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. Arch. Barak Pelman is a senior lecturer at the Bezalel School of Architecture and a member of the Bezalel Art and Design Teaching Center. His research interests span three main areas: sustainable environmental design, design education and cognition, and craft sciences. He studied architecture at Tel-Aviv University (with distinction) and Helsinki University of Technology (The Wood Program) and holds a Master's Degree in Sustainable Environmental Design from the Architectural Association School of Architecture London. His Ph.D. research, which was conducted at the School of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focuses on the role of materials and craftsmanship in architectural education.
Currently, Barak directs the Hybrid Pedagogy Lab, an innovative research initiative dedicated to rethinking craft and design pedagogies and developing state-of-the-art technologies to enhance accessibility and engagement in craft and design education.