Art and designדוד עדיקא

David Adika

David Adika is an Israeli photographer and teacher who has headed the photography department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design since 2018.

born 1970Photography on place and identityThe exhibition Mother TongueHeading Bezalel's photography department

Occupation: photographer, teacher
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

David Adika was born in 1970 in Jerusalem

David Adika was born in Jerusalem in 1970. He lives and works in Tel Aviv.

He earned a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1997. In 2004 he completed an MFA in a joint program of Bezalel and the Hebrew University.

He has taught at Bezalel since 1999 and at Shenkar College since 2004. Since 2010 he has headed the visual arts department at the School of the Arts in Tel Aviv. In January 2018 he became head of the photography department at Bezalel.

His work deals with links between place, identity, politics and aesthetics. His 2002 exhibition Mother Tongue showed portraits of artists in a show on Mizrahi identity. He has shown in Israel and abroad, including in Riga, Bologna, Philadelphia and London, and his works are held by the Israel Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Milestones in David Adika's life

1970
Born in Jerusalem.
1997
Graduated from Bezalel with a BFA.
1999
Began teaching at Bezalel.
2002
Showed the exhibition Mother Tongue/Portraits in Jaffa.
2004
Completed an MFA and received the Young Artist Prize.
2010
Held the solo show Living Room at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
2011
Received the Nailor Prize for Photography and the Culture Minister's Prize.
2018
Became head of Bezalel's photography department.