Ben Hantkant Gay Frame

Ben Hantkant - Born in 1990. Based in Tel Aviv.
Ben mixes photography, filming, and performance techniques to create a picture he has in mind. He asks - What is reality?
Studies 2013-2017 - B.F.A - Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Screen Based Arts Department (Honors Graduate).
Special programs
2020 - Art Cube Artists' Studios - Mentoring program for Jerusalem artists

Selected Awards
2019 - Outset / Fresh Paint Mentoring Award
2018 - ARTiq LGBT Art Enterprise - honorable mention
2018 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival - first prize in Israeli Short Films Competition
2018 - Kinoproba Film Festival - honorable mention

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - The Tel Aviv Biennale - Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Nir Harmat, Tomer Sapir
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
2021 - Contemporary Art Exhibition - Bastille Design Center - Paris, France. Curator: Romain Tichit
2020 -  Expansion - Edmond De Rothschild Center - Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Nohar Ben-Asher
2020 - The Incubator - Art Cube Artists' Studios young artists exhibition - Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Maayan Shelef
2020 - Manofim - Jerusalem Contemporary Art Festival
2019 - ARTiq LGBT Art Enterprise Exhibition of 2018 award winners - Trumpeldor Gallery, Beer Sheva, Israel. Curator: Yahel Zacks

Selected Film Festivals
2021 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival  
2019 - Cheries-Cheris International LGBTQ Film Festival
2018 - TLVfest - Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (winner)
2018 - Kinoproba Film Festival (honorable mention)
2018 - IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ Film Festival
2018 - Short Film Corner Festival de Cannes