Carmen Mariscal is a Mexican visual artist. Born in the US, in California, she lives and works in London. She holds a master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Winchester School of Art in England, a graduate degree in Painting from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and a BA in Art History from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Mariscal works in different disciplines such as installation, sculpture, video, photography and theatre set design. The recurrent themes in her work are fragility, confinement and memory. She is the author of the installation El pueblo creador for the Mexican Pavilion at the Universal Exposition in Hannover 2000. Carmen was awarded first place in the 4th National Installation Competition in Mexico and has been selected for the Monterrey Biennial and other competitions. She has had individual and collective exhibitions in both public and private venues in Mexico, the US, Spain, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Russia.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain and Winchester, United Kingdom, 1994
Postgraduate Advanced Painting, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom, 1992
Bachelor’s Degree in Art History, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1991
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Chez Nous, Public Sculpture, Place du Palais Royal, Paris, France.
Le cimetière de l’amour vidéo installation, Beffroi de la Mairie du 1er, Place du Louvre, Paris, France.
2019
Calladita te ves más bonita, (Curated by Marcela Correa) Mexican Cultural Center, New Orleans, USA.
La esposa esposada & Feuilles de Guerre Ana Mas Projets, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, France.
2018
La esposa esposada (curated by Christine Frérot), Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France.
Jusqu’à la fin des temps (Two-person show) Mexican Cultural Center, Paris, France.
2015
Traces/Rastros L’Arc, Scène Nationale, Le Creusot, France.
2010
Two Way Mirror, (curated by Gloria Bosch) Fundación Vila Casas, Palau Solterra, Torroella de Montgrí, Spain.
Vamos a pretender, masART Galería, Barcelona, Spain.
2008
Transposicions, Museo Gene Byron, 37th Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato. Mexico.
2007
Transposicions, Centre d’Etudes Catalanes, Université de Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France.
2006
Doble/Desdoble, Galería Llucià Homs, Barcelona, Spain.
2004
Proyecto Espai Zero (curated by Raquel Medina), Fundación La Caixa, Tarragona, Spain.
CRAM, Festival Rio Loco, Toulouse, France.
2003
MATER-ia, Galería Llucià Homs, Barcelona,Spain.
Innée (curated by Matthew Shaul), Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, England.
2001
Innata/Innée, Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France.
Dentro/Inside Galería Llucià Homs, Barcelona, Spain.
Innata -installation Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain.
2000
Pueblo Creador, Mexican Pavillion, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany.
1998
La ilusión en vértigo, Galería de la SHCP, Mexico City, Mexico.
Los espejismos del amor, Galería Segovia-Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain.
1997
La novia puesta en abismo, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico.
I veil, I reveal, CSK Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Prints, Cherry Creek Art Festival, Centro Cultural Mexicano, Denver, Colorado, USA.
1996
Velo re velo, Galería Railowsky, Valencia, Spain.
Velo re velo, Instituto de México, Madrid, Spain.
Velo re velo, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain.
1995
Revelar, Galería Kin, Mexico City, Mexico.
1994
I am, Museum of History, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
MA Degree Show, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, United Kingdom.
1993
Un secreto preexistente, Centro Cultural El Nigromante, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
…hasta el fin de los tiempos (Curated by Karen Cordero) Two-person exhibition, Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, Mexico.
2019
GLASS -Photography by artists from Latin America (curated by Lulu-Periferia), Paris, France.
Femme, Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts, Houston Texas, USA
2017
Ponte en mi lugar (curated by Mariano Navarro) Palacio El Condestable Pamplona, Spain.
New Perspectives, Reynolds Ryan Gallery, New Orleans, USA.
Kaleidoscope, (curated by Lassla Esquivel), Periferia Projects-IESA, Paris, France.
2016
Ana Mas Projects, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas, USA.
2014
Under the Wave, Molitor, Paris, France.
Maserre Galería, Feria Estampa, Madrid, Spain.
Quimeras/Chimères Migrantes, Instituto de México, Paris, France.
2013
Geografía de la Mujer, Trazas de Memoria, Fundación Vila Casas, Palau Solterra, Torroella de Montgrí, Spain.
Enfance & Art, video projections, Imagespassages, Théâtre de l’Echange as part of the exhibition Jeux d’Artistes, Musée Château d’Annecy, France.
2012
SUM Conflictos de la identidad (curated by Raquel Medina), Ciudadela de Pamplona, Pamplona, Spain.
SUM Conflictos de la identidad (curated by Raquel Medina), Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño, Spain.
Galeria Raíña Lupa, Paris Photo, Paris, France.
masART Galería, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
2011
Art Proxime, Traverse vidéo, 14th edition, Toulouse, France.
Images hispano américaines, Imagespassages Video Festival, Annecy, France.
masArt Galería, Pulse Art Fair, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
masART Galería, Swab Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain.
2010
Afecto diverso/Géneros en flujo (curated by Karen Cordero), Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Camuflajes (curated by Maite Méndez-Baigues and Pedro Pizarro), Espai Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, Spain.
Camuflajes (curated by Maite Méndez-Baigues and Pedro Pizarro), Caja Madrid, Zaragoza, Spain.
Camuflajes (curated by Maite Méndez-Baigues and Pedro Pizarro), MUPAM, Málaga, Spain.
2009
Camuflajes (curated by Maite Méndez-Baigues and Pedro Pizarro), La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain.
masArt Galería, Pinta Art Fair, New York, USA.
Sin centenario ni bicentenario (curated by Karen Cordero), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
2008
Galería Llucià Homs, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA.
masArt Galería, Bale Latina Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.
