Artist of the Collection

Morag Keil

Born in 1985 at Édimbourg, Écosse

Morag Keil uses techniques as diverse as painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Her recent installations made up of found objects—nail polish, backpacks, female models, cables, etc.—are a critique of the society of the spectacle and the clichés of capitalism that are reflected in the devices of mass media and advertising.

Born in 1985 in Edinburgh, Morag Keil studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 2002 to 2006, then at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London from 2008 to 2009. She received the Dewar Art Award 2008–2009 and the 2010 Lafayette Prize.

In the Collection