Israeli painter and sculptor. Born in Bulgaria, Ofek showed an inclination toward art at a young age. In 1949 he immigrated to Israel, and joined Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz. Ofek's art is exceptional in its wide range of media – engraving, drawing, lithograph, gouache, oil, linoleum cuts, as well as sculpting in stone, bronze, wood, tin, cardboard and fabric. He focused on the images of man, family and home, while developing a unique symbolic language containing many traditional Jewish motifs. He considered his wall paintings, including "The Broken Dream" at the University of Haifa, as the climax of his creative endeavor. Ofek was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for painting in 1975.