Raquel Maulwurf
Raquel Maulwurf
born 1975 in Madrid, Spain
lives and works in Amsterdam
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While Maulwurf’s previous work dealt with the remnants and destruction of war, her new work captures our world’s chaos when hit by the forces of nature and ecological disasters; exploring the notion of whether nature is striking back at us for polluting its oceans, poisoning its air, burning down forests and turning the ground we walk on into radioactive wasteland.
Making something evocative and beautiful from horrific events, these images, both destructive and monumental, are manipulated in such a way that only the essence of the event remains. The drawings no longer show what we see, but that which we know, making current events tangible, posing the question of why mankind is so eager to destroy.
Drawing on thicker board allows the artist to brutalize the surface with sharp objects; depicting violence through violence by scratching, the artist is materializing destruction in both subject and process.
2014 Artist-in-residence Livingstone Projects, Berlin, Germany
2011 Artist-in-residence ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2007-2013 The Drawing Center's Viewing Program, New York, USA
2005 Artist-in-residence São Paulo, Brazil
1993-1997 HKA Art Academy Arnhem, The Netherlands
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (a selection)
2023 Livingstone Gallery, The Hague 'Foreshadowing'
2022 Museum Nairac, Barneveld 'Lightness of Being' (double solo with Danaë Moons)
2022 Paper Positions Berlin, Germany 'duo presentation with Albrecht Genin' (Livingstone Gallery)
2021 Paper Positions Berlin, Germany 'duo presentation with Daniele Galliano' (Livingstone Gallery)
2020 VOLTA, New York, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2019 Livingstone Gallery, The Hague 'Night Fall'
2019 Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin, Germany 'The Light and the Dark'
2019 Paper Positions Berlin, Germany 'duo presentation with Ruri Matsumoto' (Livingstone Gallery)
2019 Art on Paper, New York, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2018 Museum BOZAR, Brussels 'Art on Paper' (Livingstone Gallery)
2018 Drawing Now, Paris, France (Livingstone Gallery)
2017 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag ‘The Carbon War Room’
2017 PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2016 C&K Galerie, Berlin, Germany ‘Inside Outside’ (double solo with Jan Wattjes)
2016 Livingstone Gallery, The Hague 'Dark days - Bright nights'
2015 Amsterdam Drawing, Amsterdam (Livingstone Gallery)
2015 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA 'duo presentation with Arnulf Rainer' (Livingstone Gallery)
2014 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA ‘Colliding galaxies’ (Livingstone Gallery)
2013 Galerie Sebastian Brandl, Cologne, Germany 'Dark Nature'
2013 Livingstone Gallery, The Hague 'Scratching the surface'
2012 Galerie Schoots + Van Duyse, Antwerp, Belgium 'The Wake'
2012 De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam ‘Night & Day’ (double solo with Renie Spoelstra)
2012 VOLTA Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA (Frederieke Taylor Gallery)
2011 Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam 'New York New Work'
2011 Galerie Sebastian Brandl, Cologne, Germany ‘Going Nuclear’ (double solo with Birgit Verwer)
2010 Livingstone gallery, The Hague 'Dark Matter - Black Light’
2010 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven 'FALL-OUT'
2009 Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, USA ‘Drawings from the Other Side’
2008 Galleria SIX, Lissone Milan, Italy ‘Solitude of Paper’
2007 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 'Drawn to destruction'
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven ‘The New York - drawings’
2006 Galleria Studio Sei, Milan, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (a selection)
2023 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 'Biennale Le Latitudini dell'Arte - Germany and Italy' curated by Virginia Monteverde
2023 VOLTA New York (Livingstone Gallery)
2022 Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 'Is this the End of the World - as we know it?'
