Zadok Ben-David (born 1949) is an Israeli artist working in London. He was born in Beihan, Yemen; his family immigrated to Israel when he was an infant."Man of Steel"
(profile article). ''Haaretz'', 10 December 2009. He studied at the

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest ...

from 1971 to 1973. He continued his studies at the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...

and

Saint Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's became part of t ...

, where he studied sculpture and later taught, from 1977 to 1982. In 1988, Ben-David represented Israel in the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

. He has received many awards, including the Grande Biennial Prémio at the XIV Biennale Internacional de Arte de Vila Nova de Cerveira in Portugal in 2007, and the

Tel Aviv Museum Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...

prize for sculpture 2005. In 2008, he was commissioned to make a sculpture for the Beijing Olympics. Since 1980, Ben-David has had more than forty solo exhibitions. His works are held in the collections of public and private institutions in Europe, East Asia, the United States, Israel and Australia.

Exhibitions

* "Nature Reserve" at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery,

Kew Gardens Kew Gardens is a botanical garden, botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botany, botanical and mycology, mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its li ...

, 2021–22 * "Blackfield" at Artclub 1563 from 1 December 2011 * "Blackfield" at Verso Arte Contemporanea, 2010 * "Human Nature" at the

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...

, 2009–10Zadok Ben-David: Human Nature
Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Accessed August 2013. * "Blackfield" at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 2009Zadok Ben-David
Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Accessed August 2013. * "Blackfield" at Annendale Galleries, 2008Zadok Ben-David
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Accessed August 2013. * "Four Seasons" at the Sotheby's, Hanover Square, London, 2008 * Invinsible Reality" at Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2007

Gallery

Image:The Man Who Never Ceased To Grow - 2006.jpg, "The Man Who Never Ceased to Grow" (2006), sculpture by Zadok Ben-David,

Neanderthal Museum The Neanderthal Museum is a museum in Mettmann, Germany. It was established in 1996. Located at the site of the first Neanderthal man discovery in the Neandertal, it features an exhibit centered on human evolution. The museum was constructed in 19 ...

Neandertal, Germany The Neandertal (, also , ; sometimes called "the Neander Valley" in English) is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about east of Düsseldorf, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia. T ...

Image:'Lone Cypress', Cor-ten steel sculpture by Zadok Ben-David, 2006, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.jpg, "Lone Cypress", Cor-ten steel sculpture by Zadok Ben-David (2006),

Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

File:PikiWiki Israel 5356 statue quot;aman is like atreequot; in yad vas.jpg, "For is the tree of the field a man", Partisans’ Panorama,

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

, Jerusalem File:Vila nova cerveira cervo (1).JPG, "O Rei Veado", Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal

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Official websiteInception Gallery website
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Exhibitions

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