Ziv Lenzner
Ziv Lenzner (b. 1974) is an artist–researcher and senior lecturer specializing in Visual (Artistic) Anatomy, constructive drawing, and structural approaches to the human figure. For more than twenty-five years he has been teaching, researching, and developing interdisciplinary methods that merge classical anatomical knowledge with contemporary practices in art, design, architecture, and animation.
Lenzner teaches at the Screen-Based Arts Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, where he has become one of the leading figures in the revival and modernization of academic anatomical drawing. His pedagogical approach integrates musculoskeletal analysis, geometric and topographical construction, and interpretative visual methodologies grounded in the traditions of Polykleitos, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bridgman, and Peck.
His research and artistic practice explore the human body as a visual, conceptual, and cultural system, positioning anatomy not merely as scientific knowledge but as a foundational language of artistic creation. He has delivered invited lectures and masterclasses at medical schools, design faculties, and art academies, including the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medicine, and numerous international conferences, among them the Andreas Vesalius Conference and the Bezalel Creative Research Symposium.
Lenzner has organized and led interdisciplinary academic events on the relationships between body, representation, measurement, and knowledge, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, medicine, architecture, philosophy, and visual culture. His work has been featured in major research collaborations, including publications in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Annals of Anatomy, Journal of Anatomy, Science, and the Israeli Medical Association Journal.
As an artist, Lenzner has exhibited extensively, with solo exhibitions such as ANATOMICA (Bezalel, 2026), Nature Morte (Arsuf Gallery), Cabinets of Curiosities (Cuckoo’s Nest), and a decade-long retrospective at Minshar Gallery. His works and anatomical illustrations appear in academic research, medical publications, and international cultural projects.
He is the author of the comprehensive volume Visual Anatomy: History, Theory, Practice, and Research (Resling, 2026), offering a contemporary synthesis of anatomical knowledge as a visual and epistemic discipline.
