Raquel Carter was born in Sydney in 1975. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from the National Art School, Sydney, NSW in 2008. Holds a double diploma in Art therapy and transpersonal meditation. Presently completing her MFA with Dunedin school of art.

Raquel Carter lives and works in the Whakatipu basin of central Otago, Sth island of New Zealand. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the relationship between the body, landscape, and the subconscious bridge between. Working across painting, sculpture, drawing and installation, with a focus on material experimentation, her work investigates the ways human experience is intertwined with the natural world. Through an intuitive processes of making, Raquel engages with themes of transformation, memory, ecological belonging, and reflection of the unseen forces that shape perception.

Central to her practice is an exploration of the body as a vessel—an evolving site of knowledge, sensation, and connection to both inner and outer landscapes. Her paintings often emerge through folded and mirrored paint processes reminiscent of lake reflections or Rorschach inkblots, allowing imagery to arise through chance, intuition, and dialogue with materials.