Jobelle Quijano

Jobelle Quijano is an artist based in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and a minor in Art History. Primarily working in oil paint, she creates a vivid and honest image of her inner world by exploring themes of intimacy, vulnerability, desire, angst, nostalgia, subculture, and girlhood through the lens of fantasy, horror, and religion. She uses feminine and kitsch imagery alongside a moody colour palette to bring a seriousness to the lowbrow, and intertwines reality and fiction to convey emotional catharsis.

Jobelle’s work has been exhibited in Toronto and Kingston at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Only One Gallery, Union Gallery, and Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre. She was a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and the Murray and Marvelle Koffler Founder’s Award in 2022.