Itai Shaked

 Itai Shaked is an Israeli artist based in downtown Tel Aviv. He is an artist, an art teacher, and an art explorer. In 2013, Itai graduated with honors with his master's degree studies in arts research in the interdisciplinary program for the arts at Tel Aviv University. In 2005, he graduated with his B.ed. Studies in art and art education, including a Ministry of Education "Certified Educator" diploma at the "Midrasha- Beit Berl College School of Art". In 1999, Itai studied fashion photography at "The European Institute of Design" in Milano, Italy. In 1998, he studied film & video at "Camera Obscura- School of Art" in Tel Aviv. During his I.D.F. service, Itai served as an army photographer at the experiment unit of the Ordnance Corps.

Itai Shaked is a painter. In recent years, he has painted mainly on plywood surfaces using mixed media such as acrylic paint, watercolors, oil pastels, graphite, pencils, crayons, Indian ink, and correction pens. He works both in color and in black & white. He produces many preparation drawings on paper, both in pencils and watercolors, all waiting to turn into extraordinary works of art. Coming from a photography background, Itai says he has always noticed the meaningful difference between the world of color imagery and the world of black & white imagery. This difference in cosmic scale occupies his attention while working on his works of art.