Born in 1954.
Higher education
1974-1975 Tel Aviv University, Social Sciences
1975-1979 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1994 Combined semester at the Columbia University and NYU
2008 Professor Degree, “Oranim” Academic College of Education
Functions and positions
1978-1986 Founding and directing of the Yavneh Art Workshop
1978-2002 “Master Classes” at David Wakstein’s painting studio in Shikun Mizrach, Rishon Letzion
1982 “Tishlovet”, a joint project of the Yavneh Art Workshop and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1984 Founding of the Gallery of Contemporary Art at the Yavneh Art Workshop
1985-1988 Member of the “Rega” Group
1988 Founding member and member of the Editorial Board of the art periodical Studio
1989 Founding, management and curatorial management of the Art Institute Gallery,
“Oranim” Academic College of Education
From 1995 Management and production of documentary films on artists (“The 80’s”, “Teachers 07”, “Stills”,
and more)
From 1996 Founding of the Shikun Mizrach Painting Team
From 1997 Founding of the “Ofakim Hadashim” (=”New Horizons”) Painting Team at the Contemporary Art
Station in Ofakim
From 2002 Founding of the “Ironi Ramle” Painting Team and opening of the Contemporary Art Station in
Ramle
From 2003 Founding of the “Nazareth/Oranim” Painting Team and opening of the Contemporary Art Station
in Nazareth
From 2004 Founding and operating of the Network of Contemporary Art Stations: Rishon Letzion, Ofakim,
Ramle and Nazareth
From 2006 Founding and curatorship of the “Ironi Ramle” Gallery at the Ramle Contemporary Art Station,
and of the “Ofakim Hadashim” (=“New Horizons”) gallery at the Ofakim Contemporary Art Station
Scholarships and awards
1994 Academic scholarship for the participation in a program at the Columbia University, granted
by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
“Artist-Teacher” Scholarship, awarded by the Minister of Science and Arts and the Minister of Education and
Culture
1997 “Creation Award”, granted by the Minister of Education and Culture
2000 “Research Award”, granted by the “Oranim” Academic College of Education
2000 - 2003 “Artist-Teacher” Scholarship, awarded by the Minister of Science and Arts
2003 - 2006 “Artist in Community” Instructor’s Scholarship, awarded by the Culture
Administration, the Ministry of Education and Culture
Selected solo exhibitions
1991 "Subjected", the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (with catalog)
1996 "Portraits", the Department of Art, Haifa University
Moses and Pharaoh’s Daughter, the Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv (with catalog)
2002 "Seven Sins", Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003 "Explosion", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (with catalog)
2006 "Apes", the Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv (with catalog/book)
2008 Painting, Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv
Selected educational installations and Painting Teams
1982 Robbery at the Jewel Shop, the Yavne Art Workshop
Tishlovet, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (with brochure and poster)
1988 Mother, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (with brochure)
1991 Rehabilitation, the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan (with catalog)
Oil Jokes on Canvas, Rishon Letzion
1993 Return of Janos Korczak, the International Artists’ Museum, Lodz, Poland
Family, Students, Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv
1995 Coexistence, Return of Janos Korczak, the International Artist's Museum, Mitzpe Ramon
1996 Orchestra, the International Artists’ Museum, Cardiff, UK (the film Fish and Chips)
1997 Another Language, Entanglement in the Balkan, Haifa Museum of Art
2005 Liberty, White Box Gallery, New York (with poster)
Professor David Wakstein plays a dual role for the inaugural exhibition SPRING, 2012, as an participating artist himself and as the esteemed curator of the show. An accomplished artist living and working in Israel, his career spans from the late 1970s, with a concentration in painting and art education. In 1996, Prof. Wakstein founded Reshet -- a Network of Art Stations for Contemporary Art in the Periphery -- an association dedicated to the advancement of art-education and the making of art among and by children and teenagers from Israel's geographically peripheral regions. He has since established two galleries: Ironi Ramla in Ramala and New Horizens in Ofakim.
Prof. Wakstein studied in the art department in Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he currently serves as a senior lecturer. He also teaches at the Oranim Academic College of Education.
