David Adika – Of David. A psalm

David Adika was born in 1970 in Jerusalem. He lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Adika is a photographer, artist, and Head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Photography since 1999 and acquired both BFA and MFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem.

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’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. Selected solo exhibitions include Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (2020); Galerie Klubovna, Brno, Czech Republic (2017); MAMbo, Museo Morandi, Bologna, Italy (2016); The Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel (2015); Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2014); Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2013); Open Lens Gallery, The Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA (2012). In addition, Adika has participated in dual and group exhibitions including Museum Bar David of Arts & Judaica, Kibbutz Baram, Israel; Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel; Museum On the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel; PCG galleries, Providence, RI; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India; Tel Aviv Museum Of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel; Stedman Gallery, Camden, NJ; Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, Israel; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel and Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel.