Deya

Painter Mixed Media Artist

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Judhea Java, also known as Deya (b. 2001), is a multidisciplinary artist based in Cebu, Philippines. Deya works across painting, installation, assemblage, printmaking, and plant-based material
processes. Her practice often draws from personal memory, queer experience, ecological relation, and
collective forms of care and belonging. In her recent work, she explores plant pigment extraction, natural
dyeing, textile installation, and painting as ways of transforming color, fabric, and botanical matter into
material traces of memory, identity, and becoming. Through these processes, she reflects on how personal
experiences can connect to wider collective narratives of vulnerability, transformation, and belonging

Education/Training

West Visayas State University

- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

-2018-2020

-Luna St, La Paz, Iloilo City

University of San Carlos

-Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

-2020-2021

-Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City

University of the Philippines Cebu

-Bachelor of Science major in Studio Arts

-2021-Present

-Gorordo, Lahug, Cebu City

ILOMOCA (Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Arts)

-Internship: Graphics, Media and Operations

-2025

-Festive Walk, Megaworld, Iloilo City

Awards/Press/Collaborations

In 2023, she was awarded first place in the Oil/Acrylic Category at the 56th Shell National Student Art Competition (NSAC), the Philippines’ longest-running student art competition, for her work Weaving the Narrative, which paid homage to women artisans across the country.

Exhibition & Shows

2018 - Origins. MAMUSA Art Gallery Opening Exhibit
2018 - Papel sa Tinta. Pen and Ink Group show
2019 - Doble Kahit. An Art Exhibit of Various Ilonggo Artist
2019 -Come Together. The Hubon Ilonggo Year End Exhibition
2021 - Finding Home. Exhibition by Thrive Art Projects
2022 - Dessert. An All-girls Virtual Exhibition
2022 - Etherea. LIMA Art Exhibit
2023 - A Red Rag to a Bull. Art x Pride 2023
2024 - Pressing Perspectives. Printmaking Exhibition of UP BF-SA Students
2024 - Anatomies. SFA 131 Class Exhibition
2024 - Onwards and Upwards: Revelation on Filipino Resilience and Excellence Through Shell National Students Art Competition Artworks. Shell NSAC Exhibit Opening at the National Museum of Fine Arts
2024 - Art Tienda: Pride !. GIAGI Arts Collective Booth Exhibit
2024 - Descendants III: Magnificence. A Queer Art Exhibition
2024 - A Room of Her Own. Thrive Arts Gallery Exhibit
2024 - Immersed. Hiugyon Creatives Booth for Iloilo Arts Festival
2024 - Holiday Art Market in Haboean Aklan. Giagi Arts Collective
2024 - Tayog-Tayog: The Ilonggo Imagination. Thrive Arts Gallery Exhibit
2025 - In the Womb of the Earth. Women's Month Exhibition
2025 - Descendants IV: A/muse. A Queer Art Exhibition
2026 - Generations: Memory, Becoming. Women's Month Exhibition
2026 - Hue in Bloom. Solo Thesis Exhibit