Born 1998 in Haifa, Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ben Alon is a visual artist living and working in Tel Aviv. His practice includes photography and installation work, through which he translates photographic documentation into site-responsive installations, giving images a physical presence in exhibition spaces. Working between image and object, he creates tensions between seduction and disturbance. Alon revisits erotic codes and economies of looking, pushing the practice of image-making toward unease, where desire is exposed as a form of violence. His practice engages with bureaucratic systems, looking at the office as a charged symbol of a contemporary condition. Using photography to give attention to minor slips and details within bureaucratic systems that emphasize efficiency, he explores how latent forms of violence inhabit the ordinary.
Recent solo and duo presentations include “In Cells” at Tel Aviv Artists' Studios (2026), and “I’m Not Your Father” at Lobby Art Space, Tel Aviv (2024). Alon was a recent artist-in-residence at Duke University (2025), NC. He holds a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, and studied at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany.
Education
2021-2022 Class of Annette Kelm, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG, Karlsruhe
2020-2023 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2026 In Cells, Tel-Aviv Artist Studios, Tel Aviv, curated by: Eitan Buganim, Text: Professor Michal Na'aman, Duo exhibition with Liam Chambon
2024 I’m Not Your Father, Lobby Art Space, Tel Aviv, curated by: Orit Mor
2024 How Many Hours is Considered Ghosting, The Train 22, Tel Aviv, curated by: Meital Aviram, Duo exhibition with Hadas Hay
Group Exhibitions
2025 The Autonomous Art Biennale, Gymnasia, Herzliya, curated by: Roy Brand
2025 Angels of Sabotage 2, Uri Lifshich Building, Tel Aviv, curated by: Alisha Kamien Kazhdan
2025 Duke Artist-in-Residence Showcase, Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University, North Carolina, USA, curated by: Bill Fick
2025 Households, LocalService, Tel Aviv, curated by: Tomer Fruchter
2025 Identity and Politics, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, curated by: Rona Yefman
2024 Art Up Nation, White Space Chelsea, Chelsea, NYC, curated by: Keren Bar-Gil
2024 Did the Sun Rise Today, Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod, curated by: , Tse'ela Kotler, Ein Hod
2024 Angels of Sabotage, Parterre Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Alisha Kamien Kazhdan
2024 Memories from an Imagined Place, Givat Haviva Gallery, Givat Haviva, curated by: Dr. Dalia Manor
2024 Private Donor Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, curated by: Dveer Shaked
2023 The Sun of Farage Tears Up the Sea, BFA Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, curated by: Ilanit Konopny
2022 Jerusalem Futurism, Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, curated by: Maayan Sheleff
2021 Rundgang, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), Karlsruhe, Germany
Grants & Awards
2026 Fine Arts Grant in Memory of Joshua Rabinowitz for the Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports Tel Aviv-Yafo
2026 Grant, Independent Creators Fund
2024 Fine Arts Grant in Memory of Joshua Rabinowitz for the Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports Tel Aviv-Yafo
2024 Award, Rea Print House
2024 Academic Excellence Award, Photography department, Bezalel Academy
2023 The Micha Kirshner Photographer’s Award, Academic Institute Wizo, Haifa
Residencies & Fellowships
2027 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Supported by Artis, Berlin, Germany
2026 Talk | “Absalon Now”, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv
2025 The Five, research and discussion group led by Karen Dolev and Meital Aviram, Ta Tarbut HaMahuga, Tel Aviv
2025, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
2024 “AIR2” Residency - a collaborative program for Jewish and Arab artists, Givat Haviva Shared Art Center, Givat Haviva
2023 Internship, 2023 The Noel and Harriette Levin Department of Photography, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Press
2026 Michal Naaman, The Prince of Tides, Erev Rav, 28.06.26, (Heb)
2026 Reut Barnea, Ben Alon and Liam Emile Chambon: In the dialogue between us, everything turned into art., Portfolio Magazine, 22.03.26, (Heb)
2026 Ouzi Zur, Closing One Eye: Mutual Charging, Haaretz, 13.04.26, (Heb)
2026 Gilad Meltzer, It Turns Out it is Possible to Create an Exhibition About Violence Without Showing the Thing Itself, Haaretz, 15.04.26, (Heb)
2026 Smadar Sheffi, Ben Alon & Liam Emile Chambon – Bewildered, The Window Blog, 28.02.26, (Heb)
2025, 4X4 Interlud, Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Issue No. 1
2024 Ouzi Zur, Closing One Eye: The Perpetual Light of Sunset, Haaretz, 03.12.24, (Heb)
2024 Yuval saar, Portfolio Magazine
2024 Ouzi Zur, Closing One Eye: The Art of Night, Haaretz, 12.03.24, (Heb)
Collections
Herzog Fox & Neeman
ICL Logistics Ltd
Private collections