Born 1981, Israel
lives and works in Tel Aviv-Jaffo
satthadas@gmail.com
Education
2009 - M.F.A Bezalel Academy of Art and Design , art department
2005 - B.F.A. Bezalel Academy of Art and Design , photography department
Academic Roles:
2015 - present: Lectureship at the Photography Department, the Fine Art Department, and the Orthodox Division,
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
2015 - present: Lectureship at the Faculty of Design, HIT Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, IL
2016 - 2020 : Lectureship at Basis Art School, Herzliya, IL
2013 - 2021 : Teaching at the School of the Arts, Arison Campus (elementary and middle school), Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL
International collaborations
2025 - Guest lecturer in Hochschule Darmstadt Germany, University of Applied Sciences, 19th century prints and techniques workshop.
2025 - International Workshop Week “The elephant in the Room” the Faculty of design - a collaboration with Barbara Bochnak an architect and an interior designer based in London.
2021 - Lecture on the project “dancing in the desert”, a collaboration between academies from Dusseldorf, Berlin and Bezalel.
Talks & Conferences
2025 - “Yesterday’s Here,” Field, Israel Museum of Art Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL (invited talk)
2025 - “The Sky Was All Purple,” Twilight, Art department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
2025 - “Teacher’s Blues,” What do you teach when you teach photography? Photography department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL
2024 - “How to Catch Air,” To Work! Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, IL
2024 - “The Beautiful Ones,” Shmini Azeret, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL
2023 - “The State of Things,” Visiting Artist Talk, MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv Yafo, IL (invited talk)
2022 - “Personal Lines,” Artist Talk, Zilum Baam School of Photography, Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL (invited talk)
2022 - “Dance with the Desert,” Third Mission, International cooperations UE Berlin Symposium, University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Campus Berlin, DE
2021 - “The State of Things,” Artist Talk, Onomoato Düsseldorf, DE
Awards and Prizes
2025 Teaching Excellence HIT Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, IL
2023 Lottery Grant for a New Exhibition, IL
2021 Macob Prize, Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod, IL
Lottery Prize Indie Gallery Hub, IL
Teaching Excellence Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, IL
Indie Gallery Hub, Mifal haPais
2013 Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Culture and Sport, IL
2010 Elaine and Donald Cooper Prize, MFA Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Tel
Aviv-Yafo, IL
Excellence Scholarship, MFA Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, IL
2008 Excellence Scholarship, History & theory Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, IL
2006 Excellence Scholarship, ‘Hamishcan’ for Arts, Haifa University, IL
Residencies
2023 - MFA Bezalel graduates Residency, MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv-Yafo IL
2018 - Barbur Gallery Residency, Jerusalem, IL
2010 - Real Presence Residency, nKA / iCA – Independent Cultural Association, Belgrad, RS
Collections
- Tel Aviv Museum collection
- Israel Museum collection
- Ashdod Museum collection
- Hoche Art collection
- The Shpilman Institute for Photography
- Private collections
Solo exhibition
Upcoming: 2026 - Macob Prize solo-exhibition Ashdod Museum of Art
2026 - The Beautiful Ones, Raw Art Gallery
2020 - Motel, Cabri Gallery, curator Avshalom Suliman
2019 - Unlikely Complicity, RawArt Gallery, curator Maya Bamberger
2017 - A Shade Lighter, RawArt Gallery, curator Leah Abir
2013 - Doors To Manual, Hezi Cohen Gallery, curator Ofra Harnam
Selected Group exhibitions
2025 - Once, The sky was the sea, Tel Aviv Museum
2024 - Theatre of Animals, curator Shua Ben Ari, Tel Aviv Museum
- Lady Liberty, curators prof. Katharina Mayer & Martina Justus Onomato, Interpoetry’23 ,Forum Dusseldorf Germany
- Recollection Dialogues with photography, curators Ilanit Konopny&Tamara Abramowitz,Anna Tico House
2023 - Shmini Azeret, curator Dalit Matityahu, Tel-Aviv Museum
- Collection protest, Rawart Gallery
2022 - Fear, curator Niv Nudel, The man and the living museum Ramat Gan
- Prone to Chance, curator Ilanit Konopny, Indie Gallery Mifal Hapais Hub
- Material Imagination, curator Dalit Matityahu, Tel Aviv Museum
2021 - Airspace, curator Ravit Harrari, Ramat Hashron Gallery
- Other heaven, curators Avraham Kritzman&Reut Yeshayahu, Barbur Gallery Jerusalem
2020 - Up and Down the Mountain, curator Etty Schwartz, The New Gallery – Artists' Studios Teddy
- Natural Glitch, curator Michal Baror, Musrara School Gallery
- Footnote, curator Naama Haikin, The Apter-Barrer Gallery and Art center
2019 - Impersonating Myself Becoming Myself, MOCA museum Shanghai ,curator Shoshan Brosh Vaitz
- Photography in fact, sklar levi Gallery, curator Yair Barak
2018 - White Cube, Indie Photography Gallery, curator Etty Schwartz
2017 - Braking Balance, HIT Gallery Bratislava Slovakia, curator Sally Heftel Nave
- Across From, Mormon University, curator Tamar Manor Friedman
- Sinkholes, contemporary art center Arad, curator Hadas Keidar
- The Finger, Fresh paint, curators Łukasz Gorczyca & Lea Abir
2016 - Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, curator Nadim Sadim
- 5, Gabirol Gallery, curator Lia Tzigler
- Pop up exhibition, Artport Tel Aviv, curator: Ella Merder
2015 - Center, Rosenbach Gallery, curator Noga Davidson
2014 - New in the Collection, Israel Museum, curator Dr Noam Gal
- The winners of 2013 Ministry of culture and sport art and design awards, Haifa Museum of Art, curator Orit Bulgaru
- Rising Star, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, curator Dalia Levin
2013 - High Ceiling, Frishman 46, curator Liz Hagag - Train Road, mazeh 9, curator Tal Broitman
2012 - Song of the sea, The National Maritime Museum Haifa, curator Dr Irit Miller
- Bezalel on Tour, Traveling exhibition in the USA, curator Muli Ben Sasson
2011 - Faithful to the Original, Vine House Haifa, curators Farid Abu Shakra & Yeala Hazut
- Auto, RAWART Gallery, curator Noga Davidson
- The Second Strike , Herzliya Biennial, curator Ory Dessau
- Final exhibition MFA Bezalel, Jaffo Tel-Aviv
- Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, Galon galary, curator ayelet Ben-Dor
2010 - Tapetim, Rea photography workshop, curator Etti Shwartz
2009 - Family Romance, Salame galary, curator Ruti director
- David & the Girls, POV Festival, curator David Adika
- The graduates B.A. show, Bezalel, Jerusalem
2006 - Name Exposure, univesity of Haifa, curator Meira Rotman