Ed Fornieles

Ed Fornieles

BornNationalityBased In
1983BritishLondon
Biography

In his practice, Ed Fornieles investigates the impact the virtual world has on physical reality, and vice versa. By blurring the distinctions between the online and the offline, his installations, performances and video works mirror social networks and often use them as artistic tools. His practice involves creating elaborate social scenarios which depict the stark difference between people’s real-life personalities and their online personae. For instance, his 2011 project titled Dorm Daze involved creating characters, inspired by American college students, on Facebook which then interacted with each other for three months, thereby forming connections and subjective experiences. The artist’s live performances similarly orchestrate social settings, often placed within the young person’s coming of age context, to which the audience is invited to actively participate and role-play. By drawing on social media interactions and placing them into the real world, Fornieles creates uncanny observations on people, relationships and the condition of the twenty-first century. ...

Selected Artworks
Adventureland
Ed Fornieles
Adventureland, 2011
202 x 231 x 54cm
Contagion
Ed Fornieles
Contagion, 2011
150 x 125 x 230cm
Glock
Ed Fornieles
Glock, 2011
102 x 41 x 20cm
Orca
Ed Fornieles
Orca, 2011
219 x 230 x 77cm
Dinosaurs & Strange Creatures with Mr. Know-it-Owl
Ed Fornieles
Dinosaurs & Strange Creatures with Mr. Know-it-Owl, 2021
18.5 x 93.5 x 4cm
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup; The Reason I Jump
Ed Fornieles
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup; The Reason I Jump, 2021
242 x 19 x 4cm
A Happy Ending
Ed Fornieles
A Happy Ending, 2021
107.5 x 107.5 x 5cm
Associations
Bad Tales
Ed Fornieles
Bad Tales, 2021
53 x 62.5 x 4cm
My Dad Is a Sausage
Ed Fornieles
My Dad Is a Sausage, 2021
107.5 x 107.5 x 5cm
The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm
Ed Fornieles
The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm, 2021
107.5 x 107.5 x 5cm
The Here After
Ed Fornieles
The Here After, 2016
90 x 90 x 5cm
The Rapture
Ed Fornieles
The Rapture, 2016
20 x 20 x 15cm
Tulip Fever
Ed Fornieles
Tulip Fever, 2017
64 x 100cm
War Room
Ed Fornieles
War Room, 2015
85.1 x 58.4 x 1.3cm
wtFOCK
Ed Fornieles
wtFOCK, 2022
107.5 x 107.5cm
Our flag means death
Ed Fornieles
Our flag means death, 2022
107.5 x 107.5cm
Let's Be Cops
Ed Fornieles
Let's Be Cops, 2014
40 x 30 x 6cm
Biennals
Athens Biennale2018 - Athens
Athens Biennale2018 - Athens
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