Carmen Schabracq

Carmen Schabracq (born 1988, Amsterdam) is a visual artist who makes paintings, masks, textile works and performances, often drawing on folklore, myth and family history. Her work explores identity and portraiture through the mask. She trained at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where she focused on theatre costume design. She has held residencies in Mexico City, Zundert, Prato and Beetsterzwaag. In 2021 she was a resident at Kunsthuis SYB in Friesland, where she studied willow basketry and Frisian legends and built new sculptural masks.