Gilad Efrat, b. 1969.
Born in Beer Sheba, Israel, Gilad earned a BFA in 1995 and MFA in 1998 from the Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts in Jerusalem. His studies included work at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. He has had a number of solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions in Austria, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan and New York. In 1997, Gilad received the Israeli Ministry of Education