2007
Galería Llucià Homs, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Videoart, una visió actual, Caixa Manlleu, Vic, Spain.
2006
Video Festival (collage FemLink), Women's Caucas Art International, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA.
Festival Traverse-Video (Collage FemLink), La Chapelle des Carmélites, Toulouse, France.
Galería Llucià Homs, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2005
Mutations 2 (curated by Danielle Dellouche), Château de Linardié, Senouillac, France.
Galería Llucià Homs, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
masART Galería, Art Frankfurt International Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
2004
Luxe de Luxe, Avenue K, Modern K Contemporary Art Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Big Proportions, Galou Gallery, Willamsburg, NY, USA.
Cinco, Five Latinas, (curated by Keith Miller) SAC Gallery, University of Stonybrook, New York, USA.
Grapa Contemporary Art Gallery, Photo New York Art Fair, New York City, USA.
Galería Llucià Homs, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
2003
Great Women/Role Models, The Hague Sculpture, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Galería Senda, FIAC Art Fair, Paris, France.
De Corporis Fabrica (curated by Karen Cordero), Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France.
Itineraires, Mairie du IXéme Paris, France.
2002
Galerie Serieuze Saken II, Biennal Amsterdam Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alter Ego (curated by Jean-Gabriel Mitterrand), Museé d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Art and Madness, Galería Llucià Homs, Barcelona, Spain.
Galería Senda, FIAC Art Fair, Paris, France.
Galería Lluciá Homs, Art Expo Feria de Arte, Barcelona, Spain.
2000
Luz y Tiempo, Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France.
Tipografías, Galería Llucià Homs, Barcelona, Spain.
1999
4th Biennale of Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
Galería Ramis Barquet, FIAC Art Fair, Paris, France.
La mariée, La novia (curated by Christine Quentin and Céline de Guise), Espace d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Mexico City, Mexico.
1998
Galería Ramis Barquet, FIAC Art Fair, Paris, France.
El cuerpo aludido (curated by Karen Cordero), Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
La búsqueda del paraíaso, ExTeresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico.
18th National Contest for Young Art, National Institute of Fine Arts, Aguascalientes, Monterrey and Mexico City, Mexico.
Summer Group Show, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York, USA.
Galería Senda, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Galería Ramis Barquet, ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
1997
Galería Senda, ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Territorios Singulares, fotografía contemporánea mexicana (curated by Rafael Doctor) Fundación Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain.
Bestias y nahuales. Mascotas para un fin de siglo (curated by Guillermo Santamarina) Centro Cultural SHCP, Mexico City, Mexico.
Modas terminales. Ojales apocalípticos o dobladillos del caos (curaterd by Cristina Faesler). XIII Festival del Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Mexico.
1996
L'iber-arte, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City Mexico.
Colectiva fotoseptiembre, Galería Kin, Mexico City, Mexico.
Formato pequeño, Galería Kin, Mexico City, Mexico.
Fornici d'estiu, Galería Alter Ego, Barcelona, Spain.
El amor según...,Galería Kin, Mexico City, Mexico.
1995
El Plano Blanco, Galería Kin, Mexico City, Mexico.
1994
MA Degree Show, Winchester Gallery, Winchester, United Kingdom.
Tallers Oberts, Barcelona, Spain.
Language and Location, Centro Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, Spain.
XI Maratò de l’espectacle, Installation, Barcelona, Spain.
Miniprint, Cadaqués, Spain. Itinerant exhibition: Art Festival, Wingfield, U.K., Art Festival, Joensuu, Finland, Galeria Fort and Ateneu de Canet, Cadaqués, Spain and Galerie de l’Etang, Bages, France.
The Image of the Figure, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
THEATER SET DESIGN
2019 La Folle Enchère, directed by Aurore Evain, co-produced : Ferme de Bel Ebat – Théâtre de Guyancourt, Théâtre des Îlets – CDN de Montluçon. Company : La Subversive. Première : November 2019.
2016-17 Grito al cielo con todo mi corazón by Ximena Escalante, directed by Sylvie Mongin-Algan. Production: Nouveau Théâtre du 8ème, Lyons, France. Première: 13th October 2016. Other representations: October 2016 and February 2017
2013
A Room of One´s Own by Virginia Woolf, directed by Sylvie Mongin-Algan,
Theater: L’Arc, Scène Nationale du Creusot, Le Creusot, France. Première November 28th, 2013.
Other performances in December 2013, Nouveau Theatre du 8ème, Lyon, France.
2013
Electra Despierta by Ximena Escalante, directed by Sylvie Mongin- Algan, Teatro Julio Castillo, Centro Cultural del Bosque, Festival del Centro Histórico, Mexico City, Mexico. May 19th.
2011
Electra Despierta by Ximena Escalante, directed by Sylvie Mongin Algan, Sala Miguel Covarrubias, Centro Cultural Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico. November 23rd to 26th 2011.
Electra Despierta by Ximena Escalante, directed by Sylvie Mongin Algan, Nouveau Théâtre du 8ème, Lyon, France. April 2nd to 9th 2011.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2019
Grant, Apoyos Especiales, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico
1997
First Prize, Fourth Installation Contest, Centro Nacional para las Artes, ExTeresa Arte Actual, INBA, Mexico City, México.
Received Board of Trustees' Scholarship for Master of Arts in Art Therapy, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
1992
Mexico's best students, award by "El Diario de México" newspaper, Mexico City, Mexico.
Carmen Mariscal is also the Studio Art Professor for Trinity College, Paris Campus and author of: Nicolás Mariscal, El Arquitecto como Teórico de Arte, Mexico.