Born in Southern California in 1987, Ben Cuevas (he/they/she) is an artist who works in many mediums including fiber, sculpture, installation, performance, video, and sound. Cuevas received their B.A. in mixed media installation art & photography at Hampshire College, in 2010.
After graduating from Hampshire College, Cuevas was an artist in residence at the Wassaic Project in New York state, where he knit his masterwork—a complete human skeleton made of wool and silk. Cuevas has also completed artist residencies at BoxoPROJECTS in Joshua Tree, CA (2018-2019) and the Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, NY (2022).
Cuevas’s artworks have been shown across the US and internationally with exhibitions held at Craft Contemporary (formerly The Craft and Folk Art Museum) in Los Angeles, Museum of the City of New York, The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City, Joyce Gallery in Shanghai, and others. Cuevas’s most recent solo show, titled Non-Binary Code, held in Los Angeles at Studio 203, explored themes of identity, gender, and coded meaning through fiber-based practices.
Several books and publications feature Cuevas’s work, such as DUETS: Ben Cuevas & Annie Sprinkle in Conversation, published by Visual AIDS, and Queer Threads: Crafting, Identity, and Community, edited by John Chaich and Todd Oldham. Acclaimed as a public speaker, Cuevas has given talks at institutions including Brown University, Indiana University, Ohio State University, The Museum of Sex, and the Fire Island Artist Residency.