Carmen Ceniga Prado uses her work as a medium to reconnect with the internal body and its cycles of subtle shape shifting. Through abstract painting and carved wooden sculptures, her works grapple with the invisible but potent pulses of vitality that move through and around us. Using the body as a starting point, the pieces are a reflection of the range of emotional states or embodied sensations, such as darkness, clarity, anxiety as well as the moments in between.
Carmen started her studies in Fine Arts at Pratt Institute in New York in 2015 (supported by their International Merit Scholarship), before finishing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Wimbledon College of Arts at the University of the Arts London in 2018. In 2023, she completed her MFA at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. Recent notable shows include Rationale for Fables (Singapore, 2023), New Makers at Atta Gallery (Bangkok, 2023), Entre Aguas at Aldama Fabre Gallery (Bilbao, 2022), and At Dusk, We Tread the Earth at starch (Singapore, 2022).
Carmen Ceniga Prado
From Bilbao. Living in Bilbao and Seoul.
2022- 2023 MA Fine Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2016- 2018 BA Fine Arts Sculpture
Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK
2014- 2016 BA Fine Arts
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA
2013- 2014 Intensive Mandarin Language Course
Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
// EXHIBITIONS
2023 WITHIN, El Castillete, Madrid, Spain
Abstract: Expressions, Interpretations and Connections, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
LASALLE SHOW, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Rationale for fables, MA Fine Arts Graduation Showcase, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
Emergence, (Solo show) Nouri, Singapore
New Makers, Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 Entre Aguas, (Solo show) Aldama Fabre Gallery, Bilbao, Spain
Emergency, Tropical Lab 2022, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
At Dusk, We Tread the Earth, Starch, Singapore
2021 Structures from Silence, (Solo show) ISLANDS, Singapore
Beneath the Surface, (Solo show) Telok Ayer Arts Club, Singapore
From the Beginning. (Solo show) Samata Soul, Singapore
Arte Non-nahi, Bilbao, Spain
2020 Flecha, Feria de arte contemporáneo, Artea, Leioa, Spain
2019 Nature Brut. Villa Kampschulte, Essen, Germany
Tu Luz, Mi Luz. (Solo show) Atelier, Essen, Germany
Unsichtbar aber spürbar, (Solo show) Klasse:raum, Essen, Germany
Flecha, Feria de arte contemporáneo, Artea, Leioa, Spain
2018 Degree show. Wimbledon College of Arts, London
Brutally Suave. Le palais, Wimbledon, London
Interim Show. Wimbledon College of Arts. London
2017 May - Red - Clay. The Flying Dutchman, Mori & Stein Gallery, London
// RESIDENCIES
2022 Emergency, Tropical Lab 2022, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2013 Residency of Ceramics and Chinese Calligraphy. Wang Yue, Shanghai
// AWARDS
2014 - 2016 International Merit Scholarship. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
2014 - 2016 Dean Award. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
// PUBLICATIONS
2023 Embodied Vitality: Abstraction as Energy and Form
2017 another hysteric.
2016 _Ephemeral Delicacies