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Raquel Mendes (b. 1978 in Setúbal, Portugal) lives and works in Portugal. She is graduated in Sculpture in the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon in 2002. During that time she was an Erasmus student in Oslo Academy of Art, Norway. In 2007 she finished the Master's degree in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art.

Her work process is based primarily on observing situations and behaviors in everyday life using direct documentation (photo/video) in a natural, unconstructed or modified environment, avoiding manipulations or illusionary techniques. The subjects she captures with her camera - the home, personal belongings, and the family gathering - are familiar to us all. And yet the real power of her work derives from things - so-called abstractions - that escape the camera entirely.
Since the year 2000 that she exhibits regularly mainly in European countries.