Branca Cuvier is a Portuguese contemporary painter based in Lisbon, working primarily within contemporary figurative art. Her practice spans drawing, painting and sculptural experimentation, positioning her among a new generation of contemporary artists in Lisbon.

Trained at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual in Lisbon and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Cuvier developed a multidisciplinary foundation rooted in fine art and material research.

As a contemporary painter in Lisbon, her work investigates the relationship between the emotional and physical body. Drawing from psychology and anthropology, she translates internal states into structured visual compositions, where figurative distortion, rhythm and color become tools of analysis.

Her contemporary figurative paintings explore how emotion manifests within the human form, transforming vulnerability into architectural structure. Gesture becomes system; psychological presence becomes composition.

In 2020, she founded Jiboia Studio in Lisbon, her atelier and creative space. The studio opens twice yearly through public Open Studio events, reinforcing her commitment to dialogue between artist and audience within the Lisbon contemporary art scene.

She lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.

Selected exhibitions include:
Steinbeisser Project, Hamburg
“My Suitcase is My Oyster,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
“Secret’s Dealer,” Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
“Endogenous,” Artroom, Lisbon
“Manopera,” Espaço Cultural das Mercês, Lisbon

She has completed an artistic residency at Viúva Lamego, Lisbon.

Her work has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Prima, Observador, Fantastic Frank, Umbigo, Time Out and Público.

Selected clients and collectors include Lucy McRae, Carminho, The Vintage Hotel & Spa, Hotel Memória Porto FLH, Lidija Kolovrat, Ricardo Preto, Hyena, Reabilita, Lioz and Fora Eyewear.

Branca Cuvier lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.