Carmen Arias
Artist based in Munich
carmenamart@gmail.com  
@nichtkarmen

































*1999 Santander, Spain, currently lives in Munich, Germany

Carmen Arias’ work is defined by a sculptural approach, often combined with spoken text or performative activations. Her pieces explore the relationship between the city and its users, focusing on specific real-life examples. Questioning the aspect and function of urban landscapes is a recurring motif in her work that she presents through site-specific interventions or by reproducing and dislocating elements of these landscapes into the exhibition space.

Her process involves casting shapes and reinterpreting industrial methods within a more delicate, craft-oriented approach. Concrete, plaster, and ceramics are some of the materials that frequently appear in her sculptural work, making a reference to the casting techniques and architectural constructions that she conceptually thematises.





Education
(selection)
Freie Kunst Prof. Gabriel Kuri Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
2026

Bellas Artes Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2021






Solo & Duo Shows
2025
Wasser Kauen
AkademieGalerie
Munich

2023
Fair Play: A Lecture on Prominent Forms
Public Art München (Olympiapark)
Munich






Group Shows
(selection)
2023 
Can you tell me a joke?
Eres Projects
Munich

Communal listening with possibilities of regeneration
The Listening Biennale
Munich

2022
Kein Plan wiedersteht der ersten Berührung
Kunstpavillon
Munich

Karl & Faber Stiftung Kunstakademiepreis
Karl & Faber
Munich






Scholarships/prices
2024 
Finalist | 27. Bundespreis für Kunstudierenden.
Stipendien für ausländische Studierende des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für
Wissenschaft und Kunst.

2023 
“Fair Play” selected for „Public Art München“.

2022 
Finalist | Karl & Faber Stiftung Kunstakademiepreis .

2020/2018
Becas de estudios universitarios Fundación Botín.


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