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Ed Fornieles

Ed Fornieles (1983, UK), lives and works in London. He has exhibited in a wide range of international institutions, including New Museum, New York; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Zabludowicz Collection, London; 12th Biennale de Lyon; Barbican Art Gallery, London; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; ZKM, Karlsruhe Germany; Carlos/Ishikawa, London; and Carl Kostyal, Stockholm. He gained his MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London, and his BA in Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University. His work examines the habits, rules and protocols of 21st century culture, including the internet, social media, digital economies and sitcom architecture, through which we come to define ourselves and within which our identities are made up and made real. His work comprises installation, sculpture, performance and video, and has been described as »an unsettling reflection«.