Dan Robert Lahiani (b. 1987, Paris) is a Jerusalem based artist working with films and performance. His works are movement centered and revolve around questions of home, healing, spoken language, identity and architecture. 

Dan Robert has been working in his studio in Talpiot, Jerusalem, as part of a five years residency at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios, (2018-2023).

Since 2019, Dan Robert has brought the therapeutic aspect of his creation to a more intimate and refined space putting his body in movement through rituals (Chi Gong and Tai Chi practice ) initiating a new dancing language. He questions the process of creating an image, and its relevance within his personal quest for connection, home and healing. This reflection is one of the aspects of his last piece “בגוף ראשון” (BeGuf Rishon) (2022), commissioned by the Israel Festival (2021)

Selected group exhibitions / Screenings

  • Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, Israel, 2024

  • 69th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, International Competition, Germany, 2023

  • Kunstgarten Museum, Graz, Austria, 2023

  • 40th Jerusalem Film Festival, Lia Van Leer Competition, Israel, 2023

  • p8 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2023

  • HaCubia, Jerusalem, Israel, 2023

  • 24th Docaviv Film festival, Next Competition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022

  • 39th Jerusalem Film Festival, Lia Van Leer Competition, Israel, 2022

  • 60th The Israel Festival, Israel, 2021

  • 38th Asolo Art Film Festival, International Competition, Italy, 2021

  • 48th AIFVF, International Competition, Ohio, U.S, 2021

  • 42nd Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium, 2021

  • The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel, 2022

  • HaCubia, Jerusalem, Israel, 2022

  • Mamuta Art Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 2021

  • The Morgan Gallery & Museum, New York, U.S, 2020

  • Zaz Corner, New York, U.S, 2020

  • Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, 2019

  • Mana Contemporary, Chicago, U.S | Body and Camera, 2016

  • Nikolaj Kunsthal Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017

  • The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, U.S, 2016

  • Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 2016

  • 66th Columbus Film and Video Festival, International Competition, U.S, 2016

Selected Two Persons shows

  • Dimensions of a Floor (2020), Adina Camhy, The Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Israel

  • Torrent (2019), Hanna Schneider, Schaumbad Fries Atelier, Graz, Austria

  • Exit (2019), Yoanna Blikman, Dan Robert Lahiani, The Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Israel

  • Displace, Display (2019), Kunstraum8020, Graz, Austria, Curator: Eva Brede

Selected Solo show

  • Pre-Conditioned Tracks (2018), The Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Curator: Ohad Matalon

Degrees

  • B.F.A, M.Eng

    Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel

Grants and Awards

  • Grant from the State Government of Upper Austria, 2024

  • Grant for a ten days residency, “Embassies of Art”, supported by Kulturbotschaften Südsteiermark, Austria, 2023

  • Prize Ostrovsky Family Fund Winner, JFF, Jerusalem Film Festival, 2023

  • Grant for a three months residency St.A.i.R supported by the Styrian Government, Austria, 2019

  • Grant, Fund for Independent Creators, Israel, 2022

  • Grant for five years residency at the Art Cube Artists’ Studios, 2018-23, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Grant for a short-term residency, The Museum of the Contemporary, Mamuta Art Research Center, 2021 Jerusalem, Israel

  • “Nidbah project" , solo exhibition at The Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018

  • Three days Artist Development Program, Artport Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2019

  • Short-term residency, “Border Patrol”, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, 2019, Holon, Israel

  • Prize of Excellence, The Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, 2016

  • NEU NOW Program, European Emerging Artists Talents, Amsterdam, 2017

Lecturer

  • Introduction to video art | teaching position at Emuna College of Art, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Introduction to avant-garde cinema | teaching position at HaCubia, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Introduction to photography | teaching position at Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE), Beer Sheva, Israel

  • Visiting Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Visiting Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Visiting Lecturer, Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem, Israel

Publication

Selected Collaborations:

  • Yoanna Blikman, Collaborations 2015-2017

  • Adina Camhy, Dimensions of a Floor, Austria-Israel, 2020 ( co-creating, curating)

  • Avi Mograbi, The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation, Arte, 2020 (linguistic, French)

  • Dr. Chiara Caradonna, Notes for a film in Beer Sheva, avant-garde cinema program with our respective students, part of the International Conference on Occasion of the 100 the Anniversary of Pasolini’s Birth, screened at Hamiffal Cinerex, Jerusalem ( guidance, curating, programming)

  • Diego Rotman, Lea Mauas, A diner with Hadas Ophrat and Naomi Yoeli, Beit Hansen, Israel, 2021 (filming)

  • Dina Goldstein, Wonderland, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel, 2012 (assistant filming)

  • Dina Goldstein, Splendor, Neve Schechter Gallery, Herzliya, Israel, 2021 (writing )

  • Inbal Yomtovian, Heidi, Switzerland, 2016 (linguistic, French)

  • Naomi Yoeli, Mon Ex Belle-mère et Moi, France, 2018 (linguistic, French)

  • Nino Biniashvili, Zaum Attack, Art Cube Artists Studios, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019 (editing)

  • Sagit Mezamer, Mother Opium, Beit Hansen, Israel, 2021 (filming - one part)

  • Salamanca group, Yiddish Silence, The Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin, Poland (filming)

  • Yehudit Shlosberg, Now Open, Petah Tikva Museum, Israel, 2020 (editing)