Currently based in New York, Ron Gilad is a well-established and esteemed designer who has committed his body and mind to materializing ideas, and creating design pieces of astringent thoughtfulness, wit and elegance. Ron’s dynamic designs exhibit his meticulous attention and focus, his poetic formalism, and his offering of beautiful asceticism to a camp-obsessed world.
Born in Tel Aviv, Ron quickly drew the attention of curators, galleries, designers, and press while still a student at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. A graduate of the Industrial Design Department, Gilad’s fascination with “deconstructing” the function of an object has resulted in a broad body of work, ranging from furniture to jewelry to whole interiors.
Ron’s work has been widely presented in solo and group exhibitions at the top museums and design galleries in Israel, including the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, the Periscope Contemporary Design Gallery, the Jerusalem Art Center, and the Ramat-Gan Museum of Modern Art. His work has been selected for the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Tel-Aviv Museum of Modern Art.
Prior to moving to New York, Ron was a lecturer and instructor in 3D and Conceptual Design at the newly formed Jewelry Design Department at the Shenkar Design & Engineering Academy in Ramat-Gan, where he excelled in provoking his students to think beyond conventional boundaries and into the domain of challenging design concepts.