Zadok Ben-David – Conversation Piece.

Description

Etching with aquatint with a watercolour background, 51cm x 50cm, within an oak frame. Dated in pencil 1997, 9/27.

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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. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Design from 1971 to 1973. He continued his studies at the University of reading and St Martin’s School of Art London, where he studied sculpture and later taught, from 1977 to 1982.

In 1988, Ben-David represented Israel in the Venice Biennale. 

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