Ido Govrin (b. 1976) is a
multidisciplinary artist and scholar whose practice
includes sound, installation, printmaking and text.
Govrin has studied art and philosophy in Israel, Holland
and Canada. He holds a BA in philosophy from Tel-Aviv
University (2012), an MFA from the University of Toronto
(2014) and is currently a PhD candidate at Western
University (Canada).
Recent solo exhibitions include
I knew, but didn't
believe it and because I didn't believe it, I didn't
know (2017),
Silent Maps (2016),
To
return to a place, is, like dying (2015), and
Vaalbara
(2014). He regularly exhibits across North America, Europe
and Israel.
In addition to his work as an artist, he has curated a
series of five contemporary art exhibitions under the
title
Laptopia (2005-11) and the group
exhibition
Mother, Ravens! (2012). Between 2008
and 2012, he was the director of
Musica Nova
ensemble, which has been at the forefront of Israel’s
experimental music scene since the 1980s. Govrin has
released two full-length studio albums,
Moraine (2010) and
The Revisit (2011),
as well as various other EPs.
Since 2005, he has run the record label
Interval
Recordings.