CARMEN SCHABRACQ


For questions please contact me at: carmen@schabracq.com

  instagram



INFO


I’m interested in the collectivity of folklore / folk art versus the individuality of contemporary art. My work is colorful, decorative and somewhat humoristic on first sight but is built on complex layers. Inspired by folklore and (ancient) art history from various cultures over the world I research collective visual memory, transgenerational storytelling and theatricality of life and death. Ancient art and folklore are often pre-patriarchal where the woman is both an erotic and a maternal symbol at the same time. This is the inspiration for the carnal feminist aspect in my work.

Both working in the performance- and visual art world, I developed a multidisciplinary practice in which the mask and costume play a significant role. My materials are papier-mâché, crochet wool, textile, painting and ceramics. Also performance has been an important form. My finished works are often a combination of materials and forms used combined in one work or next to each other in a performance or installation.

news


Deconstruction Reconstruction
Central Museum of Textiles Łódź
group show
curated by Marta Kowalewska &
Bukola Oyebode
11.10.2025 - 12.04.2026 Grey! Art on aging
Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
group show
curated by Mirjam Wessels & Sjors Bindels

24.01.2026 - 14.06.2026Collab with Wouters & Hendrix
225 hand painted jewelry boxes as special edition for Valentines Day

24.02.2026 Art Rotterdam
Red Lab Gallery
duo show with Agata Ferrari Bravo
27.03.2026  - 29.03.2026MiArt Milano
Red Lab Gallery & Galerie Fleur en Wouter
solo
17.04.2026 - 19.04.2026carmen@schabracq.com

Selection of works & pictures in random order:

Carmen in her Sudio // Picture by Joske Vink (2025)

‘Ancestors Story’, 2025, aquarel on paper in painted frame, 54 x 41 cm

‘I want to eat you alive’ 2024, two color lino cut print with ink painting, edition of 20, A3 // Picture by  Unfair Editions (2025)

Carmen with ‘Hades Hound’ mask in her studio // Picture by Kees Klein (2025)


‘Paprika’, 2025, oil on linen, 40 x 30 cm


Performance ‘Santa Lucia’, Corpi Sul Palco, curated by Andrea Contin, Milano 2025 // Picture by Simone Falso (2025)


\
‘When Roots Start Riding Horses’, 2024, oil on linen, 80 x 120 cm

‘Generation Totem’, 2024, glazed ceramics

‘Medusa Verde’, 2025, glazed ceramics and crochet wool

‘Ring of Fire’, 2024, tufted & crochet wool, 94 x 134 cm

‘Becoming Vincent’, 2021, crocheted wool mask on stand

Installation view of ‘Selfportrait with masks’, 2023 & ‘Serpent’, 2025
Nieuwe Lijnen, Museum Villa Mondriaan (2025)

Carmen on her horse soft sculpture, Hembrug Zaandam 2020 // picture by Saskia Hardus
 
‘DolorosaJumped’, 2019, collage of aquarel on paper, A4