Shevaun Cuatriz

Shevaun is a Filipino painter recently graduated from Fine Art: Painting at UAL Camberwell. Her work follows two narratives; the observed world and herself, the observer. Having grown up in the North of Ireland as an immigrant, her practice is a vessel to seek out a sense of belonging in every place and anyone who passes through. 

Her paintings of her “observed” life often depict familiar city scenery and dreamlike nocturne memories. These hazy recollections are portrayed through oils layered in thin glazes, curious to the fleeting workings of light and its relationship to the unstable human temperament. Light often acts as a friend in this instability, its touch serving as a grounding and comforting presence. 

Conversely, Shevaun takes a more introspective and figurative approach to her paintings based in the analysis of self. This constant need for understanding and belonging eventually permeates internally, longing for a sense of connection in one’s own body.