Bio
Eldar Krainer (b. 1992, Israel) is an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) candidate at Goldsmiths University in London, UK (2023). He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, Israel (2019) and participated in a student exchange programme at the Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in Leipzig, Germany.
Krainer creates sculptures that seek to translate emotional mechanisms into industrial and cold machines. He is intrigued by the exploitative nature of modern technologies to shape our identity, influence our relationships with others, and feed our pressing need for goods. Integrating classical sculpting methods with cutting-edge technology, his objects resemble faulty industrial prototypes, extracting both artificial and bodily sensations.
Krainer had his first solo show at Art Cube Artists' Studios in Jerusalem in 2020 and took part in several group shows in London at Lumen Crypt Gallery (2022) and Copeland Gallery (2022) and also exhibited his works at Edmond de Rothschild Center in Tel-Aviv (2020), the online biennial 'The Wrong Biennale' (2019), the "Factory" Center for Culture and the Arts in Jerusalem (2018), the New Gallery Artists' Studios Teddy in Jerusalem (2017), The Cuckoo's Nest Gallery in Jaffa (2017), and at the annual Bauhaus Film and Video Art Festival in Weimar, Germany (2017).
Education
2021- 2023
MFA (Master of Fine Arts) from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
2015-2019
Undergraduate degree with Honors (Bachelor of Fine Arts) at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
2018
Student exchange program at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst), Germany.
Exhibitions
Solo
2020
'UNIFLEX', Art Cube Artists' Studios, Jerusalem, Israel.
Group
2023
MFA Degree Show 2023 Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2023
“Gentleman’s Gift Shop” Studio Aliya 31, Tel Aviv, Israel
2022
‘NOW Introducing 2022’ shortlisted show for Studio West prize for emarging artist, London, UK
2022
‘It Might Be About Care, Or It Might Be About Digging...’ group show at Lumen Crypt Gallery, Bethnal Green, London, UK
2022
‘With Whom We Mutually Communicate?’ group show at Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London, UK
2022
‘ONHOLD 4’ group show by first year Goldsmiths students at the MFA Studios, Deptford, London, UK
2020
'Determination', Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2019
BA Graduate Show 2019 - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2019
The Wrong Biennale 2019
2018
‘My life goes where... #5’, The Factory- Center for Culture and the Arts in Jerusalem, Israel
2017
‘Nude, Naked’, Cuckoo’s Nest Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
2017
‘Summary 2017’, Annual Exhibition at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany
2017
‘Conservation requires’, Horkanos House, Jerusalem, Israel
2017
‘Ingredients’, New Gallery Artists’ Studios Teddy, Jerusalem, Israel