Elyasaf Kowner, born 1970, Haifa, Israel.
Interdisciplinary artist

Selected Solo Exhibitions / Screenings
Stolen Voices from Passion Peer, Hazimer, Tel Aviv, 2011
Allah Yustor, Kaima gallery [Curated by Philippe Brandes], Jaffa, 2010
Spiritual Gym, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, California, 2009
‘Kindergarten Performance’, Marc Chagall School [Curated by Itay Mautner], Tel Aviv, 2008
‘Temporary Disappearance’, Yair Gallery [Curated by Yair Shulevitz], Tel Aviv, 2007
‘Learning Pain from Trees’, Herzliya museum [Curated by Dalia Levin], Herzliya, 2006
‘15’, Haifa Museum of Art [Curated by Ilana Tenenbaum], Haifa, 2005
‘First Portrait’, Tel Aviv Museum [Curated by Varda Steinlauf], 2003
'Car Portraits', Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, 2002
'Fragments', evening of video art screening, Herzliya museum, 2001
'Checking up the Distance', the Royal Academy, The Hague, 1997
'Closed in a Box', 'The Krane' gallery, East Village, New York, 1993

Selected Group Exhibitions / Screenings
'Street Art for Street Papers', Megafon auction, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway, 2008
'The Other Sea', The Artists' House, Jerusalem, 2007
‘ffwd_mag#3 DVD screening‘, a+m bookstore, Milano, Italy, 2006
PI Five Video Festival [Curated by Agricola de Cologne], Szczecin, Poland, 2005
‘Altre Voci Altre Stanze‘ [Curated by Miriam Smilan], Catania Arte Fiera, Catania, Italy, 2005
‘WRO 05‘, International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 2005
‘Home Sick Home‘, Waisenhausplatz, Bern, Switzerland, 2005
‘VideoZone2 (Selected)‘, The British School at Rome, Rome, Italy, 2005
‘The Third Transchina Video Art Festival‘, Beijing, China, 2005
‘New Media Art Festival‘, Seoul, Korea, 2004
‘VideoZone2‘, The 2nd International Video-Art Biennial in Israel, 2004
‘21st World Wide Video Festival‘, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004
Thailand New Media Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004
‘Video-zone@lx.pt’, 'Centro de Arte Moderna', Lisbon, Portugal, 2003
‘Wandering Library’, Jewish Museum, Venice, Italy, 2003
‘video zoom, videoartisti israeliani, ’, galleria sala 1, Rome, Italy, 2003
Hereafter: A Time for Transition, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2003
Screening of ‘Artattack’ program #10, Gwangju Biennale, Korea, 2002

Awards and Grants
Grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, 2009
Creativity Encouragement Prize for the Visual Arts, Israeli Ministry of Culture, 2008
Grant for an experimental film, The New Foundation for Cinema, 2003
‘First Portrait’, a full year grant, Israel National Lottery, 2002
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Graduated with honors, 1999
Sandberg award for ‘After My Death’ Project, Bezalel Academy, 1999

Publications
'Facing the Wishes', a book by Elyasaf Kowner [ISBN 978-965-7171-42-4], Pardes Publishing House, 2007
‘15‘ Catalogue CD-ROM [ISBN 965-70-67-60-X], Haifa Museum of Art, 2004
‘Car Portraits’ catalogue, Janco Dada Museum, 2002
‘Moments in Growth’, a book by Elyasaf Kowner, The Hague, 1997

Teaching and Visiting Artist
Visiting artist, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, San Francisco bay area, 2009
Video art lectures, Hans-Hofer-Realschule and Günter-Stohr Gymnasium, Munich, Germany, 2009
Visiting artist, Marlene Kirchner Haus, Urfeld, Germany, 2009
Work presenation (6:20), Pecha Kucha #4, Jaffa, Israel, 2008
Lecturer, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan, 2000 - 2008
Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 2005 - 2006
'Meet the Artist', Video Zone 3, International Video Art Biennial, Tel Aviv, 2006
]Visiting Artist, Akademia Sztuk Piknych, Lodz, Poland, 2005

Education
Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1999
Exchange Student, The Royal Academy of Art (Kabk), The Hague, 1997

Videoagraphy
Murder Here by Artist, 6:32, 2008
6:40 (Pecha Kucha), 6:40, 2008
Ya Syndrome, 5:23, 2008
Jodey, 1:00, 2007
The Laundromat, 2006
Polania, 2:10, 2006 +
Red Light/Red Heat, 5:30, 2006
In my Home, 11:30, 2005 +
The Handed Thread, 5:00, 2005
Making Poems in Writing, 4:00, 2005
Houdini Triptych, 0:18, 2005
Green Grass, 3:30, 2004
Dynamism of a Phone Booth, 0:40, 2004
Le Rendez-vous, 7:00, 2004 +
Snow Way, 4:00, 2004 +
Understood Nothing, 5:00 min, 2004
Violent Emotion, 3:00 min, 2003
Fufyk, 4:00 min, 2003
Aftershock, 13:00 min, 2003 +
The Road to Knowhere, 2:30 min, 2003
Dual Movie, 15:00 min, 2002 +
Call Me, 03:00 min, 2002 +
Sunset, 8:30 min, 2002
Car Portraits, 05:00 min, 2002
Perfect Form, 01:00 min, 2002 +
Diamond on the Beach, 7:30 min, 2001
Amne, 08:30 min, 2001 +
Dad Explains about Weapons and Numbers, 5:00 min, 2001
Every Time I am (reading) Somebody, 4:00, 2001 +
In the Center, 15:00 min, 2001 +
The Painting, 7:00 min, 2001
On the Shoulders, 4:00 min, 2000
Up and Down, 4:00 min, 2000
Sea Baby, 03:40, 2000 +
After My Death, 12:00 min, 1999
Measuring the Distance on a First Winter’s Day, 46:00 min, 1997