Born in Paris in 1960, Patrick grew up in the shadow of artists such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley and Yaacov Agam, leading figures in the Op (optical) Art and Kinetic Art movements. He was fascinated by the way they combined geometric lines and shapes with eye-popping color to create the illusion of movement and play with the limits of the human eye’s perception. However, while their artwork was subtle and abstract, Patrick’s is more intuitive and attuned to popular culture, making his images accessible and highly engaging to a contemporary audience; like Andy Warhol before him, he believes that art should provoke a universal emotion.

Patrick Rubinstein’s pioneering kinetic artworks pay tribute to the most renowned icons from the second half of the 20th century. Using aspects of Surrealism, Street, Pop Art and Renaissance, he blends creativity, innovation and science to give each work an animated and perpetually self-renewing aspect.

He works with what he calls the double principle, which depicts the fusion of two images designed to blend into one, and the triple principle in which three images are each depicted individually, one centrally and two laterally.

His avant-garde technique is not digital, but uses layering and angling to create the ‘kinetic’ effect, allowing visual variations when the spectator moves around the work. For this reason every interactive viewing experience is personal and unique.

Patrick’s work is held in prestigious collections all over the world, including that of King Mohamed IV of Morocco, a number of fashion designers, French football and tennis heroes Kylian Mbappé and Yannick Noah, as well as several other international sport stars. His list of high profile collaborators includes world renowned architect and designer Philippe Starck.