# Dina Bova

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**Dina Bova** (Hebrew: דינה בווה; Russian: Дина Бова; born June 16, 1977) is an Israeli photographer, digital artist and artificial intelligence researcher, notable for her [surrealist photography](/source/Surrealism#Surrealist_photography).

She has won the grand prize at the [Nikon Photo Contest](/source/Nikon_Photo_Contest) for 2012–2013 with the photograph *Elegy of Autumn*.[1]

## Art career

Dina Bova specializes in conceptual surrealist photography. She began her photographic career with documentary photography, but quickly moved to surrealism.[2] She began participating in international contests in July 2008,[3] and won second place in Nikon's 2008–2009 photo context with *Fishing in Hitchcock's Style*, in the My Planet category.[4] Her altered photo of [Manarola](/source/Manarola), Italy, was a finalist in *[The Smithsonian](/source/The_Smithsonian)'*s 11th annual photo contest (2013), in the altered images category.[5] The photo, named *Babylon*, was inspired by [Pieter Bruegel](/source/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder)'s *[The Tower of Babel](/source/The_Tower_of_Babel_(Bruegel))*[6]

In the same year, her photo *Elegy of Autumn* won the grand prize at the Nikon Photo Contest, selected from over 100,000 entries – the first Israeli entry to have won.[7][1] She describes her style as *Truthful Fiction*, as, according to her, "fiction may not reflect the reality as we know it, yet conveys a deep, accurate and true message".[8] Bova lists [Jan Saudek](/source/Jan_Saudek) as a major inspiration.[9]

Bova has designed album covers for a number of Israeli and Jewish musicians, including [Orphaned Land](/source/Orphaned_Land) and its former member [Yossi Sassi](/source/Yossi_Sassi),[10] [RebbeSoul](/source/RebbeSoul) and others.[citation needed] The Orphaned Land album cover, for the album *The Road to Or Shalem*, was also inspired by another Bruegel painting, *[The Blind Leading the Blind](/source/The_Blind_Leading_the_Blind)*, and combined a photograph of the musicians with the skyline of [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Australia.[10] She has also had artistic collaborations with [Maria Kong](/source/Maria_Kong), [Yisrael Aharoni](/source/Yisrael_Aharoni) and German Kabirski.

Bova has exhibited her works in the [Salon d'Automne](/source/Salon_d'Automne), and has had numerous solo exhibitions, including *The Truth in the Lie*, *Distillation of a Fantastic Reality* (in [Rishon Lezion](/source/Rishon_Lezion)), and others.[11] She was a major contributor to the *Beauty Saves the World* (BSW) photography project started by her husband, which focused on [fine-art photography](/source/Fine-art_photography) and exhibited in multiple countries.[12] She has taught at [Galitz School of Photography](/source/Roie_Galitz) in [Ramat Gan](/source/Ramat_Gan), Israel, and writes guides and tutorials for various photography magazines, such as 1x and *Practical Photoshop*.[citation needed] She has given numerous talks, including in the Annual Israeli Photography Convention in 2014.[13] She has published a book with her photographs in 2013, called *Truthful Fiction*, with a second edition released in 2014.

## Personal life

Bova was born in Moscow in 1977 and has resided in Israel since 1991. She holds a B.Sc. in computer science from [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University).[7] Bova works as a researcher and [algorithm engineer](/source/Algorithm_engineering) in the field of [artificial intelligence](/source/Artificial_intelligence).[3] She is married to Gadi Boleslavsky,[12] who serves as her [manager](/source/Talent_manager).[14]

## Awards

Bova has received the following photography awards and prizes.[15] In all, over 100 of her photographs received over 400 awards.[16]

- 2009 – Trierenberg Super Circuit – Vöav gold medal[17]
- 2010 – Trierenberg Super Circuit – gold medal of excellence[18]
- 2010 – Julia Cameron Awards – two prizes and an honorable mention[19]
- 2010 – Aquëducte Biennale – gold aquëducte author[20]
- 2011 – Prix de la Photographie Paris – 1st place, fine art[8]
- 2011 – DonkeyArtPrize New York – grand prize
- 2012 – Trierenberg Super Circuit – gold medal of excellence[21]
- 2012 – Professional Women Photographers – grand prize
- 2013 – Nikon International Photo Contest – grand prize
- 2014 – Prix de la Photographie Paris – gold, fine art/people[22]

## Selected exhibitions

Bova's work was featured, but not limited to, the following exhibitions.

