Bio / Contact
Listen to my interview on the artema podcast,
where I talk about video art and blurring boundaries:
CONTACT ME:
My name is Ben. I am an experimental filmmaker.
I mix photography, filming, and performance techniques to create a picture I have in mind.
I ask - what is reality and who produces it?
Studies
2013-2017 - B.F.A - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Screen Based Arts Department (Honors Graduate)
https://2017.bezalel.ac.il/sba/ben-hantkant/
Awards
2019 - Outset / Fresh Paint Mentoring Award
2018 - ARTiq LGBT Art Enterprise - honorable mention
https://www.erev-rav.com/archives/48972
2018 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival - first prize in Israeli Short Films Competition
http://tlvfest.com/tlv/he/2018/06/14/tlvfest-winners-2018/
2018 - Kinoproba Film Festival - honorable mention
2017 - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - Excellence Award
2016 - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - Excellence Award
2015 - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - Excellence Award
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - LGBT Art Exhibition by Ben Hantkant, Pan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Erez Bialer
Group Exhibitions
2026 - The Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner & Galit Gaon
2026 - Under Fire - Pride Art Exhibition, Pan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Erez Bialer
2026 - Freedom - Pride Art Exhibition, Pan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Erez Bialer
2026 - Pan Central - Pride Art Exhibition, Pan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Erez Bialer
2025 - Israeli Masculinity - Pride Art Exhibition, Pan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Erez Bialer
2025 - Bank Hapoalim Annual Israeli Art Exhibition, Bank Hapoalim Management Building, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Shoshi Cechnover
2023 - The Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Nir Harmat & Tomer Sapir
https://www.news1.co.il/Archive/
2021 - The Jerusalem Biennale - Take Me Home Project - Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Dr. Ido Noy
2021 - OGA Visual Art (S)exhibitions, Roma, Italy. Curator: Germondari Werther
2021 - O Point - Ahah Ha'am 9 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Ido Cohen
https://zivakoort.com/2021/07/19/7262/
2021 - Out of The Box - ARTiq LGBT Art Enterprise Street Exhibition - Jaffa, Israel. Curator: Ido Cohen
2021 - Contemporary Art Exhibition - Bastille Design Center - Paris, France. Curator: Romain Tichit
2021 - Special screening - Koresh Gallery - Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Dveer Shaked
2020 - The Incubator - Art Cube Artists' Studios young artists exhibition - Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Maayan Shelef
https://www.artiststudiosjlm.org/the-incubator.html
2020 - Expansion - Edmond De Rothschild Center - Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Nohar Ben-Asher
https://edrcenter.com/en/exhibitions/419/
https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/artreview/.premium-1.9012292
2019 - ARTiq LGBT Art Enterprise Exhibition of 2018 award winners - Trumpeldor Gallery, Beer Sheva, Israel. Curator: Yahel Zacks
https://www.erev-rav.com/archives/48972
2019 - Sublet - A temporary cultural mall - The Talpiot Cinema, Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Oz Biri, Ido Ferber
2017 - In. Out. City - Beita Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Sharon Balaban
2016 - Wandering - Hansen Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Sharon Balaban
Festivals and Screenings
2024 - EPOS Art Film Festival
2022 - Pride Film Festival
2021 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
2021 - Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
https://srita.net/2021/06/28/tisff_2021_final/
2021 - Best Director Award Film Festival (finalist)
2021 - Asian Cinematography Awards (finalist)
2020 - UTOPIA - The Tel-Aviv International Festival of Fantastic Film
http://futures.utopiafest.org.il/short/story-city/
2020 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival - Special screening of art films
https://tlvfest.com/tlv/he/2020/10/29/films-art-and-proud/
2019 - Cheries-Cheris International LGBTQ Film Festival
https://cheries-cheris.com/festival/films/courts-metrages-gay-2/
2019 - Playa del Carmen LGBTQ Film Festival
2018 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (winner)
http://tlvfest.com/tlv/he/2018/06/14/tlvfest-winners-2018/
2018 - Kinoproba Film Festival (honorable mention)
https://bit.ly/4y8FBfv
2018 - IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ Film Festival
https://www.irisprize.org/film/war-room/
2018 - Painting the Spectrum LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2018 - OMOVIES Film Festival
2018 - SFG International LGBTQ Film Festival
2018 - SPE Media Festival
2018 - Succa BaHazer festival
2018 - Short Film Corner Festival de Cannes
Special programs
2020 - Art Cube Artists' Studios - Mentoring program for Jerusalem artists
https://www.artiststudiosjlm.org/ben-hantkant.html
2020 - Manofim - Jerusalem Contemporary Art Festival - Artist’s Appointment