Dede

Dede is an Israeli graffiti artist from Tel Aviv, known for his repeated use of band-aid images in public art.

born 1990Band-aid images in street artLarge-scale public works in Tel AvivThe Kidnapped from Israel campaign

Born: 1 January 1990, Tel Aviv
Occupation: graffiti artist, artist
Education: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Dede was born in 1990 in Tel Aviv

Dede was born and raised in Tel Aviv. He first came across graffiti in his youth. At 13 he sprayed a map of the sky on a wall of his school.

He began making graffiti during his army service, with images that questioned the establishment. After his release he sprayed stencils of doves, large mutant animals and buildings to share social ideas. He studied art and design at Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, finishing in 2010, and at HEAD in Geneva.

He started showing work on Tel Aviv streets in 2006. From 2008 his work dealt with events in Israel, such as the 2011 social justice protests, the housing crisis and homelessness. His style moved from stencils to free drawing and paper pasting.

From 2009 he showed in Israeli galleries and museums, including the Haifa Museum and the Ein Hod Museum, and later abroad. His large public works include a yellow submarine at an Ayalon bridge and a set of chattering teeth on the abandoned Dolphinarium. After 7 October 2023 he took part in the poster campaign Kidnapped from Israel with Nitzan Mintz, Tal Huber and Shira Gershoni.