BIOGRAPHY
Carmen Mariscal is a Mexican artist, researcher and theatre set designer and holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art, London. She works between London, Paris and Mexico City.
Her interdisciplinary practice explores traces of memory in dwellings. These include the body, which is humans´ first habitat, followed by their clothes, homes, public spaces, and cities. Her recent research also investigates entropy and ruin in Mexican architecture. These themes are expressed through photography, sculpture, sound, moving image, theatre set design, and installation.
Carmen Mariscal won first prize in the 4th National Installation Contest in Mexico and was selected for the Monterrey Biennial and other competitions. Her public works include El Pueblo Creador at Expo 2000 in Hanover, Innata in Luxembourg City and at the Atrium in The Hague, and Chez Nous on the Place du Palais-Royal in Paris.
Her work has been exhibited in public and private venues in Mexico, the United States, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Russia.
She holds a BA in Art History from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and an MA in Fine Art from Winchester School of Art, UK. She also completed postgraduate studies at Central Saint Martins, UK.
Additionally, Carmen Mariscal is a researcher with SPACEX-Rise (Research Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange). This transdisciplinary research action uses exchanges between academic institutions and third-sector organisations to examine and map spatial practices across Europe.