Dafna Kaffeman

An artist and senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Kaffeman is a graduate of the Rietveld Academy and the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She has received several awards, including the Andrea Matter Award, the Design Award, and the Ministry of Culture’s Encouragement for Creation Award. Her art demonstrates virtuoso mastery of techniques in drawing, printmaking, and glass sculpture using a blowtorch while engaging with socio-political themes, gender, and national identity. The botanical lexicon she has created, blending local flora and fauna, has become her trademark. Her works have been displayed in major museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Art and Design and the University of Washington Museum, and are part of prominent collections including the Israel Museum, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and New York’s Corning Museum.