Magdalene Carmen introduced her arresting, Limited Edition flag-collage series 'Addict' in a teaser, pop-arty film screening at The Body Language 2022 in Venice, Italy and the London Contemporary Art Fair. The 'Addict' series once completed will comprise 12-32 works and is at once (1) advertising and pop culture commentary (2) articulation of the universal corporeal-spiritual, conscious-unconscious tug of war defining the human condition (3) self-portrait intimations of feminine power in the context of united contrast with masculine dynamics.
> Premier NFTArt platform Makersplace.com, in support of its top 100 new female artists in 2023, acquired for its private collection Carmen's first NFTArt piece from the 'Addict' series. > The artist's iconic app-looking tandem HELLO + HEY works (fusing distinct road signs and smart-phone aesthetics, described as "particularly cheeky intervention" in Artshub) were among just 12 works from six Australian contemporary artists to win a place in the country's inaugural billboard art show (Dec 2020), playfully running between commercial advertising on the central and prominent, tandem billboards across Melbourne's Flinders Street Station (Elizabeth Street corner), ''demonstrating the dynamic relationship between contemporary art and urban street culture". In 2021 the show was adapted for the Big Screen at Federation Square. for which space Magdalene is presently progressing an indie project. |
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> First works from Magdalene's student-begun project, the ongoing and Limited Edition 'Urban Mesh' series of Melbourne portraits from its train windows were exhibited in a first solo exhibition in mid-2018 following highly positive feedback from City of Melbourne's Arts Grants panel (funding gaming productions then however). > Leading-edge photography online magazine-network lensculture.com has featured some of Magdalene's work, and awarded the artist her own portfolio gallery while she was still student, in recognition of work from her 'Urban Mesh' series. A significant living influence, iconic American art photographer Koci Hernandez, had at the same time encouraged via mentor-student email, Magdalene's fine art urban focus: "images in your urban series are absolutely stunning". > Magdalene Carmen regularly exhibits with the Melbourne Centre for Contemporary Photography (Natioanl Salon Shows) while moving into more international, online & digital billboard art exhibitions in more-inclusive public spaces in cities everywhere. > Besides visual artist, Magdalene is also published poet, indie recording artist & dancer. Her formal education has been creative writing-journalism, photography-fashion design. |