2001 / ‘Archi-Couture, The Matrix’ (with Xavier Gonzales), Chapelle de la Sorbonne, Paris, France

1998 / Holland & Holland, Menswear and Womenswear collection, Artistic Director, Paris, London, New York

1997 / ‘La Forêt’ Carrousel du , Paris, France

1993 / Nina Ricci, Men collection, Artistic Director, Paris, France / Cacharel, Men collection, Artistic Director, Paris, France JOSE LEVY | ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

1991 / ‘Six European Designers’, Fondation Cartier, Paris, Franc

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