Richard Orlinski

Richard Orlinski sculpts to enhance reality and create living, beautiful, and timeless works of art that evoke emotion in the viewer.

At the age of 18, while visiting a contemporary art exhibition, Richard Orlinski felt a strong emotion and two needs became essential to him: to create and to discover the great masters. He visited museums at random during his travels and discovered classical and contemporary masterpieces. After working as an interior architect and designer, he resigned in 2002 to devote himself fully to art. He worked diligently for two years before showing his first pieces. His determination was rewarded with immediate success: Art Elysées, Fiac, Art Basel…

Since 2015, he has been the best-selling contemporary French artist in the world (source: Artprice).

Kind, charming, and a tireless worker, the sculptor inspires enthusiasm in his professional partners. He opened a studio and surrounded himself with highly qualified technicians. International galleries devoted exhibitions to him. His popularity quickly skyrocketed. His works entered collections around the world and achieved record prices.

Defying difficulties, he constantly innovates to create lighting effects, sculpt new materials, and test alloys.

I am an atypical person who breaks the rules. For me, art is something universal and bridges can be built between all forms of art, but somehow this disturbs people. I am in favor of sharing and teamwork, values that are not necessarily in vogue. – Richard Orlinski

Curious by nature and eager to express his sensitivity through other artistic disciplines, he breaks down barriers between art forms to create new practices. He embraces music, theater, cinema… nothing stops this visual artist when it comes to creating. His accessibility is legendary. Richard Orlinski reaches out to the public, to all audiences, concerned that art should not be an elitist pleasure and remain confined to galleries and museums.