Katrina Cuenca uses the authority and authenticity of metal to deconstruct and reconstruct ideas and concepts about the female psyche. Dealing with issues of identification, she is interested in the possibilities and limitations, as well as the hierarchies, that one creates and passes on – particularly in relation to the position of women. With Cuenca’s abstract expression through sculpture, the intention is not to find a single universal form, but rather to seek to achieve a form that is constantly changing.
Katrina Cuenca (b. 1984) is a self-taught artist who has been painting since the 1990s. Experimenting with figures, patterns, and textures, Cuenca continuously rediscovers and evolves her art practice based on life experiences. The result is a melding of figuration and abstraction at its most spontaneous and celebratory. Katrina Cuenca has had multiple well-received solo exhibitions and has participated in the longest-running visual arts fair in the Philippines, ManilART, in 2020.