Raquel Gralheiro

Raquel Gralheiro is an ironist who works upon a certain threshold of what is tasteful in order to analyse the relation between art and decor. Her canvas, excessive and provocative, are always a means to represent the figure as an element that contrasts with various standards, as if someone was living on the wallpaper, on the sofa's pattern, on the poster.
The concept of excess, through infinite details and chromatic profusion is vital for the interpreting of the critical charge, which characterizes this artist. The figure is not merely placed against a background; it is in a competition, also as an excessive figure itself, a derivation or an emanation of its surroundings, as if it was a result of the decorative euphoria. Ultimately, it works out as a clear criticism to the objectification of the individual, the objectification of women, directly implying them with the question of superficial pose and ornament. The woman is way beyond what is expectable; it is under layers and layers of acculturation, which massacre her and create a complex meaning regarding what she can still reveal as natural.
Usually fascinated by the figure of women, Raquel Gralheiro takes on an extreme exploration of the female body and imaginary, while str...

RAQUEL GRALHEIRO

1969, 20 July. Raquel Gralheiro was born in Viseu, Portugal.
1987/90, Studied Artistic Draw at High School of Arts ( E.S.A.P.), Oporto, Portugal.
1993/99, Studied Painting at the Fine Arts University (F.B.A.U.P.), Oporto, Portugal.

Solo Exhibitions
2023, "Pop Pin", Galeria Trindade, Porto, Portugal
"Pop Pin" Oficinas culturias de Aljustrel, Portugal
2022, Pop PinII", Atmosfera M, Lisboa, Portugal
2020, "Pop In", Macau, PR China
2019, “My Chinese Zodiac”, Nanjing Fine Art University Museum, China
2018, “My chinese Zodiac” SCMM, Macau, China
2016, “Pinturas recentes”, Armazém, Porto, Portugal
2015, "Recnt works", Republican days Artes, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
2013, “Recent Works”, The Yeatman Hotel, Porto, Portugal
“Pet-à-Porter”, Galerie Ludwig Trossart, Antwerpen, Belgium
“Pet à Porter III”; Museu Amadeo Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal
2012, “Pet à Porter II”; Trema Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa, Portugal
2010, “Check my trip”, Cooperativa Árvore, Oporto, Portugal
2008, “Garden of secrets”; Magdalena Kruzevska, London, England
“Borboleta Town”, Galeria Sala Maior, Porto, Portugal
2007, “Boys love Dolls – Part II”, Fibak Gallery, Warsow, Poland
2006, “Boys Love Dolls”; TinT Art gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2005, “Servicios utiles para la mujer y el hombre”; Tierra Fiertil Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Jumping hearts II”, O.M. Gallery, Penafiel, Portugal
2004, “Caixinha de surpresas/ Boîte à surprise”, Virgílio Gallery, São Paulo- SP, Brazil
“Pain...