Raquel Mora

Raquel Mora unfolds a rigorous visual poetics where drawing acts as structural thought. Her work transforms the microscopic into essential and symbolic forms, fusing science and art with a formal precision that reveals latent worlds. The quality of her work lies in its technical solidity, conceptual coherence, and the ability to create silent yet meaningful images. Every line is deliberate, every emptiness speaks, generating an experience of contemplation and strangeness. Her visual universe is minimal, hybrid, and profoundly evocative.

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Children of Shanghai

On her second stay in China, the artist delves into the visual and spiritual vitality of Shanghai, finding in its ancient heritage a source of aesthetic and conceptual revelation. Children of Shanghai is a brief but intense series, born from the wonder at the temples, markets, and sculptural figures of the Tang Dynasty. The ceramic horses, the terracotta warriors, and the chromatic saturation of traditional Chinese paintings—vibrant reds, jade greens, aged golds, deep blues—mark a before and after in her practice. Far from superficial appropriation, these works propose a respectful dialogue between cultures: a personal reinterpretation that translates ancestral forms into a contemporary language. The artist allows herself to be permeated by the visual energy of the East, seeking to incorporate its emotional strength and formal decision without losing her identity. Each work is an attempt to translate the experience of being in front of something immense: a heritage

Sibyls, Fabrics, and Prophecies in Motion

This series proposes a contemporary rereading of the classical sibyls, prophetic figures that Michelangelo immortalized in the Sistine Chapel. Inspired by the symbolic force of their vestments, their restrained postures, and their enigmatic character, the artist reconstructs the moment of revelation from a current perspective, integrating textile elements, symbolic stones, and references to fashion photography. The fabric becomes a prophetic channel: sometimes rigid as marble, sometimes light as a veil

History of legendary places

This series begins with a brief residency in Tequisquiapan, Mexico. The visit to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City provided me, in addition to profound enjoyment and learning of its culture, with a wealth of forms that I had not explored and that merge with the marine creatures I had previously studied. The result is completely pictorial and moves away from the pencil with which I have worked for so many years, but not from color, which I had already begun to apply in series like Burgess Shale Futuribilis or seeds that awaken landscapes.

What Seeds Feed On

"What do seeds feed on?" is a series that explores the form, essence, and importance of these small treasures of nature. Through each painting, I seek to reveal not only their physical beauty but also their vital role in the cycle of life. Seeds symbolize hope, renewal, and continuity. With this work, I want to invite reflection on their value in the ecosystem, nutrition, and our connection with nature. Because great strength also resides in the small.

Burgess Shale Futuribilis

The discovery of Burgess Shale in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the Canadian Rocky Mountains marked a milestone in paleontology. This site, located in Yoho National Park, is notable for the exceptional preservation of fossils of Cambrian marine organisms (505 million years ago), many of which have no current equivalents. The preservation of soft tissues allowed for a detailed study of the anatomy and diversity of life forms from that era, revolutionizing our understanding of animal evolution. Today, it is considered one of the most important fossil sites in the world. In this series, I imagine the development of those creatures stranded in time, creating fantastic beings and ecosystems, far removed from what we understand as life today.