Raquel Figueira is a Portuguese artist based in London, working across multiple mediums including drawing, painting, installation and writing. With a background both in visual arts and sociology, her research focuses on the intersections of politics and aesthetics, particularly how ecology and visual culture are shaped by and entangled in each other. She is currently a Lecturer in Visual Culture
at LABASAD and runs her own design studio supporting organisations with a social purpose.
- Contact
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figueira.raquel@gmail.com
@raquel__figueira
- Education
2022 – 2024
MA Sociology (Cultural Analysis)
Goldsmiths, University of London
2008 – 2010
MA Communication Design
Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London
2005 – 2008
BA Graphic Design, Escola Superior Artes e Design,
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
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Group exhibitions
It Rose and It Fell, 2024, Terrace Gallery, London, UK;
Painting Open, 2023, No Format Gallery, London, UK;
Material Presence, 2022, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK;
In Formation, 2022,
Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK;
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 2021, cohort.art;
In Response, 2021, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK;
Who Are We, 2019, The Trampery, London, UK;
Hackney Wicked, 2019, The Old Peanut Factory, London, UK;
Inside Out, 2017, Here East, London, UK;
Open, 2015, Hackney Downs Studios, London, UK;
Chelsea Salon Series, 2012, Round Chapel, London, UK;
The Everyday, 2011, Marsden Woo Gallery, London, UK;
CSM MA Show, 2010, A Foundation Gallery, London, UK;
Twenty Ten, 2008, Westminster Library, London, UK.
- Residencies
2022
Cel del Nord, residency in Oristà, Spain
2021
Cel del Nord, online residency
- Teaching
2024
Lecturer in Visual Culture
Online
Master in Art Direction at LABASAD,
Barcelona School
of Arts and Design
2017
Lecturer in Graphic Design and Illustration
BA Visual Communication at Limkokwing University,
London campus