Carmen Mardónez E
Summer 2024 Cycle Grant Recipient– Art
Oxford, UK carmenmardonez.com
"Pinky Promise", 2022, Hand embroidery on bed sheet, 10 x 22 feet, Angel Xotlanihua, NN.
Pinky Promise (with me for scale), 2022, Hand embroidery on discarded bed sheets, 10 x 22 feets, Angel Xotlanihua.
"Catching the sun", 2024, Textile sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered dead sheet with beads, rhinestones and rain boots, 28 x 32 x 19 inch, Manos Chatzikonstantis.
"I Dare", 2022, Textile installation, 30 hand embroidered bed sheets hanging from the ceiling; 15 x 12 x 15 feets aprox, Martin CoheN, NN.
"I Dare", 2022, Textile installation, 30 hand embroidered bed sheets hanging from the ceiling; 15 x 12 x 15 feets aprox, Martin CoheN, NN.
"Majestic", 2024, Textile sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered duvet with beads and rhinestones, 44 x 32 x 27 inch, Manos Chatzikonstantis.
"Majestic" (details), 2024, Textile sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered duvet with beads and rhinestones, 44 x 32 x 27 inch, Manos Chatzikonstantis.
Majestic, 2024, Textile sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered duvet with beads and rhinestones, 44 x 32 x 27 inch, Manos Chatzikonstantis.
"Dusk", 2021, Hanging sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered bed sheet, 16 x 16 x 15 inch, NN.
"Imaginary Topographies", 2021, Textile sculpture on pillows and hand embroidered bed sheet, 46 x 28 x 38 inch, NN.
"Textildermy V", 2023, Hand embroidery on discarded bed sheet and lemon bag mesh, 97 x 42 inch, NN.
"Textildermy I", 2023, Hand embroidery on discarded bed sheet, 60 x 55 inch, NN.
"IN/BETWEEN/NESS: Women Tales from Latin America", Somers Gallery, London, UK, Gonzalo Maggi (2024)
8. Group Show: "If still ourselves, a thing to become", Baik + Khneysser, Los Angeles, CA (2021)
"IN/BETWEEN/NESS: Women Tales from Latin America", Somers Gallery, London, UK, Gonzalo Maggi (2024)
8. Group Show: "If still ourselves, a thing to become", Baik + Khneysser, Los Angeles, CA (2021)
Group Show, "Strings of Desire", Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, Courtesy of Craft Contemporary. Photo: Ian Byers-Gamber. (2023)
Group Show: "If still ourselves, a thing to become", Baik + Khneysser, Los Angeles, CA (2021)
Artist Statement Biography
Carmen Mardónez (Santiago, 1988) is a Chilean textile artist who recently arrived in Oxford from Los Angeles, USA, where she lived for six years (2017-2023). Her work explores an imagery of rebellion and freedom through oversized freestyle embroidery, fabric sculptures made from textile waste, and surrounding textile installations. Her award-winning artwork has been exhibited in curated shows across California and the US.
Carmen Mardónez (Santiago, 1988) is a Chilean textile artist who recently arrived in Oxford from Los Angeles, USA, where she lived for six years (2017-2023). Her work explores an imagery of rebellion and freedom through oversized freestyle embroidery, fabric sculptures made from textile waste, and surrounding textile installations. Her award-winning artwork has been exhibited in curated shows across California and the US.
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