Richard Orlinski was born in 1966, in Paris
Orlinski is a French sculptor and visual neo-pop artist and started his artistic career in the early 2000s.
Orlinski began his artistic career with a sculpture of a crocodile in bright red resin, which he named Born Wild© in reference to the animal’s untamed nature. The artist explores the impulses behind human violence. Convinced that the beauty of art appeases our instincts, he strives for aesthetic perfection. The crocodile soon became an iconic piece. The sculptor continues to create wild animals that raise questions about human nature. He also takes inspiration from pop culture and iconic figures of the 20th and 21th centuries.
Orlinski’s style is recognisable by the movement animating each of his works, the life it suggests, the emotion it conveys. To accentuate the contrasts between light and shadow, he often makes use of facets. The final appearance of each of his works is also very distinctive, with finely shaded colours, glossy and matt effects, use of solid and empty spaces, opacity and transparence. His favourite materials? Resin for the variety of colours and finishes it allows, aluminium and bronze.
Orlinski loves to work on a giant scale. When creating a work, he first pictures it big. He likes to exhibit outdoors and make art accessible to the many. He also has an appreciation of the miniscule, with extremely delicate finishes.
As well as being a sculptor, he is a painter, musician and comedian. Richard Orlinski is an artist who is interested in all forms of art. An insatiable worker, he is full of projects in various universes. His works are sold worldwide and he is still as approachable as ever. Every meeting is important to him. He can spend time explaining a work of art to a child, or devote several days to supporting a humanitarian cause he cares about…
He was made an Officer for the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin in 2021.
“I want to be where people least expect me”