Jane Cuevas, (b. 1993) is a Philippines-based artist and a Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) semi-finalist. Her practice investigates figurations of femininity through pattern-based abstraction, informed by elements of pop surrealism. While her earlier works were distinguished by vibrant chromatic intensity and intricate linear detail, Cuevas has gradually transitioned toward a predominantly monochromatic palette marking a shift toward greater introspection and formal restraint.
This evolution is accompanied by a reorientation of subject matter. What once centered on expressive embodiments of femininity now extends to contemplative reflections on women’s dreams and the realities of everyday life work, labor, and the social conditions that shape female experience. Her figures have likewise transformed over time, adopting exaggerated facial features such as enlarged ears, full lips, and an insistent gaze. These distortions function as visual strategies that interrogate the construction of idealized beauty, revealing identity as fragmented, performative, and continuously negotiated.
Working exclusively with brush and acrylic paint, Cuevas’ process evokes the precision and visual impact commonly associated with printmaking and digital media. Her surfaces are built through intuitively layered brushstrokes applied in varied directions, producing dense textures that emerge through subconscious gesture rather than premeditated design. This intuitive approach allows her compositions to register personal affinities and perceptual experiences with immediacy and emotional charge.
A sustained engagement with traditional Filipino aesthetics underpins her contemporary practice. Drawing particular inspiration from Filipino wood carving, Cuevas responds to the rhythmic marks left by knives and chisels. Each stroke is marked by difference in depth, pressure, and intention. She translates this tactile sensibility into painting, where brushstrokes carry spontaneity, material presence, and raw expressiveness, bridging inherited craft traditions with a contemporary visual language.
Motifs drawn from her immediate environment like florals, objects, and figures recur throughout her work as naturalistic references that anchor her compositions in lived experience. These elements quietly reflect the emotional weight of everyday life and personal circumstance, reinforcing the intimate scale of her inquiry.
Before fully devoting herself to painting, Cuevas worked as a college instructor and graphic designer. Her experiences continue to inform her disciplined approach to composition, structure, and visual articulation.
AWARDS
2019 - Semi Finalist - MADE
( Metrobank Arts and Design Excellence) Competition
2018 - Semi Finalist - MADE
( Metrobank Arts and Design Excellence) Competition
2014 - Regional Champion - Digital Arts Explosion Competition
PSITE (Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators Foundation Inc.)
and American Technologies Inc.
Lyceum of the Philippines University Laguna
PUBLICATION
2022 Manila Bulletin - Opinion- Editorial
Written by Ms. Anna Mae Lamentillo
https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/14/jane-cuevas-lost-her-hearing-and-found-her-art/
2022 MetroScene Mag
https://www.metroscenemag.com/2022/01/metroseen-featured-artist-jane-cuevas.html
2021 Graphika Manila: Graphika Manila Book
2020 Hindsight is 20/20: A reflection of Our Actions in Retrospect- ACIID Magazine
https://aciiid.com/hindsight-is-20-20-a-reflection-of-our-actions-in-retrospect/
2020 Graphika Manila: Graphika Manila Book
2019 Woman Create: 365 Wonders Daily Creative Planner
2019 Graphika Manila: Graphika Manila Book
2015 Doodle Arts Magazine: Curate Your Own Doodle World
Magzter Inc. Lifestyle Magazine
2015 Doodle Arts Magazine: Build Your Winning Portfolio
Magzter Inc. Lifestyle Magazine
INTERNATIONAL SHOW
2026 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong - P+ Projects
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
2022 Instagram Live International Groupshow - 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
19 Karen Avenue, Mermaid Beach Gold Coast Queensland Australia 4218
ART FESTIVAL
2025 Tubô Cebu Art Fair - Art for Space Gallery
Ayala Center Cebu, PH
2025 Manila Art Fair - Art for Space Gallery
SMX Aura Convention Center PH
2025 - Xavier Art Festival - Art for Space Gallery
Xavier School Fr. Cortina Sports Complex PH
2025 - Xavier Art Festival - Force Field Art Space
Xavier School Fr. Cortina Sports Complex PH
2024 Manila Art Fair - Art for Space Gallery
SMX Aura Convention Center PH
2023 Luzon Art Fair - Secret Fresh Gallery
Bulwagan ng Kalahi, Diwa ng Tarlac PH
2023 Manila Art Fair - Art for Space Gallery
SMX Aura Convention Center PH
2023 Art in The Park - Art for Space Gallery
Jaime Velasquez Park, Makati City, PH
2022 Manila Art Fair - Art for Space Gallery
SMX Aura Convention Center PH
2022 Modern and Contemporary Art Festival - Art+ Discoveries
Grand Ballroom, Fairmont Makati PH
2022 The Manila Bang Show - Art for Space Gallery
Contemporary Art, the Manila Way Festival Mall, Civic Drive, Alabang PH
2022 Xavier Art Festival - Art for Space Gallery
Xavier School Fr. Cortina Sports Complex PH
2020 - MADE ( Metrobank Arts and Design Excellence)
2020 Art in The Park - Art for Space and Urban Chiq Gallery
Jaime Velasquez Park, Makati City, Philippines
2019 - MADE ( Metrobank Arts and Design Excellence)
2019 Art in The Park - Cevio Art Haus
Jaime Velasquez Park, Makati City, Philippines
