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
Dr. Naomi Meiri-Dann
Art historian and Visual Culture researcher.
Her realms of specialization range from Medieval Art (mainly Italian); Architecture of memory and commemoration (mainly in Israel); Interrelations between religious art and secular culture` and issues concerning encounters between “high” and popular cultures.
Naomi teaches at the Departments of Visual and Material Culture (including the B.A. program), as well as the Master in Policy and Theory of the Arts and the M.Des. Program in Visual Communication.
Menashri is an outstanding graduate of the Industrial Design Department of Bezalel.
Boaz is a Lecturer at the Industrial Design and the Visual and Material Culture Departments of Bezalel. In addition, he one of the founders of the Bezalel postgraduate Incubator Program.
Boaz was presented with the “Dovrat” Award for Innovation in Design, and the Manufacturers Association Award for his great work and achievements.
Boaz specializes in teaching “wood technology” and development of mechanical – analog devices.
Sagit Mezamer is an artist and curator, holding an MA in clinical psychology. She has been teaching at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, since 2014. Sagit served as artistic director and curator of “Yaffo 23”, Center for Art and Research in Jerusalem, from its inception till the day it closed its doors to the public, in 2013. She curated The Curfew Tower residency in Northern Ireland (with the artist Bill Drummond) in 2014-2017. Over the years she curated dozens of shows and presented her own works in numerous venues. Her works are included in museums and private collections. Supported by Mifal HaPayis, she is currently working at Maamuta Art and Media Center on a, docu-installation The Mother of Opium, dealing with opiate addiction in Israel and around. Sagit is now studying Compassionate Inquiry therapy with Gabor Maté and promotes his work in Israel.
Ohad Milstein is an award-winning Israeli documentary filmmaker. He teaches cinema at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. His films examine the boundaries of documentary filmmaking. His latest film "Monogamia” (2023) won the Grand Prix de la Critique at the Locarno Film Festival. Other works include: “Knock on the door” (2023), “Summer Nights” (2021), “Flood” (2018), “Week23” (2016), “Planets” (2014), "Systema” (2010), "Obsession" (2008).
