Ian Kiaer makes fragile installations involving groupings of architectural models, untouched or slightly modified found objects, and two-dimensional work to create fragmented narratives. These works are prompted by the ideas of utopian thinkers, architects, philosophers, and artists from various periods of history whose common concern has been their resistance and critique of dominant ideologies while providing possible alternatives for thought. Kiaer’s installations often operate as projects or proposals and continue to employ the fragment as a means of questioning notions of totality and permanence.

Kiaer received his MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London in 1998 and his BA in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 1995. He has shown work internationally including at the 2006 Berlin Biennale “Of Mice and Men”, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and Mori Museum in Tokyo. Recently, the Galleria dʼArte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, presented a solo-exhibition of Ian Kiaer’s work, and a solo-exhibition is forthcoming at Kunstverein Munich in Summer 2010. Kiaer is represented by Tanya Bonakdar in New York and Alison Jacques in London.