
Ariel Hacohen (b. 1993) is a visual artist from Jerusalem. His work experiments with a variety of photographic approaches, including snapshot and staged photography, digital image processing, and video art. In addition, he creates photographic sculptures using computer-based modeling and casting techniques.
Hacohen’s oeuvre focuses on the interface between history, memory, and the human body. His works contain Classical and archaeological elements as well as appropriated materials that have undergone digitization, blurring, erasure, and replication. Across his studio-based work, he quests to create images, videos, and sculptures that appear both multi-temporal and timeless.
Hacohen is the laureate of the 2024 Rappaport Prize on behalf of the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Foundation and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Notable recognitions include the RCA-Metro Imaging Award, the Clore Foundation Scholarship, the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) Scholarship, the Bezalel-Presser Award for Excellence in Photography, the Yossi Breger Award, and the Hecht Foundation Prize for Young Artists. Hacohen is currently a participant in the long-term Residency Program of the Art Cube Artists’ Studios in Talpiot, Jerusalem.
In 2022, Hacohen graduated (with distinction) from the MA Photography programme at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. He received his B.F.A. (with Hons) from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem (2019), during which he participated in a student exchange programme at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA).
Recent exhibitions include: Gospels at the Bezalel Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2024, duo); Hakoah at the Koresh 14 Gallery, Jerusalem (2023, solo); Digging Down at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem (2021); and Bodyscapes at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2020).