Boris Eldagsen (b. 1970) studied fine art at the Art Academies in Mainz, Prague, and the University of Hyderabad (India). He also studied philosophy in Cologne and Mainz. He finished both with a teaching degree. Since 2000, his photographic and media art has been exhibited and awarded at international institutions and festivals, including Deichtorhallen Hamburg, EMAF Osnabrück, Edinburgh Art Festival, Noorderlicht Groningen, Singapore International Photography Festival, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Biennale Le Havre and Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth. Since 2023, his AI-generated works have been exhibited by international galleries in Amsterdam, Berlin, London and Panama, at festivals (ATA Zurich, AI Biennale Essen, IPMA Kaunas, PHOTO Melbourne, ELEKTRA Digital Art Biennale Montréal, Meta. Morf Biennale Trondheim) and in institutions and museums (MUD Foundation Miami, La Chambre Strasbourg, California Museum of Photography, BACC Bangkok and the Minsheng Art Museum Shanghai). Since 2004, he has taught theory of ideas and creativity at international art colleges such as VCA Melbourne, Mainz Academy of Fine Arts, Ludwigsburg Film Academy and Pathshala Media Institute Dhaka. He currently teaches Generative Image AI on the ‘AI for Creatives’ Master’s programme at LABASAD – Barcelona School for Art & Design. Boris is one of the few internationally recognised experts on AI-generated images and videos and a regular guest at panel discussions and events such as TEDx, re:publica, Medientage München, C2 Montréal and the World AI Conference Shanghai. His withdrawal from the Sony World Photography Awards in April 2023 sparked a global debate on the relationship between photography and AI-generated images. He was the “poster boy of the AI debate” (SZ) and his work “PSEUDOMNESIA | The Electrician” became a symbol of a new era. 2025 he curated two exhibitions exploring the distinction between photography and promptography: “RIVALS” for European Month of Photography Berlin and “PSYCHOPOMP!” for the opening of the Roger Ballen Centre for Photography in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2025, he served as a jury member for the Ars Electronica Award in Linz, the TEZOS Photography Award and AI Art Magazine. 2026 he was in the jury of ASVOFF Paris and VACAT Shenzhen. He produces a monthly AI podcast for the German Photographic Council. He lives and works in Berlin.
