Carmen Mahave

Biography

Hi! I'm Carmen Mahave, a Toronto-based sculptor, and multimedia artist, specializing in mouldmaking and casting. I've had the privilege of exhibiting my works across Canada's vibrant art scene including the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Art Mûr, OCAD University, Ignite Gallery and Gallery 1313. I've also participated in exhibitions at cafes, tabling events, and have works in several private collections and commercial moulding and casting commissions. 

My practice is driven by a curiosity of the body as an adaptive actant, an entity, object, or an agent capable of changing its behavior, role, or form in response to external stimuli or environmental conditions, often in a way that reflects agency or lack thereof. I continue to push boundaries in my multimedia practice, exploring the intricacies of the human experience, interaction and duplication through my uncanny creations.

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Education

  • 2018 - 2024 - BFA with Honors and Distinction, Sculpture and Installation, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

Experience

  • 2024 - Class Assistant for OCADU Continuing Studies Mouldmaking Studio Class
  • 2024 - Class Assistant for OCADU Mouldmaking Studio
  • 2021 - 2024 - President of OCADU Mouldmaking Club, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
  • 2021 - 2024 - Mouldmaking Studio Staff, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
  • 2021 - 2023 - Foundry Studio Staff, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

Group Exhibitions 

  • 2024 - Fourth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, The Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON.
  • 2024 - Sculpture Expo, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON.
  • 2024 - Blanket Fort City, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  • 2024 - Peinture fraîche et nouvelle construction, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC.
  • 2024 - GradEx 109, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
  • 2024 - SCIN Festival, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
  • 2024 - Crossroads Exhibition, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
  • 2023 - YOUphoria, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  • 2022 - Plasticity’s Field of Action II, Beaver Hall, Toronto, ON.  

Solo Exhibitions 

  • 2022 - Touch, Supernova Coffee, Toronto, ON
  • 2018 - Comb III (Untitled), Riverdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

Professional Organizations

  • 2022 - 2024 - Mouldmaking Club, President, Toronto, ON 

Nominations and Awards

  • 2024 - Curators Choice Award, The Art Gallery of Mississauga
  • 2024 - BFA with Honors and Distinction, OCADU
  • 2024 - Samuel Lazer Kagan Award
  • 2023 - Nominated for Student Employee Excellence Award, OCADU
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