Carmen Mardónez Eyzaguirre
CV updated on June 28, 2025
SHORT BIO
Carmen Mardónez (Santiago, 1988) is a Chilean textile artist who recently arrived in Oxford from Los Angeles where she lived since 2017. 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.
SOLO & FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Identity, Verduyn, Belgium (Group)
2024 Glimmers and Hues, John Wayne Airport, Orange County, CA (Group)
2024 IN/BETWEEN/NESS: Women Tales from Latin America, Somers Gallery, London (Group)
2024 Considering January, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2023 Textildermy, Emma Gray HQ, Los Angeles, CA (Solo)
2023 In Community: Arts at Blue Roof, USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2023 Strings of Desire, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2022 Unspeakable Dreams, Smothering Desires, BBAX, Santa Monica, CA (Solo)
2022 Pinky Promise, Arts at Blue Roof, Los Angeles, CA (Solo)
2022 Fibers of Dissent, Oranj Studio Gallery, Portland, OR (Solo)
2022 Neon Pink, The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA (Installation)
2021 If still ourselves, a thing to become, Baik + Khneysser, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2021 Here\There, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO (Group)
2021 Taking up space, Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2020 Tactility, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (Award show, two person)
2019 If life gives you lemons, LA County Store, Los Angeles, CA (Solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Seeds of Trees, Sounds of Mountains, Aga Khan Centre Gallery, London
2024 The Grand Finale: Art of the Extravaganza, Norman Rea Gallery, Heslington, York
2023 Chile sin cuenta, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA (Part of Sur Biennal)
2023 Ahorita!, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 A common thread, Art Share LA, CA
2023 I dare, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA (Installation)
2023 Domestic Detritus, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2023 Connective Threads, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2022 Rhythms and Roles, Stay at Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2022 In-Between, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Confronting Demons, Blind Insect Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Art á la Carte, Silent Auction, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA
2021 Layers, Roaring Artist Gallery, Virtual Art Gallery
2021 Tricksters & Transformation, Helms Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Women’s work: new takes on textile art, Woodstock Arts, Woodstock, GA
2021 Defiance of juncture, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Business card art show, JKR Gallery, Provo, Utah
2021 Madre, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2021 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Circle Collection, Art Night Gallery, Online
2020 2020 California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Hope/Revolution, Stay at Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2020 Protest in Place, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Painting at Night, Artist/Mother Podcast, Online
2020 The Art of Cosmos, Los Angeles, CA (Canceled due to COVID-19)
2020 Hasting College + Create! Magazine, JDAC, Hastings, NE
2019 De generación a generación, Molaa, Long Beach, CA
2019 Light vs Dark, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2019 FRESH 2019, SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2025 Solo show at Knit+Stitch, Alexandra Palace, London
2027 Solo show at Philadelphia's MAGIC GARDENS, PA
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2025 Julia Zagar Residency, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, including travel residency and supply stipend for two weeks during spring 2025.
2023 Artist in Residency, Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers
4-month residency, including studio, exhibition, and stipend (20,000 USD)
2022 A Room of One’s Own, Arts at Blue Roof
3-month residency, including private studio, solo show, and stipend ($2,000 USD)
2021 Textile Art LA: Tricksters and Transformation
1-month residency at Helms Design Center, studio space, and stipend ($500 USD)
2021 The Other Art Fair: New Futures
Individual booth in The Other Art Fair, Santa Monica (reference value: $1,880 USD)
2019 FRESH 2019, SoLA Gallery
Selected for Award Exhibition (two person show, 2020)
GRANTS
2024 Innovate Grant ($1,800 USD)
2021 Not Real Art Grant ($2,000 USD)
2021 Helms Bakery District and Culver City Arts: Projecting Possibilities ($400 USD)
2021 All She Makes Scholarship ($525 USD)
2021 Repaint History Call for Art Fund ($550 CAD)
COLLECTED BY
Permanent collection at Arte Al Limite Museum, Quinn Emanuel and California African American Museum
INTERVIEWS
2024 Innovate Grant, “Interview: Carmen Mardónez E`s Embroidered Movement” [more]
2023 The AART podcast, “Throwback Thursday: Carmen Mardonez. Textile artist”, Episode 14.
2022 LA Weekly, “Meet an artist Monday: Carmen Mardónez” [more]
2021 Artist/Mother Podcast, “Defying tradition and turning loneliness into a prolific practice”, Episode 103 [more]
2021 Art of Hearts Podcast, “Weaving resistance. Dissent and realms of womanhood” [more]
2021 Not Real Art, “2021 Grant Winner: Carmen Mardónez” [more]
2021 Repaint History, “Call for Art Fund Recipient: Carmen Mardónez” [more]
2021 ShotoutLA, “Meet Carmen Mardónez: Upcycling textile artist” [more]
2020 La Cháchara, Podcast with Nagú and Ornitolinco (in Spanish) [more]
2019 The art of immigration, Signal Tribune, Long Beach, CA [more]
2019 Traditional methods, modern messages, University Times, LA, CA [more]
2018 Craft with Conscience, Interview with Sarah K. Benning [more]
BOOKS
2025 TEXTILEX X ART (upcoming late 2025), Beck Jobson & Ramona Barry, , Thames & Hudson AU
2024 NEW WOMEN'S WORK: reimagining feminine craft in contemporary art, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Rizzoli International Publications
MEDIA COVERAGE
2024 View Magazine, Cover page and “Re-used textile” [more]
2023 Arte Al Límite, “Chile. Carmen Mardonez”. [more]
2023 Frieze, “The Best Shows to See in Los Angeles during Frieze” [more]
2023 Artillery, “Gallery Rounds; Strings of Desire. Craft Contemporary”. [more]
2022 CuratorLove, “Brown energy in white spaces” [more]
2021 Fiber Art Now, “Textile Arts Los Angeles”, Summer/Fall 2021 [more]
2021 Femme Handbook, “Carmen Mardónez: Storm” [more]
2020 CuratorLove, “Desbordado” [more]
2020 Create! Magazine, “In Your Own Words”, JDAC Gallery Exhibition [more]
EDUCATION
2016 M.Sc. Communitary Psychology, University of Chile
2012 Associate Degree in Arts, Catholic University of Chile
2010 Bachelor’s in History, Catholic University of Chile