Gallery's statement

Jean-Luc and Takako Richard

Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard is specialized in contemporary art.
The gallery represents emerging and mid-career artists from various countries.

The gallery participates in international art fairs and publishes a collection of monographs.

Gallery’s resume

Jean-Luc and Takako Richard opened the gallery in September 1989 under the name of Galerie OZ in Bastille. They first exhibited artists using new computer technology : Robert Groborne’s computer animation, Vera Molnar, Artus Pixel.

Following to Groninger Museum exhibition in 1989 « Less is a Bore, Exuberance Now », Galerie OZ established its reputation by bringing together for the first time Baroque artists from New York : Arch Connelly, Christopher Tanner, Rhonda Zwillinger, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt and Pepon Osorio.

Jean-Luc Richard was the first gallerist to exhibit Choi Jeong Hwa in 1997. In 2005 Choi Jeong Hwa was exhibited in the Venice Biennale.

Galerie OZ also represented Milan Kunc, Joost Van den Toorn, Robert Kushner, Attila Richard Lukacs, Christophe Avella-Bagur,Stefan Hoenerloh, Laszlo Feher, Rainer Gross…They exhibited various photographers such as Erwin Olaf, Bae Bien-U, Jacqueline Hassink.

In October 2002 the gallery moved to Saint-Louis island, got the new name of Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard and a brand new exhibition program more focused on new painting.

Most of these artists show how new technologies change our visions of the world. The gallery mostly organized solo shows with new artists such as Risa Sato, Kiyoshi Nakagami, Yek, Paul Henry Ramirez, Carl Fudge, Adam Ross, Olaf Rauh , Hervé Heuzé, Beverly Fishman, Alice Stepanek & Steven Maslin, Scott Anderson, Yuichi Higashionna, Christoph Wedding, Shirley Kaneda, Tim Bavington.

In January 2006 the gallery moved to its current location in Le Marais. They are going to exhibit more collective shows and two solo shows together with more multimedia artists. They exhibited new artists such as David Ryan, Darren Waterston...