David Duvshani
Born 1991 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
David Duvshani is an artist working with drawings, painting, comics and print.
David has graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the MFA program of Bezalel .
His works were shown in exhibitions in Israel (Almacen Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Raw-Art Gallery,
Tel-Aviv, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel-Aviv, The
pumphouse Gallery, Tel-aviv) and internationally (White Night, Paris, FOURFold Gallery,
London, ViaFarini, Milan).
In 2018 his artist book, “Crusades”, was published in France and shown at the Palais de Tokyo,
Paris. He recently published his first graphic novel “Bad Butcher” at Tangier-Press.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Artist Websites
Education
2020 Alma, Home for hebrew culture, Fellow's Programme
2017-2019 MFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2009-2014 DNSAP, Ecole Nationale Superièure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Etzem, The pumphouse Gallery, London, curated by: Hagai Ulrich
2022 YAD, Almacén Gallery, Jaffa, curated by: Lior Tamim
2018 The Travels of Reb Mendelovitch, NocturnoLive, Jerusalem, curated by: Smadar Tsook
2015 FOURfold: Running Out of Tape, EnclaveProjects, London, curated by: Antonio Garcia Acosta, With artist Fazal Rizvi
2014 Envois de Rome (DNSAP), Beaux Arts de Paris, Paris
Group Exhibitions
2023 Via-Farini Open Studio, Milan, curated by: Giulio Verago
2023 Collection Protest, RawArt Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2023 more than one, Jerusalem drawing biennale - Jerusalem's Artist's House, Jerusalem, curated by: Irit Hadar
2022 And The World Was Pretty Wonderful, RawArt Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2022 The Collection & New Works, RawArt Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2022 Comics, Beit Ariela, Tel-Aviv, curated by: Lisa Peretz, (as part of First Touch)
2022 Private Collection, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curated by: Dveer Shaked
2021 Hoshech, Pop-Up exhibition and magazine launch, Parterre Projects, Tel Aviv
2021 Picket Lines, Bread & Roses gallery, curated by: Hagai Ulrich
2021 Miftan - zumu on the move, Lod
2020 Timed Act, Hansen House, Jerusalem
2020 Shuttle, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2020 Best Interest, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curated by: Dveer Shaked
2019 Non Non Fiction, Vila/Emuna art-space, Jerusalem
2019 Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel MFA Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 White Night, Le DOC/ Palais de la Découverte,, Paris
2018 Lost Landscapes and Hidden Maps, Nachum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv, curated by: Monica Lavie
2018 Small Sanctuary, Bezalel MFA Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017 Lodger, Westminster Reference Library, London, curated by: Antonio Garcia Acosta
2017 Lieux de Mémoire/DDL’A, La Paillasse, Paris, curated by: Parand Danesh
2017 Euphoria project, 1967 turns 50, Wartime Art, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, curated by: Yaniv Shapira and Dana Arieli
2016 Savoir/Dessiner, L’Atelier 103B, Montreuil, curated by: Arthur Tiar
2015 Selective Memories, Griffin Gallery, London, curated by: Becca Pelly-Fry
2012 Silences, Couvent de la Tourette, Lyon, curated by: Giuseppe Penone
2012 Passagers, Hanina Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Tsiki Eisenberg
Grants & Awards
2021 Rabinovitch Art Fund, production grant for Hoshech Magazine
2021 Pais production grant for a graphic novel for Bad Butcher, Tangier Press
Residencies & Fellowships
2023 Via-Farini AIR, Milan
2023 Beit-Venezia, Venice
2016, Atelier W, Pantin
2015, Villa Belleville, Paris, as part of the collective Miracle
Press
2024 Ouzi Zur, Drawings for crazy kids, Haaretz, 12.08.2024
2024 Ofir Hovav, David Dobshani Returns Through His Paintings, Confronting the People Who Scared Him Most, Haretz, 25\8\24, (Heb)
2023 Maya Guez, Bad Butcher, Maariv, 31.07.23, (HEB)
2023, Bad Butcher, Portfolio Magazine, 22.05.2023, (HEB)
2022 Uzi Tzur, Between Matter and Non Matter (on YAD Exhibtion ), Haaretz, 14.2.22, (Heb)
2021 Yuval Saar, Taking Charge of Things, Portfolio Magazine, Heb, 26.5.21
2020 Hagay Hacohen, Drawing in the shadow of history - The art of David Duvshani, The Jerusalem Post, 17.3.2020, (Eng)
2019 Yuval Saar, David Duvshani: My discourse is more artistic, even if the appearance of my work is more 'illustrative', Portfolio, 19.11.2019, (Heb)
2018 Camea Smith, Imaginary Travels, Telavivian, 23.3.2018, (Eng)
Publications by the Artist
2023 Bad Butcher, Tangier Press
2021 Bad Butcher, Protocols magazine - Issue 9, (HEB)
2019-2021 Hishuvei Kitzin (Predicting the Apocalypse), Haaretz, (HEB)
2019 Crusades, Artist Book, Editions Hoosh, (FRE), (Release event Palais de Tokyo Library)
2017-2021 The Travels of Reb Schneur Zalman Mendelovitch, Tohu Magazine, With Shahar Fineberg
Collections
Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv
Private collections