2022 Museum MORE, Gorssel 'MORE & meer. Realisme van 1900 tot nu'
2022 Museum Arnhem 'Tenminste Houdbaar Tot'
2022 Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede 'Na de jacht! Tien jaar verzamelen in 100 kunstwerken'
2022 Stedelijk Museum Vianen 'Voorbij de onschuld - Kunst op papier in de 21ste eeuw'
2022 Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede 'Collectie Wilploo - Verglijdend landschap'
2021 Museum Nairac, Barneveld 'Terug naar de natuur'
2021 Museum BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium 'Art on Paper' (Livingstone Gallery)
2021 Pulchri Studio The Hague, 'Biennale Le Latitudini dell'Arte - Netherlands and Italy' curated by Virginia Monteverde
2020 Centraal Museum, Utrecht 'Collector's Item - The contemporary art collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders'
2020 Chabot Museum, Rotterdam 'Kunst stelt alles voor - Modern masters from the collections of the Chabot Museum and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen'
2020 Art Rotterdam (Livingstone Gallery)
2019 Chabot Museum, Rotterdam 'Armando's private collection'
2019 Palazzo Ducale Genova, 'Biennale Le Latitudini dell'Arte IV Edizione, Genoa, Italy' curated by Virginia Monteverde
2019 VOLTA Contemporary Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland (Livingstone Gallery)
2018 Singer Museum, Laren 'Out of Office. Kunstschatten uit bedrijven'
2018 Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium 'Biënnale van de Schilderkunst'
2018 Chabot Museum, Rotterdam 'Vrienden voor het leven, Henk Chabot en Adriaan van der Plas'
2017 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden ‘Burdened landscape’ with a.o. Francis Alÿs, Anselm Kiefer, Armando
2016 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 'Het ABC van de Collectie'
2016 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2016 Art Rotterdam (Livingstone Gallery)
2015 Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede ‘Danger & Beauty - Turner and the tradition of the sublime’
2015 Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle ‘Danger & Beauty - Turner and the tradition of the sublime’
2015 Dordrechts Museum 'Nieuwe Gezichten op Dordrecht'
2015 Stedelijk Museum Zwolle 'Strijd! Oorlog en overleven in beeld'
2015 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo 'On War and Peace'
2015 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 'Kunst uit huis: Collectie Wilploo'
2014 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn 'Sounds of Silence'
2014 Museum Arnhem 'Realms of Memory' with Anne Wenzel, Dieuwke Spaans
2014 Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam ‘Haperende Mens’ with Francis Alÿs, Zoro Feigl, Zeger Reyers a.o.
2014 Museum De Hallen, Haarlem 'SKY! in Dutch art since 1850'
2014 Teylers Museum, Haarlem 'Presentation acquisitions'
2014 Musée Historique • Château de Nyon, Switzerland 'Des hommes et la forêt'
2013 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 'Miniatuur Museum @ the Wonderkamers'
2013 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo 'Nieuw, nieuwer, nieuwst (2)'
2013 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam 'WIT' curated by Anne van der Zwaag
2013 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn 'BLACK' curated by Werner van den Belt
2013 Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem 'Black & White'
2012 Art Miami CONTEXT, Miami, USA (Frederieke Taylor Gallery)
2012 Testbed1, London, UK ‘Reconnaisance’ curated by Ken Pratt
2012 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ‘Uit de verzameling – Landschappen’
2012 Stedelijk Museum Zwolle 'Stil Even'
2012 IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen, Belgium ‘Collection van Bommel van Dam Venlo’
2012 Teylers Museum, Haarlem 'Met andere ogen. Drawings from the Marieke & Pieter Sanders Collection'
2012 Galerie LUMC, Leiden ‘Uit de schaduw’
