David Adika

David Adika () is an Israeli photographer and educator.

Biography

David Adika (דוד עדיקא) was born in Jerusalem in 1970. He lives and works in Tel Aviv. Adika graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1997, receiving BFA. He received MFA in 2004, graduating from joint educational program of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and Hebrew University Advanced Studies Program. He was appointed head of photography department of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in January 2018.

Academic roles

* 1999–present: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Professor.
* 2004–present: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan. Professor
* 2010–present: School of the Arts ''Campus Arison'', Tel Aviv. Head of the Visual Arts Department.
* 2018–present: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Head of Department of Photography.

Exhibitions

Solo

* 2016 Table studies - Museo Morandi, Bologna.
* 2014 As In Water Face Reflects Face - Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga.
* 2013 As In Water Face Reflects Face - The Open Lens Gallery, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
* 2012 Equator - The Open Lens Gallery, The Gershman Y, University of the Arts, Philadelphia urator: Jordan Rockford* 2011 Oululu - East Central Gallery, London
* 2010 Living Room - Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art urator: Hadas Maor* 2009 Every Monkey is a Gazelle in Its Mother's Eyes - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv (Artist Book)
* 2007 Come Thou Beauty - 3 solo shows, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa urator: Ruti Direktor* 2006 Fix (‘Tikkun’) - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
* 2006 After Winter Must Come Spring - Q! Gallery, Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art urator: Rancis McKee* 2005 In–Out - Ashdod Museum of Art, Monart Center urator: Yona Fischer* 2004 Multi-Function - Graduation Show, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
* 2004 Will It Shine - Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Galia Yahav* 2004 Works - Neta Eshel – House for Art, Caesarea (with Gal Weinstein)
* 2003 Mahogany - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya urator: Dalia Levin* 2002 Mother Tongue/Portraits - Hagar Gallery, Jaffa urator: Tal Ben-Zvi* 2002 Sacker Garden - Oranim Gallery, Tivon (with Eli Petel) urator: David Wakstein* 2001 Lifestyle - Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv; in collaboration with the Photography Department Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem urator: Sharon Yaari">Sharon Yaari">urator: Sharon Yaari

Group

''1998''
* To the East -Orientalism in the Arts in Israel - Israel Museum, Jerusalem [Curators: Yigal Zalmona, Tamar Manor-Friedman]

''2003''
* Tel Aviv-Glasgow-Tel Aviv - Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, in cooperation with GSA (Glasgow School of Arts) urator: Nachum Tevet* Mother Tongue - Museum of Art, Ein Harod urator: Tal Ben-Zvi* Matter of Taste - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem urator: Hagit Allon
''2004''
* Alphabet - Israelisk Samtidskonst, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Sweden urator: Tali Cederbaum* Lets Food - Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam
* Omanut Haaretz - (Art of the Land) Festival, Tel Aviv urator: Ruti Director* Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Nachum Tevet* Pets - Time for Art – Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv urator: Tali Cederbaum* In Days Gone By, At this Time - Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv urator: Carmela Rubin, Shira Naftali* The Scream 2 - Homage Exhibition to Edvard Munch's “The Scream”, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Galia Yahav
''2005''
* Prizes in Art and Design from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport - 2004, Tel Aviv Museum of Art urator: Ellen Ginton* Artic 7 - Recipients of the Sharett scholarship for Young Israeli Artists, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
* Yona at Bezalel - Issues in Contemporary Curating, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv urators: Sarit Shapira, Sandra Weill* Reunion - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Yani Shapira
''2006''
* 3rd Generation - Photography in Estate of Identity Crises, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Yair Barak* Present Now, Omanut Haaretz Festival - Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv urator: Tal Ben-Zvi* Incorrigible Young & Restless Romantics, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv urator: Jossef Krispel* El Hama’ayan - The Yarkon Stream as a Cross-Section in the Israeli Metropolis, Tel Aviv Museum of Art urators: Meira Yagid Haimovici, Nathalie Kertesz, Ze’ev Maor
''2007''
* Through the Object - The Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai Industrial Park urator: Naama Haikin* Somewhere Better Than this Place - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Sally Haftel Naveh* The Rear - The 1st Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art, Herzliya urator: Joshua Simon* New Acquisitions - Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa urator: Tami Katz-Freiman">urator: Tami Katz-Freiman
''2008''
* Territoires - The 6th Biennale of International Photography, Liege - Belgium [Curator: Dorothee Luczak">Tami Katz-Freiman">Tami Katz-Freiman">urator: Tami Katz-Freiman
''2008''
* Territoires - The 6th Biennale of International Photography, Liege - Belgium [Curator: Dorothee Luczak
''2009''
* Watermelons - Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv urator: Carmela Rubin, Shira Naftali* David and the Girls - POV Festival of Contemporary Photography, Tel Aviv urator: David Adika* 4 Openings in Israeli Art - Salame Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Ruti Direktor* Faces: Inside and Out - Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv urators: Danna Taggar Heller* Maximalism - Avni Institute - Tel Aviv urator: Aline Alagem* Solace - Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: David Adika* Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv urator: Nili Goren
''2010''
* Looking In, Looking Out - The Window in Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem urator: Hagit Allon* Memoria Technica - eastcentral gallery, London urator: Adi Gura* Stop Making Sense - Oslo Fine Art Society urator: Marianne Hultman* Shelf Life - Haifa Museum of Art urators: Tami Katz-Freiman, Rotem Ruff* With This Ring - Beth Hatefutsoth, Tel Aviv urator: Raz Samira* True Colors - Soho Gallery, London. The Cube Gallery, Manchester urator: Daniel Cahana Levinson
''2011''
* Jerusalem Beach - The Artists’ Studios - Art Cube Gallery, Jerusalem urator: Iris Mendel* Nimrod's Descendants - Jerusalem Artists’ House Gallery, Jerusalem urator: Gideon Ofrat
''2012''
* The Winners - The Minister of Culture Award for Fine-Art Artist, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem. Petach-Tikava museum of Contemporary Art urator: Naomi Aviv* Making Room, Contemporary Israeli Photography, From the Museum Collection - Tel Aviv Museum Of Art, urator: Nili Goren
* Archive - Fresh Paint Art Fair, Special Project urator: Iris Rivkind
''2013''
* Lot's Wife - The Photographic Gaze, The Open Museum of Photography urator: Naama Haikin* Curator - Yona Fischer, Beginnings of Collection, Ashdod Museum of Art, Monart Center urators: Yuval Beaton, Roni Cohen-Binyamini* Human Nature - Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv urator: Adi Gura* Night Stamp - "Beit Ha'ir museum", Tel Aviv urator: Claudette Zoree, Ayelet Bitan Shlonski
''2017''
* Regarding Africa: Contemporary Art and Afro-Futurism. Tel Aviv Art Museum.

Scholarships and awards

* The Minister of Culture Award for Fine Art Artist, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem, 2011
* The Jack Nailor Award for Photography, Haifa Film Festival, 2011
* Sharet Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 2005
* Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem, 2004
* P.S.S. Pilot Summer School, Glasgow School of Arts, Scotland Foreign Ministry and British Council, 2003
* Dean's Award, yearly scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1996
* Dean's Award, yearly scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, JerusalemMulti-Function, Graduation, 1995

References

External links

David Adika

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Israeli male photographers
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Israeli LGBTQ photographers
21st-century Israeli LGBTQ people
21st-century Israeli male artists