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Zadok Ben-David, Israeli, born Yemen, 1949.

Zadok Ben-David was born in 1949 in Beihan, Yemen. When he was five months old, he immigrated to Israel with his family, which settled in Nes Ziona. Between 1971 and 1973, he studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, but after two years he discontinued his studies. In 1973, because of the Yom Kippur War, he spent six months in the Sinai Peninsula. In 1974 he emigrated to London England. At first he was an assistant to designer Nehemia Azaz. In 1975-1976 he continued his studies in art. He lives and works in London, England.

His works from the late 1970s made use of a variety of materials such as wood and stone, from which he created structures resembling ritual-minimalist structures. In the mid-1980s he began using figurative images that were influenced by British sculpture in terms of the use of color and humor. During the 1990s he began to deal with optical illusions and scientific images. Among his well known works are the installation "Evolution and Theory" (1998).

Education

1971-73 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem.
1976 St. Martin's School of Art, London, England.,sculpture
1976 University of Reading, Berkshire, England, art

Teaching

1977-82 St. Martin's School of Art, London, England
1982-85 School of Art and Design, Ravensbourne, England.

Awards And Prizes

2005 Prize for Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2007 The Grand Prize of the XIV International Art Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal

Environmental Sculptures

Outdoor sculpture: Beyond the Limit, 1989, concrete and painted stainless steel, the Promenade, Rechov Trumpeldor, Tel Aviv
Parts, 1993, painted aluminum, Rechov Nachmani 14, Tel Aviv