Raquel Villa (b.1994) is a Spanish visual artist and designer currently based in London.
Her research-driven personal practice investigates digitally simulated systems that speculate with strange physics.
With a background in architecture, she is interested in cultivating fantasy worlds by exploring parametric systems and natural laws. She focuses on the surreal aspect of her digital practice, in infusing magic realism into digital physical behaviours to speculate with them.
Over the past four years, she has been working as a senior designer at XK studio, using Houdini as her main software to conceptualise ideas to the digital medium with brands such as Google Deepmind, Apple, Nike, etc.
Let’s talk :)
hello@baghmeh.com
Her research-driven personal practice investigates digitally simulated systems that speculate with strange physics.
With a background in architecture, she is interested in cultivating fantasy worlds by exploring parametric systems and natural laws. She focuses on the surreal aspect of her digital practice, in infusing magic realism into digital physical behaviours to speculate with them.
Over the past four years, she has been working as a senior designer at XK studio, using Houdini as her main software to conceptualise ideas to the digital medium with brands such as Google Deepmind, Apple, Nike, etc.
Let’s talk :)
hello@baghmeh.com
Exhibitions / Publications / Lectures
“SentimentSuperSet” at Untitled Gallery, exhibition in collaboration with Lukas Rafik Mayer (Berlin, 2024)
“Up in the Clouds” at Metamorphika, “ exhibition in collaboration with Lukas Rafik Mayer (London, 2024)
Softer Digital Futures, “But its a dream” group exhibition (London, 2024)
Sessional Lecturer at Ravensbourne University London, BA (Hons) (London, 2024)
Taupe Magazine, “Layers of the Same World”, feature in collaboration with Ariel Lu (Berlin, 2022)
MMMAD Art, “Strange Other World” group exhibition (Madrid, 2020)
MMMAD Art, face filter digital residency with Paula Jiménez (Madrid, 2020)
Href Zine, feature for Technoid Natures (Berlin, 2020)
“OVNI #1, DPA-ETSAM” ISBN: 978-84-942428-7-8 (Madrid, 2015)
“SentimentSuperSet” at Untitled Gallery, exhibition in collaboration with Lukas Rafik Mayer (Berlin, 2024)
“Up in the Clouds” at Metamorphika, “ exhibition in collaboration with Lukas Rafik Mayer (London, 2024)
Softer Digital Futures, “But its a dream” group exhibition (London, 2024)
Sessional Lecturer at Ravensbourne University London, BA (Hons) (London, 2024)
Taupe Magazine, “Layers of the Same World”, feature in collaboration with Ariel Lu (Berlin, 2022)
MMMAD Art, “Strange Other World” group exhibition (Madrid, 2020)
MMMAD Art, face filter digital residency with Paula Jiménez (Madrid, 2020)
Href Zine, feature for Technoid Natures (Berlin, 2020)
“OVNI #1, DPA-ETSAM” ISBN: 978-84-942428-7-8 (Madrid, 2015)