- 2010 – *Three Women, Three Worlds*, [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University), Tel Aviv, Israel[23]
- 2010 – *Magic Realism*, Tel Aviv, Israel[24]
- 2011 – *Magic Realism*, Moscow, Russia[25]
- 2012 – *Point of Branching. Fragility. Objective Reality*, Molbert Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia[26]
- 2012 – [Salon d'Automne](/source/Salon_d'Automne), Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2012 – *Pixel in the Hand of the Artist* (solo), Tel-Hai Museum of Photography, Israel
- 2013 – *Truthful Fiction* (solo), Weil Center, [Kfar Shmaryahu](/source/Kfar_Shmaryahu), Israel[27]
- 2013 – *Forever and the Earth* (solo), Konenkov Museum of Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow[28]
- 2014 – *Essence of Fantastic Reality*, Rishon LeZion Culture Hall, Israel[29]
- 2015 – NordArt, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany[16][30]
- 2018 – *Beauty Matters*, [International Photography Festival](/source/International_Photography_Festival_(Israel)), Tel Aviv, Israel[31]
- 2019 – International Women's Day Exhibition, Farkash Gallery, Jaffa, Israel[32]
- 2022 – *It's a Mad World* virtual exhibition[33]
- 2022 – Berlin Photo Week[34]

## References

1. ["Winners of the Nikon Photo Contest 2012-2013 have been determined"](https://www.nikon.com/news/2013/0802_award_01.htm). [Nikon](/source/Nikon). August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

1. *The Best Photographers VII*. PhotoArt.cz. 2014. p. 100. ISBN 978-80-905862-0-8.

1. Sanoa, Nissim (2010). "Three Women – Three Worlds" (in Hebrew). *Olam HaTzilum*

1. ["My Planet category 2nd place"](https://www.nikon-photocontest.com/en/awards/2008/2008_archive/mpc/art_04.html). [Nikon](/source/Nikon). 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

1. ["Arts and culture: The week's most stunning pictures"](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140411-the-man-living-inside-a-bear). *BBC.co.uk*. April 11, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

1. ["Manarola diventa la Torre di Babele di un quadro di Pieter Bruegel il Vecchio"](https://www.cittadellaspezia.com/2014/04/10/manarola-diventa-la-torre-di-babele-di-un-quadro-di-pieter-bruegel-il-vecchio-155794/) [Manarola becomes the Tower of Babel in a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder] (in Italian). *Citta della Spezia*. April 10, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. Ganot, Ido (August 19, 2013). ["דינה בווה – לא מהעולם הזה"](https://www.megapixel.co.il/local/archive/41649) [Dina Bova – Not from This World] (in Hebrew). Retrieved August 21, 2021.

1. ["Imagination Tricks"](https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2011/3003/). *Prix de la Photographie Paris*. 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

1. [Galitz, Roie](/source/Roie_Galitz) (ed.) (March 2011). "Eyes Wide Shut" (in Hebrew). *Composition*. 17 ed.

1. Martos, Ramón Oscuro (2020). *And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers – Volume 3*. ISBN 9781792341670.

1. Sanoa, Nissim. *Unfinished Writing – 60 Years of Photography* (in Hebrew). Olam HaTzilum. pp. 160–167.

1. Sanoa, Nissim. *Unfinished Writing – 60 Years of Photography* (in Hebrew). Olam HaTzilum. p. 156.

1. ["The Israeli Photography Convention – Speakers Include"](https://photox.co.il/?lang=en). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. Halutz, Dina (October 7, 2013). "אני מצלמה" [I'm a Camera] (in Hebrew). *[LaIsha](/source/LaIsha)*. 3469 ed.

1. ["Dina Bova – Awards"](https://www.artgalaxie.com/artists/details?id=70&artist_name=dina-bova). *artgalaxie.com*. Retrieved April 8, 2022.

