Operating at the shifting boundaries between reality and misrepresentation, Kraft’s work is driven by a desire to expose and decode the mechanisms behind perception, truth, and meaning in the digital age. Often staging speculative scenarios and interventions, his works unfold as inquiries into the ontological status of information itself: where it originates, how it travels, and what becomes of it in an era marked by algorithmic bias, misinformation, and eroding trust in facts.
In 2017, he participated in The New Normal, a think tank for emerging technologies at the Strelka Institute in Moscow. He is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton through the EU S+T+ARTS Residencies programme. This cross-disciplinary education informs his research-driven practice, which often merges scientific inquiry with poetic speculation.
Recent solo exhibitions include Engineering Truth at Art Center Ongoing in Tokyo (2024) and Lies, Half-Truths & Propaganda [The Bad, the Worse, and the Worst] at alexanderlevy Gallery in Berlin (2022). His work has featured in major group exhibitions such as The World According to AI at Jeu de Paume, Paris (2025), Time Travellers at TEFAF Maastricht (2025), SIGGRAPH Asia (2024), Ars Electronica (2023), and Cryptomania at the Zeppelin Museum (2023). His work is part of institutional collections including the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, and the Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art.
Kraft’s contributions have earned broad international recognition. In 2024, he won the Falling Walls Science Summit Award (Art & Science category) in Berlin. He received the Lumen Prize in 2023, an Honorary Mention from the S+T+ARTS Prize (EU), the Austrian Blockchain Award for Best Smart Technology, and the Jury Award at the New Technological Art Award (NTAA) in 2022. Through a synthesis of critical theory and emerging technology, Kraft continues to develop a compelling body of work that interrogates the boundaries of truth in a digitized world.
