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Guy Goldstein, Israeli, born 1974

Guy Goldstein was born in Haifa. In the late 1990s, he studied studied graphic design. In the 2000s, he began to create works of art using images from art history and multi-media installations incorporating sound. Goldstein also plays bass for the Reines Girls, a rock group. Goldstein lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Goldstein uses a wide range of techniques and media. Most of his works address the hermeneutic relationship between art and spectator. In a large number of works, he uses sheets of glass that create a surreal illusion of space. He also introduces irony through motifs of death and destruction. In his series "Work in Progress" (2007), Goldstein documents disposal items such as paper plates which have been turned into abstract objects by being chewed by a gerbil.

Education

1997-2001 Visual communication & Art and Design, Wizo-Canada Academy of Art Design, Israel
2005-07 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, MFA

Awards And Prizes

2002-03, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Grant
2006-2007, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Grant
2006-2007, Supporting Artists Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2007 Prize for a Young Artist, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2008-2009, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Grant
2009 Award, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery
2012 Artist's Grant Recipient
2012 Prize in Visual Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sport
2014 Grant, The Israeli Culture Consulate, New York, USA
2014 Outset Grant recipient
2015 Artist's Grant Recipient
2015 Award, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery
2016 Keshet Prize for Contemporary Art, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya