BIOGRAPHY
Carmen Mariscal (b. Palo Alto, California, USA. 1968) is a Mexican artist, researcher, set designer as well as a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Her interdisciplinary art practice explores the 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, theater set design, and installation.
Carmen Mariscal was awarded first place in the 4th National Installation Contest in Mexico and was selected for the Monterrey Biennial and other competitions. Her public artwork includes El Pueblo Creador at Expo Hannover 2000, Innata in Luxembourg City, and Chez Nous at 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.
Her academic background also includes a Bachelor of Arts in art history from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, a Master of Arts in fine arts from Winchester School of Art, UK, and studies at the graduate diploma programme, Central Saint Martins, UK.
Carmen Mariscal is also a researcher at SPACEX-Rise (Research Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange), a transdisciplinary research action that utilises secondments between academic institutions and third sector organisations to scope and map European spatial practices.