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
Prof. Einat Leader, Born in Jerusalem (1966), a jeweller, lecturer, researcher and curator in the field of metalwork, design and craft. A graduate of the Jewelry department, Bezalel (B.A. 1992) and a masters degree in industrial design from the Technion, Haifa (M.Sc. 2003). Associate Professor and faculty member at the department of Jewelry and Fashion (department head, 2005-2013) and in the department of Visual and Material Culture at Bezalel. Chairwoman of The Association for Contemporary Metalsmithing and Jewelry in Israel.
Her works have been exhibited among others at the The Ramat Gan Museum / Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv / Artists‘ Studios, Tel Aviv / Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv / Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv / The Design Museum, Holon / The Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Tel Aviv City Museum / Magnes Museum, UC Berkeley / Fundación COAM, Madrid / Museum Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires / Jewellery Museum, Pforzheim / Mingei Museum, San Diego / Institut National des Metiers d’Art, Paris / Galerie für Angewandte Kunst, Munich / Jüdisches Museum, Hohenems / Froots Gallery, Shanghai / SMAC, Chemnitz / South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, / Jüdisches Museum, Hohenems / DIVA, Antwerp / The Silberwarenmuseum Ott-Pausersche Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd.
About her works - publications lately: “70 Years of Craft and Design in Israel”, Smadar Samson, Mingei Museum, 2018 / “All About Tel Aviv - Jaffa Die Erfindung einer Stadt”, Hannes Sulzenbacher and Hanno Loewy, Jüdisches Museum, Hohenems, 2019 / “Contemporary Crafts in Israel”, Efrat Dgani, Eitav, 2019 / “Jewelers Speak Out”, Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Metalsmith Magazine, 2019 / “Jewellery: Creating a Practice of Meaning through Gesture”, Aya Bentur, Journal of Jewellery Research, 2020 / KORU7, International Contemporary Jewellery triennial 2021 / 20th International Silver Triennial, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2022 / “Craft and Leisure”, Tel-Aviv City museum. Curator: Galit Gaon, 2023.
Prizes and grants, among others: The Meisler Design, the Greiber Prize - Bezalel Academy Jerusalem 1990-91 / The Spertus Museum honorable mention, Chicago 1993 / The Deans summa cum laude Karplus prize, the Technion, Haifa, 2003 / Grants of the Rabinovich Foundation for solo and duo exhibitions, Tel Aviv 2003, 2009, 2015 / The Design Award, Culture Ministry of Israel 2010 / Alix de Rothschild Foundation honorable mention for craft work, Tel Aviv, 2012 / Mifal Hapais Scholarship for artist book, with David Goss, Tel Aviv, 2017.
Writings and publications by Einat Leader, Lately: “The Angels of Craft - Craft as a Cultural Vocation”, Israel - 70 Years of Craft & Design, The Mingei Museum. Editor and curator: Smadar Samson, California, 2018 / “Term of Adornment”, text for the exhibition Utopian Fantasists. (Curators: Shachar Cohen, Einat Leader(, Published on Beit Binyamini online, 2022 / “The Status of the Craft: A Local Historical Perspective on Attempts to Regulate and Promote the Arts and Crafts”, Decade Book of The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv. Editor: Shlomit Bauman 2022 / “Mehahar”, with Vered Kaminski, curatorial text for the exhibition Sagsoget - the Bezalel academy’s Jewelry, at the Design museum - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. (curators : Vered Kaminski, Einat Leader) 2023.
An independent Interaction Designer (UX/UI), specializing in Human-Machine Interaction Design, both digital and physical. With over a decade of experience, Ben led and managed design projects for various start-up companies around the world.
Ben holds a B.Des in Visual Communication and a M.Des in Industrial Design, Design and Technology track, both from Bezalel, Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.
Artist, photographer, lecturer.
Ora Lev's works, in still photography and video art, are sought-after by important collections. In 2019, ten of her works were purchased by the Israel Museum.
Lev is a graduate of the photography department at the Bezalel academy, studied at the school of Visual Arts NYC. She is a senior Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and a former acting Head of the Bezalel Department of Photography(2017-2018) .
Major recent exhibition include; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, 'Sadnaot Haomnim' Tel Aviv, Musrara Mix Festival, Tel Aviv Artist's House, Hanina Gallery, Musrara Mix Festival, Holon Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv 'Ohavim Omanut' Festival, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Makor Gallery New York and Flatiron Gallery New York.
