Raquel Maulwurf
Raquel Maulwurf (Madrid, 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines destruction, memory, and humanity’s environmental impact. Best known for her large-scale charcoal drawings, she also creates sculptures and site-specific installations. Her art captures the aftermath of ecological disasters and other disruptive events, exploring their lasting traces on both natural and cultural landscapes.
Raquel’s process often involves physically altering her materials—scratching, cutting, and scarring the museum board and paper she works on —to convey a sense of damage and loss. This approach adds a tangible, textural dimension to her work, blending medium and message to emphasize the fragility of the world she depicts. By distilling complex events into strikingly abstract yet evocative images, she encourages viewers to confront the consequences of human actions on the environment.
Raquel's art has been widely exhibited in Europe and beyond, with notable museum shows including The Carbon War Room at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Size Matters -Monumental Drawing Now at Museum MORE, Burdened Landscape at Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, Danger & Beauty: Turner and the tradition of the Sublime at Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle and Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, SKY! in Dutch art since 1850 at Museum De Hallen in Haarlem, Drawn to destruction at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, and Des hommes et la forêt at Musée Historique Château de Nyon, Switzerland.
Her work is represented in collections such as the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Museum Voorlinden, Prefectural Art Museum Nagasaki, Museum Arnhem, Valkhof Museum, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, and the Teylers Museum. Corporate collections also feature her art, including The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Art Collection, the Achmea Art Collection, De Nederlandsche Bank Collection, the Center for Visual Communication Miami, The Progressive Art Collection Ohio, and United Therapeutics Art Collection among others.