Elyasaf Kowner. Bio.

A colleague once described me as one who "seems to convert anything to art, design, documentary or other creative gold." [Shual]

My work has been shown worldwide, starting with my New York graffiti project E.K. Paris (1994). Since then I've exhibited my work in Art in General, New York (2002), the Tel Aviv museum (2003), World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam (2004), WRO Fesitval, Wroclaw, Poland (2005), Herzliya museum (2006), Israel museum (2007) and participated in international DVD releases such as Bizz Circuits play Intifada Offspring, Mille Plateaux (Germany, 2004), ffwd_mag, Invernomuto (Italy, 2005). I've published two photography books, Car Portraits (2002) and Facing the Wishes (2007).

My graffiti work appeared in the weekly Village Voice (1994) and in the book Stencil Graffiti (Thames & Hudson, 2002). In 1999 I've won the Sandberg award for After My Death final project at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem.

Since 2000 I've been teaching photography and graphic design in leading academic institutions in Israel. I've created a group of Jewish new year cards (Shana Tova) in flickr.com and in 2003 opened my Tel Aviv studio for my own art as well as bringing gifts to others in need.