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.
Carmen Ceniga Prado is currently based in Bilbao and Seoul.
// EDUCATION
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.
// EXHIBITIONS
2024
Unbearable Lightness, ROH, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Rite of Passage, (Solo show) Sullivan Strumpf Studio, Singapore.
Understanding Motion, El Castillete, Madrid, Spain.
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.