Shai Yehezkelli (1979) was born in Israel, 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 in solo shows and  group shows in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark and Israel.