Selected Art Shows

  • 2025

    Tops Art Festival 2025. Representation by Qube Gallery. Tops Exhibit Hall, Cebu City

    Unscattered Voices. Group Show. Qube Gallery, Cebu City, Philippines

    Beyond The Bark. A Two Person Art Show. Alliance Francaise De Manille. Makati, Philippines

    EREHENSIYA. A Legacy Exhibition by former students of Maestro Martino Abellana. Jose T. Joya Gallery, University of the Philippines, Cebu City

  • 2024

    Tops Art Festival 2024. Representation by Qube Gallery. Tops Exhibit Hall, Cebu City

    Our Neck of The Woods. Rojo Gallery x Qube Gallery. Robins Design Center, Ortigas, Pasig, Metro Manila

    It’s a Woman’s World. Various Landscapes Explored Through The Eyes of Four Women Artists. Orange Project, Mandalagan, Bacolod City, Philippines.

    Philippine Art Fair 2024. Representation by Qube Gallery. The Link, Ayala Center. Makati, Philippines

    Familiar Echoes. Qube Contemporary Gallery, Design Center of Cebu. Cebu City, Philippines

  • 2023

    The ManilaBang Show. Art Fair. Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines.

    “Kaleidoscope” National Juried Exhibition. Juror: Ashley Voss. Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Landscapes of Diaspora, Solo Exhibit. Qube Contemporary Gallery, Design Center of Cebu, Philippines

  • 2021

    Pure Paint, Juried Show. Juror: Nicholas Wilton. Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

    Verdant, Juried Show. Juror: Andra Norris. San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (SFWA), San Francisco, CA.

  • 2019

    Solo Exhibit. Vallejo City Hall, Vallejo, CA

    Standing On Hope. Art Auction. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, HK.

  • 2018

    Nature’s Abstract Truth. Solo Exhibit. Qube Gallery, Cebu City, Philippines.

    Rise Above. Group Exhibit. Qube Gallery, Cebu City, Philippines.

  • 2017

    Patterns of Nature. Solo Exhibit. Philippine Consulate Building, San Francisco, CA

  • 2016

    Janine Barrera Castillo Paintings. Solo Exhibit. Curated and Presented by Slate Art Gallery and Consulting. Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA.

  • 2015

    Summer in the Valley. Offsite Solo Exhibit. Curated by Cathy Baum Fine Art Consulting. One Post Street, San Francisco, CA.

    Elemental Landscape. A “Balik-Cebu” Solo Exhibit. Qube Gallery, Cebu City, Philippines

    Reaction. Juried Show. Curated by Rena Bransten. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

  • 2014

    An Artist Vision. Offsite Solo Exhibit. Curated by Cathy Baum Fine Art Consulting. 199 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA

    Patterns and Textures. Oil Paintings. Offsite Solo Exhibit. Curated by William Torphy Fine Art. 201 California St., SF, CA.

    Janine Barrera Castillo. Oil Paintings. Offsite Solo Exhibit. Curated by Suzy R. Locke Fine Art Consulting. 333 Bush St., San Francisco, CA

    Into the Valley. Offsite Solo Exhibit. Curated by Cathy Baum Fine Art Consulting. 50 Beale St., San Francisco, CA

    Re/Structure. Juried Show. Pacific Art League Gallery. Palo Alto, CA

  • 2013

    Janine Barrera Castillo Solo Exhibit. Curated by BayVAN. Domaine Gallery, Oakland, CA

    A Soldier’s Tale. Juried Show. Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA.

    Paintings, Paintings, Paintings. Group Show. Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

    Out of the Blue. Juried Show. Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

    Art of A Community. Group Show. Art Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

Education and Workshops

  • MFA (Masters in Fine Arts) - Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

  • Fine Arts Post Baccalaureate Studies - University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

  • BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) - Painting, University of the Philippines, Cebu City

  • Art Primer Seminar, Jamie Brunson

  • Artist Workshop, Michael Rosenthal

  • The Provocative Figure, San Francisco Art Institute

  • Life After Art School, Melissa Wood

Selected Publications and Awards

  • Full Scholarship Award for “Study in the United States Scholarship Competition” representing Region VII (Cebu and Bohol, Phil.). Awarded by The Starr Foundation (Cornelius Vanderbilt Starr) of New York.

  • Jose Joya Painting Competition Award. Three time winner: First Place in Representational Category, First Place in Abstract Category 1983. First Place in Representational Category 1984. University of the Philippines, Cebu City

  • Publication: Janine Barrera Castillo - Landscapes of Diaspora by Maris Aznar Holopainen, positivelyfilipino.com (pls check link on my website)

  • Publication: The Artwork of Janine Barrera. The Contemporary West (Weber), Fall 2020 Vol. 37

  • Publication: Janine Barrera Castillo Paints Nature’s Abstract Truth. Culture Cue by Audrey Garces/KQED

  • Publication: A Closer Walk With Nature. ART+ Magazine, issue #59, Manila, Philippines

  • Publication: An Introduction to the Latin World, Latina Magazine, issue #38, Latina Media Ventures, LLC

  • San Francisco Top Emerging Artists, Pump Magazine, February v.#120

  • The Vibrant and Colorful World of Janine. GEVMAG.com

  • Into the Woods. Bethany Monk, Benicia Herald.