People I Saw but Never Met is Zadok Ben-David’s latest ongoing body of work, which to date includes over 8,000
chemically acid-etched, hand painted, stainless steel miniature figures and 200 large hand-cut aluminium figures.

Drawn from photographs the artist takes of people he encounters from a distance while traveling in Europe,
Central Asia, Far East Australia USA, and Antarctica.

The installation brings together an unlikely assemblage of global citizens including refugees and immigrants.

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“Ben-David’s sculptural milieu comes at a critical point in our current socio-political climate [...] Where heated debates about exclusion and borders versus inclusivity and multiplicity are part of our daily experience.” 

 - Shoshana Wayne Gallery.

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Exhibitions:
2022    Itchimbia Cultural Center, Quito, Ecuador
2021    Tel Aviv Museum Of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2019    Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

2019    Centro de Arte Contemporanea Graca Morais, Braganca, Portugal

2017    Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2017    SUUM project, Seoul, South Korea
2016    Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia

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Photo credit - Gene Ogami, Soupdemots, Dmitry Shtifonov