George Ègor Kraft [japanese: ジオ・クラフト] is an investigative, interdisciplinary artist & researcher. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia he lived most of his life nomadically having studied in Swedish Gerlesborkskolan, Moscow Rodchenko School, Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, London’s Central St. Martins College, Strelka Institute in Moscow & Tokyo Geidai University. He currently lives and works in Tokyo and Vienna.
His research-driven practice is informed by media studies, computer science, critical design, film, philosophy & art. Kraft is a laureate of Lumen Prize 2023 [UK], S+T+ARTS prize honorary mention 2023 [EU], New Technological Art Award 2022 [BE], Austrian Blockchain Award 2022 [AT], Falling Walls [DE] and other prizes, fellowships and residency awards. He participated in exhibitions in private & public institutions, biennials & festivals internationally, including Ars Electronica [AT] & Impakt Festival, [NL], ZKM [DE], MAXXI [IT], Onassis Foundation [GR], Hermitage Museum [RU], WRO Biennial [PL], Espacio Fundación Telefónica [ES], iMAL [BE] & others. He is a lecturer at European & Asian universities, author of essays & speaker at international conferences.