A woman laying down looking at the camera

Carmen Baltzar

Carmen Baltzar is a Finnish-Romani writer, artist and filmmaker living between Helsinki and Lisbon. Her work explores intersections of love and power, the experience of a woman’s body, embodied liberation, alternate feminine realities and Roma life and death.

Projects

Carmen Baltzar selected for the 2025 Finnish Institute in the UK & Ireland x ACME residency

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Through our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture

Open Call for a Helsinki – Dublin Residency Exchange 2027

Yes Person brings Finnish New Wave Circus to the UK

Invisible Flock and HEZEN at the Drifts Festival in Helsinki

Basic Forms (of Urban Life) brings Finnish design values and play culture to London’s Barbican

AUTOPSY features Finnish artists at Seventeen Gallery, London