Cocks & Tits & Hurt Feelings

Shai Yehezkelli (b. 1979) is an artist who lives and works in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel. He attained both his BFA and his MFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design’s Fine Arts Department. Yehezkelli’s works are inspired by the traditions of local painting, while seeking to absolve them of their sublime aspect and instead highlighting their connection to the everyday and the banal. In his paintings, Yehezkelli uses complex iconography, through which he explores elements of Israeli history and identity –while deconstructing the holiness and seriousness with which national narratives are usually created and regarded.
Yehezkelli is the recipient of the Rapaport Prize for Young Israeli Artist (2015). Yehezkelli presented his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions; in 2021, he showcased a solo exhibition at the Beit Uri and Rami Nehushtan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov.