Bezalel-Levy is the combined signature of a husband and wife art collaboration of 27 years. Chaim Bezalel (aka Kenneth Spilke) was born in New York City and grew up in Dobbs Ferry, NY. He received a B.S. in Radio, TV, and Film from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1971. After graduating, he spent several years on his own photography, working at a variety of jobs, some of them for photo-essays. In 1988 he moved to Israel and established Bezalel Publishing (now Bezalel-Levy Editions) which publishes his and his wife's work in various media. He has published two books which include his photography. He works with photography in mixed media including ceramics, film, and music and painting. His wife, Yonnah Ben Levy, and he collaborate under their combined signature as Bezalel-Levy. Together they run an art center in Stanwood, WA called Stanwood House, working individually under their own names and collaboratively under the combined signature of Bezalel-Levy.
Yonnah Ben Levy was raised in Seattle, Washington. She attended Whitman College and received her B.A. in art from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she studied at the Corcharan Gallery under a Zen master ceramicist. She received a Masters of Art for Teachers at the University of Washington. She has been a professional artist since 1976. Her bronze sculptures and paintings of wildlife and birds have been exhibited in galleries, and museums such as the Museum of Native American Art in Spokane. In 1981 she moved to Israel and worked for artists and craftsmen in various media including illuminated parchments, ceramics, jewelry, woodcarving, and sculpture. Since 1989, she has been collaborating with her husband, Chaim Bezalel, on their own original work. She also continues pursuing her own sculpture and ceramic work. She taught art in the Israeli school system for ten years. In 2002, Yonnah and Chaim opened Stanwood House Gallery and Art Center in Stanwood, Washington. In addition to exhibiting there and elsewhere, she rans a ceramics program for ten years. She is a member of the Washington State Potters Association and has been published in Pottery Making Illustrated. She is also on the teaching faculty of Grunewald Guild in Washington.