2011 Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle 'Meer licht' curated by Hans den Hartog Jager
2011 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam ‘All About Drawing’
2011 Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam ‘Apopcalypse Now. Works from the Collection Hugo & Carla Brown’ curated by Ken Pratt
2011 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2011 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ‘Met andere ogen - Een feestelijke terugblik op veertig jaar verzamelen’
2010 Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen 'Beroerd landschap'
2010 Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo ‘Aanwinsten uit de Collectie Knecht-Drenth Venlo’
2010 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn ‘Holland Paper Biennial’
2010 Museum Het Schielandshuis, Rotterdam ‘Van stad tot puin’
2010 Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, USA ‘10th Anniversary Invitational Part II’
2010 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, USA (Livingstone Gallery)
2010 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 'Collection presentation art after 1945'
2009 Historical Museum Arnhem in the context of the Arnhem Fashion Biennial
2009 Kunstvereniging Drawing Centre Diepenheim ‘In dit uitzicht’ curated by Arno Kramer
2008 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 'Verloren Paradijs. Monumentaal tekenen' with Robbie Cornelissen, Erik Odijk, Sandro Setola, Renie Spoelstra, Aji V.N., Hans de Wit
2008 Tweede Kamer gebouw, Eerste Commissiekamer, The Hague ‘Te Gast’ with Sylvie Zijlmans, Paulien Oltheten, Esther Tielemans, Frank van der Salm, Jurriaan Molenaar, curated by Evelyn Beer, Instituut Collectie Nederland
2008 Art Cologne, Germany (Galerie Willy Schoots)
2007 Arte Fiera Art First, Bologna, Italy (Galleria SIX)
2006 Museo del Sannio Rocca dei Rettori, Benevento, Italy 'Premio Mario Razzano'
2005 Art Rotterdam 'That Seventies Show' (Livingstone Gallery & Galerie Willy Schoots) with Sander van Deurzen, Aaron van Erp, Melle, Lisette Verkerk, Marjolijn de Wit
COLLECTIONS (a selection)
* Prefectural Art Museum Nagasaki, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Teylers Museum Haarlem, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Museum Voorlinden Wassenaar, Museum Arnhem, Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen, Chabot Museum Rotterdam, Drents Museum Assen (long-term loan Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo, Miniatuur Museum, Museum Het Kruithuis Den Bosch, Museum Waterland Purmerend
* The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Art Collection: Miami, Tel Aviv, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Guangzhou, Sarajevo, Geneva, Brussels
* Achmea Art Collection, Collection Ahold Art Foundation, AMC Art Collection, BNG Bank Collection, Bouwfonds Art Collection, Caldic Collection Wassenaar, De Nederlandsche Bank Art Collection, Erasmus University Art Collection, Fontys Art Collection, LUMC Art Collection, THE EKARD COLLECTION, De Heus-Zomer Collection, Ploum Lodder Princen Art Collection, Center for Visual Communication Miami, The Progressive Art Collection Ohio, United Therapeutics Art Collection, RAI Amsterdam Art Collection, Sociaal Economische Raad The Hague, Collection Jan Six, Jan des Bouvrie Art Collection, The Hugo Brown Family Collection, Collection Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, Pieter & Marieke Sanders Collection, Collection Versteeg - Schotte, Collection Reyn van der Lugt, Collection Armando, Collection Prof. Cees Dam, Collection Musagète Amsterdam, Collection Wilploo Enschede, Collection Knecht- Drenth Venlo, Flatland Foundation Amsterdam, Collection Art Fund Kolibri
PRIZES (a selection)
2017 Nomination PULSE Prize Miami
2014 Nomination PULSE Prize New York
2009 Nomination Thieme Art Award Amsterdam
2006 Nomination III Edizione ‘Premio Mario Razzano’, Museo del Sannio Rocca dei Rettori, Benevento, Italy
PUBLICATIONS (a selection)