2019 Art in The Park - Art for Space & Urban Chic Galleries
Jaime Velasquez Park, Makati City, Philippines
SOLO SHOW
2023 “Decisions to Make” - Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave, San Juan, 1504 Metro Manila PH
2MAN SHOW
2024 “All strings are meant to be” - Art Camp
Greenbelt 5, Legazpi St. Brgy. San Lorenzo, Makati, Philippines
2022 Are We Alive or Just Existing - Modeka Creative Space (Modeka Art)
Warehouse 20A La Fuerza 1 2241, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati, 1231 Metro Manila
2021 Retrospect Memory - Ocular Gallery @oculargallery
240 Aguirre Ave., BF Homes Parañaque City, Philippines
2020 Memento Vivere - Art for Space Gallery PH
Alabang Town Center, Madrigal Ave, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, 1780 Kalakhang Maynila PH
GROUP EXHIBIT
2026 Brick by Brick - ROJO Galerie
31 Meralco Ave, San Antonio, Ortigas Center, Pasig, 1605 Metro Manila
2025 Self Portraits - Improv Art Gallery
5th Floor Katinko Building, New York Ave cor EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines 1102
2025 - PUNTAHAN a one day groupshow - Very Good Gallery x HeadRoom
Headroom, Lamayan Street Santa Ana Manila PH
2024 - “Dreamscape” - Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave, San Juan, 1504 Metro Manila PH
2023 “Nudes” - Faculty Projects
Santa Rosa House, 54 Santa Rosa St.Kapitolyo, Pasig City PH
2023 “Ephemeral” - Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave, San Juan, 1504 Metro Manila PH
2022 “Hi-Lo” - Galerie Anna
Edsa Corner, Mandaluyong, 1550 Metro Manila PH
2021 Serendipity - Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave, San Juan, 1504 Metro Manila PH
2021 Re(set) - Galerie Anna
Edsa Corner, Mandaluyong, 1550 Metro Manila PH
2021 Sunday Breakfast - Modeka Creative Space (Modeka Art)
Warehouse 20A La Fuerza 1 2241, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati, 1231 Metro Manila
2020 Buhay na Walang Hanggan - Nuzen Art Gallery
Bus Stop, Mendez Crossing - Manila, Tagaytay - Nasugbu Hwy, Tagaytay, 4120 Cavite
2020 - Turning Point Group Show “Pollute Art Figure” - Collectors Xchange - CXE
2020 MMXX - Art for Space Gallery PH
Alabang Town Center, Madrigal Ave, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, 1780 Kalakhang Maynila
2020 Walls & Art Toy Group Show - White Walls Gallery & Collectors Xchange
Warehouse 12A, La Fuerza Compound, Chino Roces Makati
2020 Arcana - Imprimatura Gallery
#99 Scout Lozano St., Diliman, Quezon City
2020 Likha Art Fair 2020: ‘DAMBALASEK, PIS!’ - Tagaytay Contemporary
2020 Year End Show - Nuzen Art Gallery @nuzenartgallery
Bus Stop, Mendez Crossing - Manila
Tagaytay-Nasugbu Hwy, Tagaytay City 4120, Philippines
2020 WORTHY - Cevio Art Haus
0 San Isidro St., Bgy. Kapitolyo Pasig, Philippines
2020 When Life Gives Hue Lemons - Ocular Gallery @oculargallery
240 Aguirre Ave., BF Homes Parañaque City, Philippines
2020 Bliss - Makati Contemporary Art Gallery @mconart
2019 Bugkos - Art for Space Gallery PH
Alabang Town Center, Madrigal Ave, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa, 1780 Kalakhang Maynila
2019 Bigkis - Terminal 240 Art SPace
2019 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT SOURCE: Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, G/F 424 Ortigas Avenue Greenhills San Juan City, San Juan, Philippines
2019 My Little Masterpiece- Cevio Art Haus
Brgy. Kapitolyo Pasig, Philippines
2018 Pasasalamat - Cevio Art Haus
Brgy. Kapitolyo Pasig, Philippines
2017 Likha an Artidope Exhibit
The PARC Foundation, San Juan Metro Manila, Philippines
2016 Cancervants Philippines Pay Ink Forward: Blood Drive Exhibit
Hotel Jen, Shangri-La Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
2016 Doodle Fest: Deck of Doodles
A Space Manila, Legazpi Village, Makati, 1229 Kalakhang Maynila, Philippines
2015 Doodle Fest: Worlds Exhibit
A Space Manila, Legazpi Village, Makati, 1229 Kalakhang Maynila, Philippines
2014 Fernando B. Sena Easy Art Lesson Summer Workshop
Philippine Heart Center , East Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
ONLINE EXHIBITION
2022 Twilight of Age - 2 women Exhibition - Art+ Collectibles
2022 Instagram Live International Groupshow - 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
https://19karen.com.au/exhibitions/coming-may-2022/
https://19karen.com.au/artworks/the-rage-we-buried-on-our-throne-pt-1/
https://19karen.com.au/artworks/the-rage-we-buried-on-our-throne-pt-2/
2021 Art In The Park Online - Art for Space Gallery
2021 Art In The Park Online _ Special Edition -
Art for Space Gallery & Modeka Creative Space (Modeka Art)
2020 Art In The Park Online - Art for Space Gallery
2020 Femininity Collection - ArtsTalkPH
https://artstalkph.com/collections/femininity/products/laundering-seard-age
2020 Hindsight is 20/20 - ArtsTalkPH
https://artstalkph.com/collections/femininity/products/hear-thy-roar
2020 100 Artists 100 Artworks - Imprimatura Gallery
http://www.imprimatura-gallery.com/
2020 Turning Point & Art Toy Show - Collectors Xchange
ARTIST TALK
2020 Hindsight is 20/20 Exhibit Launch- ArtsTalkPH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F0yuQiiDfU
2020 Brush with Artist - ArtsTalkPH
https://artstalkph.com/pages/brush-with-artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZugnUEY34
2017 Antipode: The Other Side- A Multimedia Arts Exhibit
Lyceum of the Philippines University Cavite Campus
Days Hotel Tagaytay, Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, Tagaytay, 4120 Cavite, Philippines