His meticulously crafted images are both autobiographical and representative of living in a country in conflict. Taking inspiration from Renaissance and Baroque paintings, religious parables, and contemporary culture, his photographs are infused with both homoeroticism and shared humanity. Adi Nes was born in Kiryat-Gat, Israel in 1966 and now works in Tel Aviv. He has had solo shows at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. His work is in many public collections including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; The Jewish Museum, New York; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. He is represented by the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.