Details

First Name

Carmen

Last Name

Carmeli

Username

carmencarmeli

Website

http://www.carmencarmeli.com

Region

Edinburgh & The Lothians

Disciplines

Painting

Themes

Abstract, Landscape

Biography

Biography

I was born in the North of Spain and brought to the South, living in the coast of Granada since I was a day old. I haven’t got any knowledge of my biological family and this I think influences my work deeply.
I’m drawn to the patterns found in nature, in my paintings I explore organic forms using natural materials that I find, like earths, clays and minerals, this process connects me to the land.

CURRENT FOCUS

I am continuing my work on a series I’ve called LIFELINES:

Water, a lifeline for countless ecosystems, carries stories within its flow, and as well as nutrients it often carries pollution.

And like the land carries rivers and oceans, we too are vessels of water, moving and shaping ourselves with each experience. Our DNA, like the riverbed, holds the imprint of our ancestors, shaping who we are.

With these series I am attempting to speak of the connection between the prints water leaves in the land and the prints we leave for the next generations, whether in the land or in ourselves.

EDUCATION

BA Hons fine arts at Ruskin Anglia University, Cambridge, UK.

Graduate of Leith School of Art in Painting, Edinburgh, UK. (2 years)

ACTIVITY

Nov 25, The ING Discerning Eye exhibition. Mall Galleries. London

Sept 25, The Edinburgh Colony of Artists 19th annual exhibition.

August 25, A BOOK OF DREAMS, annual exhibition of A New Primer

June 25, ASSEMBLY, group exhibition in ScotArt gallery. Edinburgh.

May 25, Art in Science, an exhibition with the Scottish Geology, Edinburgh

March-June 25, THE LAND, Society of Scottish Artists at the Dick institute, Kilmarnock.

Dec 2024, Christmas Pop Up group Exhibition at St. Margaret’s House. Edinburgh

Nov-Dec 2024, LIFELINES. Solo exhibition, Edinburgh Palette Gallery II

Oct 2024, WHAT IN THE WORLD, annual exhibition of A New Primer

Sep 2024- The Edinburgh Colony of Artists 19th annual exhibition

Aug 2024, NOW & THEN: Visual Arts Scotland Centenary at Dalkeith Palace

July-Sep 2024, THREADS: Society of Scottish Artists, Old Gala House

Aug 24, Art in Earth Science , Scottish Geology Trust. Edinburgh

June 24-Here and Now, Arion group Exhibition. Edinburgh

Nov 23-January 24, 125th Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition. Maclaurin Gallery.

Sep 2023- The Edinburgh Colony of Artists 18th annual exhibition.

August 23- “A New Primer”, Group exhibition at St Margaret’s House Gallery.

July 23- “LIQUIDation”, Solo exhibition at St Margaret’s House Gallery.

June 23- 74th Annual Exhibition of the Chelsea Art Society

June 23- The Arion Group 3rd Exhibition, Gallery 1, Edinburgh Palette.

Dec 2022- Group Exhibition in Gallery 2, Edinburgh Palette.

Nov 2022- “Protection” solo exhibition. St. Margaret’s Gallery, Edinburgh.

Oct 2022- The Other Art Fair. London

Sep 2022- The Edinburgh Colony of Artists 17th annual exhibition.

Aug/Oct 2022- SSA at The big Art Show, Glasgow.

July/Aug 2022- Summer Exhibition. The Gallery of Green and Stone, Chelsea, London.

May 2022- “Reflection”. Solo exhibition. Edinburgh Palette Gallery.

Jan / April 2022- Studio Residency in La Alpujarra, Granada, Spain.

Dec 2021- Christmas Exhibition at St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh.

Oct 2021- “Preservation”. Solo exhibition. Edinburgh Palette.

Oct /Nov 2021- The Cop 26 art exhibition, St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh.

Sep 2021- The Edinburgh Colony of Artists 16th annual exhibition.

August 2021- Bruton Art Society 68th annual exhibition.

August 2021- The Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh Palette Gallery.

July 2021- “Still Art” Residency. Exhibition collaboration with a musician and a dancer.

Feb /July 2021- Art residency in Laikipia Nature Conservancy, Kenya.

Previously to 2021, I’ve shown my work in group exhibitions including the annual exhibitions of the Visual Arts Society and the Society of Scottish Artists at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Please feel very welcome to get in touch if you’d like to come to my studio and see the work in person.