Guy Goldstein (b. 1974, Haifa) lives and works in Tel Aviv. He studied Visual Communication at The Wizo Haifa Academy of Design before graduating with an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. He currently directs the Visual Communication department at Musrara, The Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society, Jerusalem.

Goldstein’s work engages with medium transitions between image and text, sound and object; back and forth translations between form, color and time; and the delicate relations between silence and noise. As a visual artist who also writes and composes music, his work draws upon the affinities between the visual and the sonic, employing materials and tools of music and sound. Goldstein’s interest in exploring the meaning of noise for different people led him to examine the disruption of mythical narratives and social, religious and political conflicts, either contemporary or historical ones, and to realize the sonic and musical influences they have over a society. Vocal tension, collisions between mechanical objects and vain attempts to foster cooperation and harmony between objects, sounds, and narratives, characterize his work. The virtual materiality of sound enables Goldstein to mold it into a form that holds a multiplicity of possible positions, an abstract diagram which is capable of materializing in countless manifestations.

Goldstein has exhibited solo at such venues as The Contemporary, Austin, Texas (2020 – scheduled); Jewish Museum, New York (2020 – scheduled); Petah Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art (2018, 2014); Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2017); Školská 28 Gallery, Prague (2015); Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC (2015); Omi International Art Center, Ghent, New York (2014). Selected group exhibitions include: Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (2016); Ostrale O16, Dresden (2016); 5th Mediations Biennale, Poznań (2016); Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2016); Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice (2015); The Artist Festival #3, Zachęta, Warsaw (2015); KW, Berlin (2014); Pavilion 0, Palazzo Dona, Venice Biennale (2013); Les Gens Heureux Gallery, Copenhagen (2013).

Goldstein has received numerous awards and grants for his work, including the Keshet Award for Contemporary Art Founded by the Bar-Gil Avidan Family (2016); Lottery Council for Culture and Art Award (2015); Artis grant (2015); Outset Contemporary Art Fund grant (2014); Israel Ministry of Science and Culture Award (2012); America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award (2008-2009). He completed a residency at Artport in 2015.