Rachel Koleilat
Where Memory Becomes Sculpture.
Rachel K is a French-Lebanese artist whose signature style blends childhood nostalgia with modern art. Her love of toys, her Green Mission, and her passion for technology shape a colorful sculptural world built around memory and play.
Born into an artistic family, with a father who was a sculptor and painter, Rachel grew up surrounded by creativity. Her work transforms toys and childhood memories into modern art, bridging nostalgia and technology.
Process.
Childhood Memory
Every piece starts with a memory, not a mood board — the cartoons, video games, and street toys of the late 80s and 90s that Rachel keeps replaying long before a single object gets placed.
Vintage Toys
She hunts flea markets, attics, and private collections across Lebanon and France for toys that carry real history — worn paint, missing parts, forgotten characters. Nothing here is bought new.
Transformation
Sorted, cleaned, and reassembled by hand, thousands of small toys are layered into a single sculptural form — a process that can take months for one piece.
Technology
Since Dark Play in 2023, select works move. Motors and mechanisms give the sculptures a pulse, turning a static memory into something alive.
Green Mission
Every reused toy is one less object in a landfill — Rachel's commitment to responsible art-making, without losing any of the color or chaos that defines her work.
Wonder
The result isn't nostalgia for its own sake. Visitors don't just look at the piece — they find their own childhood hiding inside it.
Rachel's Green Mission centers on reusing childhood treasures and turning them into magical, responsible art pieces. The original memories remain visible while the objects take on a new contemporary form.
“The late 80s and 90s continue to shapemy artistic vision.”