Uri Weinstein lives and works in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem, 2019; Tel Aviv, 2023) and studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts as part of a student exchange program (Paris, 2018).

His work primarily includes installations that combine sculpture, theater, sound, and text. He works with existing objects such as various types of speakers, personal items, or textiles; in addition, he creates objects from wax, wood, and papier-mâché. His installations present somber, melancholic, and sometimes humorous mise-en-scènes, often dealing with masculinity and Israeli militarism, local rituals of commemoration and initiation, and cross-generational political, cultural, and personal nostalgia.

Through the use of personification as a central tactic, Weinstein treats speakers or other objects as actors in a play—characters identified by their voice, subtle modifications, and ready-made additions. He seeks to create a poetic image with as minimal intervention as possible, allowing the objects to remain close to their original form. While a speaker is inherently designed to produce a range of sounds and voices, in Weinstein’s work, it receives a single voice—a solitary persona. Rather than an abstract impression, Weinstein aims to create a spatial-theatrical viewing experience that is both intellectual and phenomenological.

Many of his projects draw from local references from the past, such as plays, books, works of art, pop music, and television series. Weinstein seeks to distill the essence of these references and place them in new contexts, examining their relevance and contemporary significance over time. Time also plays a central role in the viewing experience, as his works explore the idea of sustained auditory attention to sculpture as another way to personify objects.