Jhon Cuesta is considered one of the Chocoan artists with an important projection in his artistic career in the international art world, for which his works have become recognized and exhibited in important galleries in New York City such as Amsterdam Whitney INC. and Meisner Art Gallery. He was born in Quibdó-Colombia in 1981. In 1994 he painted his first landscapes. He began his formal artistic training in the specialty of Plastic Arts, at the Auxiliary Center for Teaching Services (CASD) in 1997, in the City of Quibdò. In 1999 he attended the Faculty of Interior and Environment Design at the Corporación Escuela de Artes y Letras (EAL) 2007 in the City of Bogotá.

In 2017 he traveled to New York City in order to make himself known, position his work, and establish himself among the greatest artists internationally. He found his residence in said city that continues to this day. In 2018 he gained recognition with his dramatic images of abstract expressionist compositions of his critical and satirical work based on Socio-political narratives that capture the complexity of survival and daily living in his culture. For almost 10 years he continued to meticulously explore this controversial style.

But in mid-2019, the artist changed his criticism because he knew the love of God and understood that this is the best abstract language that a human being should use. As a result of this profound experience, Cuesta changed the internal focus of his gaze and the eyes of the soul full of pain to a more joyful work full of life and love, of traditional, figurative, folklore compositions and abstract three-dimensional structures with deep message. Jhon Cuesta has participated in important individual and group exhibitions.