Department of Photography
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قسم التصوير الفوتوغرافي
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
Animation artist and lecturer.
Specializes in experimental animation works, alternative animation processes, site specific animation, and projects that combine dance and animation on stage and screen. Works in collaboration with animators and choreographers.
Among her award-winning works: an animated installation screened on the beach, an animated research of the Israel Museum's catalogue archive, a dance piece in which she runs a magical animation box, a stage work for musicians dancers and a screen, an animated film that tells the story of an actor experiencing an anxiety attack, and more.
Artistic director of Beit Avi Chai's "A Face. A Day. A Memory". Serves as a mentor, artistic consultant and lector in animation funds and hubs - Copro, The Jerusalem film&television Fund and more.
Osi was part of the animation team of "Waltz with Bashir" and "The Congress" directed by Ari Pullman, worked as an animator in Nir and Gali's "Nine Souls", in children's series, and in many other projects.
Graduate of the Department of Animation at Bezalel with honours. B.Sc. in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University Jerusalem, as part of “Amirim” Special honours program in Natural science.
