Dafna Ben Ari (b. 1998, Jerusalem, IL) lives and works in Jerusalem.
 

In 2024, she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Department of Art, Jerusalem. During her studies she received the Lorin and Mitchell Presser Award for Excellence in Painting.
 

Between 2017–2018, she studied composition in the studio of artist Alexander Okon, recipient of the Mordechai Ish-Shalom Lifetime Achievement Award.
 

Her work has been reviewed and featured in various media, including Haaretz, Channel 11’s “Cultural Agent,” and At Magazine.

Exhibitions:
Ben Ari’s artworks have been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including  The Years of Our Lives at Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv (2025), Fresh Paint at Kermanitzki Technical Center, Tel Aviv (2025), Graduates In Focus at Rosenfeld Gallery (2024), Weddings at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (2024), sofa can fast, where's the beef? at Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem (2024), and The Metaphysics of the Portrait at Beit Neima Gallery, Jerusalem (2017).