Nitzan Mintz, born in 1989 in Tel Aviv
Dede Bandaid, born in 1986 in Tel Aviv

Dede and Nitzan are multidisciplinary artists originally from Tel Aviv and now based in New York. Their collaborative practice grew from distinct yet complementary paths that began in the streets of Tel Aviv and evolved into an expansive studio-based practice.

Dede began his artistic journey after completing his military service and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. His early public works - stencils, murals, and interventions used his now signature band-aid motif to comment on societal wounds, urban neglect, and identity. Over time, his work expanded to include mixed media, collages, found materials, and textured surfaces, reflecting on the tension between order and chaos in urban life.

Nitzan began placing text-based visual poems throughout Tel Aviv in her teens, using the city as her canvas. She studied fine art and creative writing at the Minshar School of Art and attended the Helicon School of Creative Writing. Her practice has since moved into the studio, where she develops her poetry into visual works that merge lyrical expression with sharp social commentary. Using industrial remnants, paint, letter stencils, and materials sourced from the public sphere, her pieces explore the relationship between personal and collective emotional landscapes.

Together, they create layered, narrative-driven works that merge text, image, and material to reimagine overlooked spaces and stories. Their art draws on personal and collective traumas, post-trauma, decay, inequality and makes visible what is often overlooked: neglected walls, urban loss, identity, and the boundary between public and private life.