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Bio & CV

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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, this I guess influences my work in my choice of materials…mainly a variety of earths that I gather from the places I paint, making mortars with them, a process that grounds my energy.

MY PRACTICE:

My work is an ongoing dialogue with those materials that I source from nature.

Responding to their qualities and colours, I layer, erode, polish and build up the surface in a process of creation and destruction. The resulting paintings are immediate, tactile, weighty objects inspired by the abstract patterns found in nature.

EDUCATION:

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

Graduate of Leith School of Art in Painting, Edinburgh, UK.

LATEST 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 at Scot-Art, Edinburgh

May 25:  Art in Science, an exhibition with the Scottish Geology Trust.

March-June 2025: 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

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, Edinburgh

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

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

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- Group exhibition 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 Visual Arts Society and the Society of Scottish Artists annual exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.
Please feel very welcome to get in touch if you’d like to come to my studio and see the work in person.

FOR CURRENT ACTIVITY , CLICK ON THE FILMS AND POSTS BELOW

carmencarmely

Mixed media paintings with materials from nature.
🌟ING Discerning Eye. Click on link to view exhibition.
🌟Common Ground, VAS, Kirkcudbright Galleries

🌟These are some favourites at the SSA annual in th 🌟These are some favourites at the SSA annual in the Scottish Royal Academy, totally worth a visit. 🤩
You can find mine in the 30 x 30s section, first room on the left. 
In order of appearance: 
Martin Rek @martinrekart
Stillness, Glencoe

Paola McClure @paolamcclurex
Another green world

Adrian Smith, @ adriantextiles 
HAUGH-BUI

Alison Price
Empty Nest

Tansy Lee Moir @tansyleemoir
Apparition

Andrew Phillips @aphillipsarts
And This Heavy Silence

Christine Sloman @christinesloman
Here & Elsewhere ii

Roland Fraser @rolandfraserart
Stackyard

Siobhan McLaughlin @siobhanmcLaughlinstudio
Towards Lizard Point

Susan Pearson @susanpearsonart
The Fates, detail of the work, which includes 3 extremely interesting chairs.

Kirtsty Whiten @kirstywhitenstudio
Rock Stone Bone

Vicki Redpath-Watson @vickyredpathwatson
Begin As You Mean To Go On - A Family Portrait

Gill Walton, @gillwaltonartist
Reliquary - Snapper Fish

Ailsa Magnus @ailsa.magnus
Samaras
Elm, oak & bronze

Carmen Carmeli @carmencarmely
The Passage.
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#societyofscottishartists #edinburghpalette #enviromentalart #visualartsscotland #colonyofartists #contemporarypainting #edinburghexhibition #carmencarmely #spanishartist #theartladder #contemporarypainting #edinburghexhibition #contemporaryart #scottishart #scottishartists
🌟super honoured to be selected for this exhibition 🌟super honoured to be selected for this exhibition , it’s going to be great , had a look at the other artists selected snd I’m very looking forward to seeing it. 🤩.

Common Ground; The Living Landscape is an exhibition that brings together artists and makers whose work speaks to our deep, evolving relationship with Scotland's natural environment.
Scotland's land carries stories of belonging and separation, of heritage and transformation, of deep time and fragile change. Through its rivers and coastlines, forests and moors, people have shaped the land and, in turn, been shaped by it.
These connections run deep, interwoven with memory, ritual, and identity.
For our first exhibition of 2026 we have brought together artists and makers whose work responds to these depictions of living landscapes, inviting audiences to consider how creativity can reconnect us to nature in an era of climate uncertainty and cultural shifts. The exhibition celebrates practices that are both grounded in materiality and attuned to spirit: works made from the land, about the land, and in dialogue with the land.

#visualartsscotland #kirkudbrightgalleries #scottishartists #edinburghpalette #enviromentalart #colonyofartists #spanishartist #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #landart
🌟Handing in these paintings, 30 x 30 cm. both and 🌟Handing in these paintings, 30 x 30 cm. both and available from this Sunday at the Society of Scottish Artists 127th exhibition, where you can find many more superb works from many Scottish artists until the 4th of February, very worth a visit. 🤩
#societyofscottishartists #edinburghpalette #enviromentalart #colonyofartists #visualartsscotland #spanishartist #theartladder #edinburghexhibition #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart
Donating 50% to Medical Aid to Palestine. You are Donating 50% to Medical Aid to Palestine. You are still on time for the post, if you wish that your gifts do some good too please see link in my profile. 
🌟@medicalaidpal 
They’ll be signed and titled. 
Size A3, Giclée quality prints on Archive paper , mounted  and ready for framing with an A2 frame ( easy to find).
£95 including post. Still on time for  Christmas.🤩

#medicalaidforpalestinians 
#edinburghpalette #spanishartist #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #gicléeartprints
🌟Still donating 50% of all print sales to MAP, (me 🌟Still donating 50% of all print sales to MAP, (medical aid for Palestine). 
This season’s gifts could do a lot of good , see link in my profile. 
🌟@medicalaidpal 
The Scottish Highlands.
Size A3, Giclée quality prints on Archive paper , mounted  and ready for framing with an A2 frame ( easy to find).
£95 including post. Still on time for  Christmas.🤩

#medicalaidforpalestinians 
#edinburghpalette #spanishartist #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #gicléeartprints
🌟I’ll be in the Summerhall Fair tomorrow and Sunda 🌟I’ll be in the Summerhall Fair tomorrow and Sunday, donating 50% of all prints and small paintings to MAP ( medical aid for Palestine ). If you were thinking of donating to a charity and getting art works for yourself or as gifts, you can do both in one move! 🤩.
#spanishartist #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #visualartists #colonyofartists #societyofscottishartists #visualartsscotland #edinburghpalette #medicalaidforpalestinians #artforcharity
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