Hamsa Painting, 2014

Shai Yehezkelli​ was born in Jerusalem (1979), and earned his BFA ​Degree with Highest Honor (”Summa Cum Laude”)​ from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem (2006), and his MFA from the Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv (2010).

He was awarded The Rappaport prize for a young artist (2015), the “Bank Leumi Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievements” and the "Arieli" prize in 2006 and received a grant from The Israeli lottery Culture-Council in 2014. Yehezkelli has exhibited solo shows and has been in group shows in US, UK, Germany, Denmark and in Israel