David Duvshani
Born 1991 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Duvshani works with comics, painting, drawing, and print techniques. His works focus on charged historical and political narratives and are characterized by humor and satire.
Duvshani holds an MFA degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris. His works have been exhibited locally and internationally - in solo exhibitions in EnclaveProjects in London, Beaux Arts de Paris, and in an upcoming show at Alamcen Gallery in Jaffa. He has participated in group exhibitions in venues such as the Ein-Harod Mishkan Museum, the Nahum Gutman Museum in Tel Aviv, Hanina Gallery in Tel Aviv, WhiteNight in Paris, and the Griffin Gallery in London. Duvshani publishes a weekly comic column, Hishuvei Kitzin, in Haaretz newspaper, in collaboration with Julia Fermentto, and is a regular contributor to Tohu magazine. His book Crusades was published in 2019 and launched at an event at the Palais-de-Tokyo, Paris.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Artist Websites
Education
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
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
2022 Private Collection, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curated by: Dveer Shaked
2022 Comics, Beit Ariela, Tel-Aviv, curated by: Lisa Peretz, (as part of First Touch)
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 Best Interest, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curated by: Dveer Shaked
2020 Timed Act, Hansen House, Jerusalem
2020 Shuttle, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2019 Non Non Fiction, Vila/Emuna art-space, Jerusalem
2019 Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel MFA Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 Small Sanctuary, Bezalel MFA Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018 Lost Landscapes and Hidden Maps, Nachum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv, curated by: Monica Lavie
2017 Euphoria project, 1967 turns 50, Wartime Art, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, curated by: Yaniv Shapira and Dana Arieli
2017 Lodger, Westminster Reference Library, London, curated by: Antonio Garcia Acosta
2017 Lieux de Mémoire/DDL’A, La Paillasse, Paris, curated by: Parand Danesh
2016 Savoir/Dessiner, L’Atelier 103B, Montreuil, curated by: Arthur Tiar
2015 Selective Memories, Griffin Gallery, London, curated by: Becca Pelly-Fry
2012 Passagers, Hanina Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Tsiki Eisenberg
2012, Couvent de la Tourette, Lyon, curated by: Giuseppe Penone
Grants & Awards
2021 Rabinovitch Art Fund, production grant for Hoshech Magazine
2021 Pais production grant for a graphic novel for Bad Butcher, Nine Lives Press
Residencies & Fellowships
2016, Atelier W, Pantin
2015, Villa Belleville, Paris, as part of the collective Miracle
Press
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
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