Raquel Di Carvalho

Raquel Di Carvalho paintings are connected with trips, experiences, the closest children. Each of her painting carries a series of data and symbols of ancient ethnic groups. From there a connection is made to current world affairs which sometimes express an apocalyptic extreme. Her contemporary reference is the artist Gottfried Helnwein. Her work is related to psychological and sociological anguish, as well as historical and political issues, mainly with children.

Her oil paintings have taken the artist to unknown paths, where the result has often been satisfactory. The implicit humanist purpose in the creation of her work is to connect with the viewer in an intimate and sensitive way. Her subjects are filled with emotional responses with values of generational continuity, within the use of extreme realism extending to hyperrealism.

Raquel Luciane Carvalho Pies (1975), or simply Di Carvalho, born in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. Precedent of Brazilian family of Portuguese and German origin, eldest daughter of Inês and Evaldo. His childhood has passed between his hometown, and his trips to visit his family in Santa Catarina, where he would return to live after his training, years later. At the age of 19 she began her journey as a painter in Sao Paulo, participating in courses and workshops of local painters. After returning to Novo Hamburgo, he completed his training in Fine Arts in 2002, at the University of Feevale.

In the late 90s and early 2000s, still in Novo Hamburgo, he began to teach and make his first commissions in his studio. In 2006, he travels to Spain in search of new knowledge and experience. After living two years in Bilbao, she moved to the surroundings of Santiago de Compostela, where she again offered her services as a painter and teacher. After much work, the reconnaissance began to push for flights higher than the small town of O Milladoiro. Then in 2016, Di Carvalho sells his business in Santiago de Compostela and moves to Barcelona, where he works and resides to this day.

At present, the works of Di Carvalho show the technical mastery he possesses and the great burden of humanity that permeates his work.

Nadia Ferrante