Raquelle Verheyen

Raquelle Verheyen is a Belgian mixed media artist whose work explores consumption, transport, object manipulation, and the absurdities of our material and immaterial world. Educated at Sint-Lucas Antwerp and the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, she has exhibited in both Antwerp and the Netherlands. Her practice revolves around collecting found objects and advertisements that once shaped everyday life. These materials are transformed into compositions where reality and the “consumer dream” blur. Inspired by advertisements, Raquelle reuses materials to examine how products are marketed, consumed, and forgotten. Her assemblages question the promises we attach to objects and the speed at which they lose their significance.

By reinterpreting advertisements and removing objects from their original context, Raquelle creates new narratives around what we consider “waste” or “valuable.” Her works become layered accumulations, symbolizing the abundance of products and evoking a sense of overwhelming excess. Rather than a straightforward critique of consumption, her practice exposes both the absurdity and the allure of consumer culture. Found materials are rearranged into forward-moving compositions, balancing use and absurdity. Through this process, she explores what it means to carry a whole world of possessions, both material and immaterial. Inspired by De Certeau’s notion of creative reinterpretation, Raquelle’s sculptures demonstrate how everyday materials can be transformed and redefined through context, personal agency and imaginative engagement.