ben ‘leshy’ krasner is an interdisciplinary sound artist and educator. their practice often involves objects, ceramics, and electroacoustics, building unruly playable systems to explore precarities in perception, memory, and time. this work typically manifests as performance, installation, and intermedia collaboration. 

they live in the Santa Cruz mountains, teaching and working in various capacities in the arts. they run an experimental arts and education collective (SCUM), are often found collaborating in a number of projects, and curate numerous events with local and international artists.

krasner has received degrees in piano performance from California State University Northridge (BA, 2016), Yale University (MM, 2018), and Curtis Institute of Music (AD, Post Grad 2020).

Contact:
(310) 733 9996
benkrasner1@gmail.com