Department of Photography
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David Adika is a photographer, artist, and Head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem. A senior lecturer in the Department of Photography since 1999, he holds bachelor’s (BFA) and master’s (MFA) degrees from Bezalel.
David Adika’s work focuses on the visual and cultural facets of the local Middle Eastern space as a microcosm that reflects his social and family identity. His photographic corpus contains representations of various still life and portraits, blurring the boundaries between abstract conceptual language and lavish visual accuracy. Adika’s visual research explores intimate yet universal biographies, while the photographs unfold familiar and unfamiliar aspects of everyday life and highlight questions of taste and social status.
Adika has had many solo exhibitions in Israeli and international venues, among them Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Art Museum in Riga, Latvia, Bologna MUSEI, Casa Morandi, Italy, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, and Braverman Gallery in Tel Aviv. He has won many awards, including the Minister and the Emerging Artist Prizes from the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the Jack Nailor Award for Photography. His photographs are included in many collections, such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Casa Morandi in Italy, the Knesset and private collections in Israel and abroad.
He lives in Jaffa and works in Jerusalem
Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Efrat Shalem has exhibited widely in numerous institutions and galleries around the world.
Education:
2003-2005 Visiting Scholar, Art Department, University of California Los Angeles
2000-2003 MFA Magna Cum Laude, The Department of Film and Television at the Faculty of Arts, Tel-Aviv University
1998-1999 Honors Year, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
1994-1998 BFA Cum Laude, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem,
The Photography Department
Awards and Grants:
2004 The Overseas Study Grant, America – Israel Cultural Foundation
2002 The Fund for Video-Art and Experimental Cinema in Israel,
The Center for Contemporary Art, Israel
2002 Sharett Scholarship Program, America – Israel Cultural Foundation
1999 Young Artist Prize, awarded by the Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
1997 Excellence award granted by the Department of Photography, Video and Computer Imaging, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
Collections:
The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Brandeis University, MA, USA
The Israeli Parliament – Knesset
The Israel Ministry of Education and Culture
ORS Israel
Private Collections (Israel, USA, Europe)
