Using his home and family as the building blocks for his work, Guy Ben-Ner makes videos and installations that relate to his domestic life as a family man and an artist. His works carry direct cinematic, literary and art historical references, which combined with a unique (formal and intellectual vision) come together in the form of uncanny and exceptionally witty faux home videos.

Ben-Ner was born in Ramat-Gan, Israel, in 1969. He received a BA from Hamidrasha Art College in Ramat Hasharon in 1997 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2003. In 2005, Ben-Ner represented Israel at the Venice Biennial. The artist has had solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2005), Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2006); Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (2006); and Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal (2007). Ben-Ner’s work has also been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2004); P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2005); Sculpture Projekte, Muenster (2007); the Shanghai Biennale (2008); the Liverpool Biennial (2008); and Mass MoCA (2010). In 2007 Ben-Ner was awarded a prestigious DAAD fellowship. The artist is represented by Postmasters Gallery, New York, and Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf. He is currently a guest lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. The artist lives and works in Tel Aviv.