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Born in the artists' village of Ein Hod. In his youth he was an assistant of Marcel Janco, Avraham Bazak and Uri Lifshietz.
Ben Dov is a multi- disciplinary artist; he uses all kinds of artistic medias such as painting, sculpture, Video-art and installations, all creating a primordial world that has a deep connection to the earth, to nature and to Israeli symbols.
Ben Dov's images stir up memories of ancient folktales and primeval landscapes and make them an integral part of our contemporary environs.
Ben Dov stirs feelings of goodness, beauty, and deep roots, constituents that encourage a more optimistic outlook toward the future.
Selected one person exhibitions
1994 Place, Tova Ausman Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1995 Children's drawings, Sharet Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1997 Nine Months, Farkash Gallery, Jaffa
1998 Road Signs, Beit Ha-Bad Gallery, Ein Hod
1999 Wheat, Engel Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1999 Pomegranate, Engel Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2000 Tzabar, Engel Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2001 Animals Stones Earth, Bar-David Museum, Kibbutz Baram
2002 Press House, Janco – DaDa Museum , Ein Hod
2003 Olive, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 Home, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006 Together, duo exhibition with Mara Ben Dov, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 Shepherd, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 Sad Moon, Dear Noga Window, Jaffa
2009 Artist (?), Ein Hod Gallery
2010 Langauge to Matter, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Icons, Engel gallery, Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
1993 Sculpture in the little forest, Raanana
1994 3rd Sculpture Biennale, Ein Hod
1995 Galilee Stone 4, Maalot Tarshicha
1996 Artists-Messengers of Peace, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
1997 Miniartura, Center of Visual Arts Ghobio, Italy
1998 Where have we came from and where do we go to, Petach Tikva
Museum.
1999 Drap-Art, Chuzot Hayotzer and Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem
1999 Hiriya in the Museum, Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
2000 Sitation, Petach Tikva Museum, Petach Tikva
2006 Quarry back to nature, Riding power station , Tel Aviv
2007 You Won't See, Umm El- Fahem Art Gallery
2008 Ohavim Omanot, Galleries Opening season, Tel Aviv
2008 Signatorius, Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 "We shall clothe you in a dress of concrete and cement", Dana
Gallery, Yad Mordechai
2008 And the Just Shall Live by His Faith (Art Jerusalem Fair), Jerusalem
2009 Street exhibition at Shapira Neighborhood.
2010 And you don't have nothing without its place, Artists' House, Tel Aviv
Public Projects
2000 Sculpture Park , Bar-Lev School , Petach Tikva
Original works by Yoav Ben Dov can be found at the Engel Galleries Israeli art collection.
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