Art and designגיא בן-נר

Guy Ben-Ner

Guy Ben-Ner is an Israeli video artist who makes short films starring himself and his family, and he is dean of Hamidrasha School of Art at Beit Berl College.

born 1969Video art starring his familyRepresenting Israel at Venice BiennaleDeanship of Hamidrasha School of Art

Occupation: artist, sculptor, television producer, video artist
Education: Columbia University School of the Arts

Guy Ben-Ner was born in 1969 in Ramat Gan

Guy Ben-Ner was born in 1969 in Ramat Gan. His father is the writer Yitzhak Ben-Ner, and his mother is Noa.

He earned a bachelor's degree in education from Hamidrasha School of Art in 1997. In 2001 he moved to New York with his first wife Nava and their 2 children, and in 2003 he earned a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University.

Since the 1990s he has made short videos with his family, often using their home as a set. Works such as Berkeley's Island (1999) and Moby Dick (2000) restage adventure stories in the family kitchen. Later works include Wild Boy (2004), Stealing Beauty (2007), filmed in IKEA showrooms, and Foreign Names (2012).

In 2005 he represented Israel at the Venice Biennale with a solo show. His 2016 video Escape Artists, based on 2 years of weekly film lessons for asylum seekers at the Holot detention center, was acquired by the Israel Museum in 2019.

He works in Berlin and Tel Aviv. He is married to the writer and editor Yaara Shehori, and they have a daughter.