Gabriel, Carl
Carl Gabriel was born in Trinidad and came to London in 1964. He was first employed as a sheet-metal worker but his passion and interest lay elsewhere. He then trained in photography and played pan with Ebony Steel band, he later went onto form other bands Star Dust and Misty Carnival Club. He is now a full time Carnival Artist; who supports and develops the carnival skills in the annual events, in education and increasingly in UK Museums and Art Schools. Carl began to build up an archive of Carnival from 1973. With his skilled photography he documented the Mas and the Pan Bands each year. He also started to make carnival art. Carl has also sculpted large pieces for Diwali and St Patrick's Day in West London, and for the Mayor's Thames Festival. Carl Gabriel's educational workshops on Carnival Arts have been well received. Carnival Arts help to develop the key skills of Design and Technology in the schools curriculum. While building the structures, students work on measurements, angles and other aspects of geometry. They consider shape and balance, the use and properties of different materials, and the control of the wire by bending and forming.
Contact details
CarlGabriel
020 8993 4055
Primary Art Form
Theatre, Drama and Live Art
Other Artform categories
Public Art
Carnival