1. ["Dina Bova / International Art Exhibition"](https://www.nordart.de/fileadmin/downloads/kuenstler/2015/171_Dina_Bova.pdf). *NordArt*. Kunstwerk Carlshütte. 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

1. ["Main Award Winner 2009"](https://www.supercircuit.at/downloads/results/2009/winnerlist.pdf). Trierenberg Super Circuit. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

1. ["Main Award Winner 2010"](https://www.supercircuit.at/downloads/results/2010/winnerlist.pdf). Trierenberg Super Circuit. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

1. ["2nd edition Julia Cameron Award winners"](http://www.thegalaawards.net/announcements/2nd-ed-julia-m-cameron-award). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120102155649/http://www.thegalaawards.net/announcements/2nd-ed-julia-m-cameron-award) January 2, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

1. ["Aqueducte 2010"](https://server.afocer.cat/aqv2/listaPremiados_v3.php?idConcurso=33821&idApartado=33829). Retrieved August 19, 2022.

1. ["Main Award Winner 2012"](https://www.supercircuit.at/downloads/results/2012/winnerlist.pdf). Trierenberg Super Circuit. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

1. ["Imagination Tricks"](https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2014/4968/). *Prix de la Photographie Paris*. 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

1. "שלוש בראש" [Three at the Head]. *[Ma'ariv](/source/Ma'ariv) Magazine*. April 25, 2010. p. 15.

1. ["Exhibition - "Magic Realism & Real Magic""](https://web.archive.org/web/20101012062348/http://www.bsw-art.com/journal/exhibition-magic-realism-and-real-magic). October 9, 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.bsw-art.com/journal/exhibition-magic-realism-and-real-magic) on October 12, 2010.

1. ["Digital Art: The Magic Realism of Israel"](http://foto-expo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296:qdigital-art-q&catid=45:-2011&Itemid=95). *Photo Center*. 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["ПРОЖИТЬ ЧАС В DIGITAL ART"](http://www.molbertgallery.ru/events/dina_bova/) [To Live an Hour in Digital Art] (in Russian). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["דינה בווה, תערוכת צילום סוריאליסטי"](http://www.weilcenter.org.il/?CategoryID=612&ArticleID=1226) [Dina Bova, Surrealistic Photo Exhibition] (in Hebrew). Weil Center. April 24, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["ДИНА БОВА (ИЗРАИЛЬ) "О СКИТАНЬЯХ ВЕЧНЫХ И О ЗЕМЛЕ".ФОТОГРАФИЯ."](https://www.rah.ru/news/detail.php?ID=22069) [Dina Bova (Israel) "On Eternal Wanderings and Earth". Photography.] (in Russian). [Russian Academy of Arts](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Arts). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. "שלוש תערוכות צילום חדשות בהיכל התרבות" [Three New Photo Exhibitions in the Culture Hall] (in Hebrew). *Gal Gefen Rishon LeZion*. 2243 ed. pp. 66–67.

1. ["NordArt: Itamar Freed und Dina Bova"](https://embassies.gov.il/berlin/NewsAndEvents/calendar-of-events/Pages/NordArt-Carlshuette.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0nKnrfpSe2QH8Ov2oPmtCZilojJaJFiyj1LuZJJ7VB1peTU2sOS46wUfA) [NordArt: Itamar Freed and Dina Bova] (in German). [Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs](/source/Israel_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["Beauty Matters – תערוכה קבוצתית"](https://www.photoisrael.org/exhibitions/beauty-matters-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94-%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA/) [Beauty Matters – Group Exhibition] (in Hebrew). Photo IS:RAEL. 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. [""Perfectly Imperfect" 8.3"](https://farkashartgallery.com/events/event/perfectly-imperfect-8-3/). Farkash Gallery. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["Exhibition - It's a Mad World"](https://1x.com/dinabova/its-a-mad-mad-world-by-dina-bova). Retrieved December 16, 2022.

1. ["Berlin Photo Week 2022"](https://bba-prizes.com/berlin-photo-week-2022). BBA. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.dinabova.art/)
- [Dina Bova](https://1x.com/dinabova) at 1x.com
- [An interview with Bova at ArtJobs.com](https://www.artjobs.com/arts/interview/dina-bova/exploring-line-between-illusion-and-reality-her-digital-art-artist-dina#)

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