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
Works and lives in Pardes Hanna.
Teaching and Head of the Ceramics at the Art Center of Givat Haviva.
Solo:
2003, "Twilight Zone", Art gallery, Givat-Haviva.
2006, "Personal response", Kay college, Beer - Sheva.
2007, "Svivot", Art gallery, Givaat Haim Ichud.
Joint:
“To whom the belles toll?”, together with Muhamad Abu Arkia, Givat-Haviva.
Selected Exhibitions:
2020 Tel Aviv Biennale of Craft & Design, Eretz Israel museum, Tel Aviv.
2019 “Interaction”, B.Y5 Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2018 “Terracotta Rave”, B.Y5 Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2017 “Hamsin, Regarding the occupation”, Givat-Haviva.
2017 “Clay, water and love” , Hamiv shala, Kiryat Tivon.
2014 “The feast”, Beit Binyamini, Tel-Aviv.
2012 “SuperBowl“, The Israeli Opera.
2011 “Earth Echoes”, Wilfred Israel museum, HaZorea
2010 "From the melting pot into the fire", Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada.
2009 "Quotation", Beit Kahana, Ramat-Gan.
2007 "Rekamot", Ben-Gurion University.
2006 "Imprinted in Mater", Art gallery, Umm-el-Fahem.
2005 Traditional Palestinian Pottery in Hebron, Ein Harod Museum.
2003 "Alfahura", Art gallery, Umm-el-Fahem.
2002 "Artist against Occupation", Givat-Haviva.
2002-2016 7 last Biennales For Israeli Ceramics. Eretz Israel Museum. Tel- Aviv.
Permanent Exhibition:
The Knesset, Jerusalem
Art Museum, Schwerin, Germany.
Awards:
Maud Friedland prize
Young artist Award, Sharet Fund