2022 Stedelijk Museum Vianen, 'Voorbij de onschuld - Kunst op papier in de 21ste eeuw', text: Werner van den Belt
2021 Biennale Le Latitudini dell'Arte - Netherlands and Italy', texts: Viana Conti, Giorgio Novello, Paola Cordone, VanSpijk ArtBooks
2021 'Na de jacht. Tien jaar verzamelen in 100 kunstwerken', text: Josien Beltman, Rijksmuseum Twenthe
2021 'De schilders van de Duin- en Bollenstreek', text: Werner van den Belt, Bob Hardus, WBOOKS Zwolle
2020 'Collector's Item - The contemporary art collection of Pieter and Marieke Sanders', texts: a.o. Bart Rutten, Ludo van Halem, Terry van Druten, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2019 'Monumentaal Assen. Stadsgezichten uit de collectie W.H. Berghuis', texts: Annemiek Rens, Martin Hiemink, Koninklijke Van Gorcum, Drents Museum Assen
2019 'Biennale Le Latitudini dell'arte', text: Viana Conti, Liberodiscrivere Associazione Culturale Edizioni
2019 'Kunst laat het LUMC zien. 30 jaar kunst in het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum', texts: a.o. Sandrine van Noort, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Merel Bem, LUMC
2018 'Out of Office', texts: Edo Dijksterhuis, Catharien Romijn, Lecturis & Singer Museum Laren
2018 'Raquel Maulwurf Gemeentemuseum Den Haag', text: Wim van der Beek, Livingstone Editions
2017 'Raquel Maulwurf, Dark days Bright nights’, texts: Benno Tempel, Jeroen Dijkstra, Publishing house Hannibal
2015 'Danger & Beauty - Turner and the tradition of the sublime', texts: Ralph Keuning, Arnoud Odding a.o., Museum de Fundatie Zwolle, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
2015 ‘Nieuwe Gezichten op Dordrecht Dordtse Vedute’, texts: Dirk Berghout, Esther Darley, Gerrit Willems a.o., Dordrechts Museum
2015 ‘Strijd! Oorlog en overleven in beeld’, texts: Linda Barendse, Shannon van Muijden a.o., Stedelijk Museum Zwolle
2014 'Raquel Maulwurf, Scratching the surface’, text: Cherry Duyns, Livingstone Editions
2014 ‘LUCHT! in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850’, texts: Ann Demeester, Antoon Erftemeijer, Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem
2014 ‘Des hommes et la forêt’, text: Vincent Lieber, Musée historique et des porcelaines, Château de Nyon
2014 ‘Haperende Mens essay 1’, text: Hans den Hartog Jager, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam
2013 ‘CODA Black’, text: Werner van den Belt, CODA Museum Apeldoorn
2013 ‘Met andere ogen’, texts: Marjan Scharloo, Marieke Sanders, Terry van Druten, Teylers Museum Haarlem
2013 ‘Miniatuur Museum’, texts: Benno Tempel, Erwin Olaf, Lex & Ria Daniels, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
2013 ‘Zwart & Wit / Black & White’, text: Piet Augustijn, Gorcums Museum
2012 ‘Stil Even’, texts: Adriaan de Regt, Joke Hermsen a.o., Stedelijk Museum Zwolle
2011 'Raquel Maulwurf, New York New Work’, texts: Benno Tempel, Frederieke Sanders Taylor, L.S. Editions
2011 ‘Out of rubble’, texts: Holly Edwards, Suzanne Slavick, Edizioni Charta, Milan
2011 'All About Drawing', texts: Hans den Hartog Jager, Renée Steenbergen, Pietje Tegenbosch, Maria Barnas, Arno Kramer, Diana A. Wind, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Uitgeverij d’Jonge Hond, Zwolle
2010 ‘MB Tijdschrift van Museum Belvédère, number 7, September, texts: Han Steenbruggen, Cherry Duyns, Sandra Smets a.o.
2010 'Raquel Maulwurf, Drawn to destruction’, text: Diana A. Wind, L.S. Editions
2008 'Raquel Maulwurf, ZEPPELIN, works on paper’, text: Machteld Leij, Livingstone Editions
2008 'Verloren Paradijs. Monumentaal tekenen', text: Diana A. Wind, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, BnM Uitgevers, Nijmegen
2007 'Raquel Maulwurf, FLAK/AAA, works on paper', text: Jurrie Poot, Livingstone Editions
2006 'Raquel Maulwurf, Trümmerfelder/Fields of ruins, Guernica 26 IV ’37- Nagasaki 9 VIII ‘45’, texts: Robbert Roos, Gabriele Perretta, Edizioni Studio Sei & Livingstone Editions