(she/they) was born in 1991 in Spain. She is an illustrator and educator with a MA at the Kunsthochschule Kassel (Germany) in Visual Communication with focus on Illustration and editorial Design. Together with Kathi Seemann she initiated the project Papiercafé, a multifunctional collective space for Self-publishing & Café in 2014. She joined the independent publishing house Rotopol as co-publisher and author in 2016 with her first book “Allé : Hier” was published. In 2017, she worked as part of the Aneducation team of documenta14 in Kassel and Athens (Greece). In October 2018 she moved to Rotterdam (Netherlands) for an artist residency at BAD Foundation and later on at NAC Foundation in the Wielewaal where she worked on a experimental research around critical thinking in visual education thanks to the research grant O&O from CBK Rotterdam. In July 2020 she initiated together with Kamiel Verschuren (NAC) the sociocultural greenhouse space Growing Space in the Wielewaal neighbourhood of Rotterdam. Since November 2020 she is a teacher and researcher in the Illustration and Social Practice departments at WDKA Art University in Rotterdam. As an illustrator and educator Carmen José is interested in questioning the reproduction of visual stereotypes, with a focus on embodied processes. In her work she aims to facilitate spaces for dialogue and coming together.

Webseite: www.carmenjose.com
Blog: papiercafe.tumblr.com