Ceal Floyer
Ceal Floyer (* 1968 in Karachi ) is a Pakistani-German conceptual artist who lives and works in Berlin.
Life
Floyer studied from 1990 in London at the School of Art and Design and then from 1991 to 1994 at Goldsmiths, University of London . In 1997, a Phillip Morris grant enabled her to stay at Künstlerhaus Bethanien .
She often works with projections , objects , sound or performance . The work Light Switch (1992) is a projector that projects a slide with a photograph of an ordinary light switch onto the wall next to a door. Bucket 1999, Til I get it right (2005), is a sound work based on the song of the same name by Tammy Wynette .
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2014: Ceal Floyer , Museion (Bozen) , Bozen
- 2015: Ceal Floyer , Kunstmuseum Bonn , Bonn
- 2016: On Occasion , Aargauer Kunsthaus , Aarau
- 2017: Ceal Floyer , 303 Gallery, New York
- 2018: Ceal Floyer , Lisson Gallery, London
Group exhibitions
- 2009: 53rd Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2012: dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel
- 2014: Infinite Fun / Infinite Jest , Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , Frankfurt
- 2015: More Conception Conception Now , Schloss Morsbroich , Leverkusen
- 2016: Manifesta 11, Zurich
- 2017: moving is in every direction , Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart , Berlin
- 2018: Different , Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven , Bremerhaven
Awards (selection)
- 2002: Paul Hamlyn Award, London
- 2007: Prize of the National Gallery for Young Art, Berlin
- 2009: Nam June Paik Award
literature
- Ellen Markgraf: Floyer, Ceal . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 41, Saur, Munich a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-598-22781-7 , p. 386.
Web links
- Association of Friends of the National Gallery , Sven Beckstette Working Title (Digging), 1995
- Kölnischer Kunstverein Ceal Floyer
- Deutschlandfunk Ceal Floyer, irony and absurdity
- Studio International Ceal Floyer
Individual evidence
- ↑ nbk Ceal Floyer accessed on March 8, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Tate Light Switch accessed on March 8, 2019 (English)
- ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 62, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Floyer, Ceal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani-German conceptual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karachi |