Museion

CEAL FLOYER
1 February - 4 May 2014

With their stark simplicity, wry sense of irony and keen perception of the absurd, the works of Ceal Floyer (1968) undermine our perception of what at first glance appears familiar. Using household items, Floyer’s precise interventions highlight the unexpected interstices between vision, reality, language and perception. In Museion the artist presents a number of new site-specific pieces, in addition to a selection of videos and installations from public and private collections which, as is typical of her art, relate closely with the exhibition venue and reflect the minimalist tendencies of her modus operandi.

Floyer has had solo shows in museums all over the world, and has taken part in the Venice Biennale (2009) and dOCUMENTA(13) (2012). She holds the Nam June Paik Award (2009) and the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst, Berlin (2007).
Curated by Letizia Ragaglia.
Biography

Ceal Floyer was born in 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan and studied at the Goldsmith College in London from 1991 to 1994. Since the mid-nineteen-nineties her work has been continuously represented in museums, galleries and international group exhibitions.

In 2007 Floyer won the Nationalgalerie Prize for Young Art and in 2009 the Nam June Paik Art Center Prize. In 2009 she participated at the Biennal in Venice, in 2011 at the Biennal in Singapore
and in 2012 at the dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel. Ceal Floyer lives and works in Berlin.