artist overview
Juanita McLauchlan an Australian artist draws upon her Gamilaraay identity, history and language to explore family connections, personal belongings and body adornments. Juanita enjoys the thrill, complexity, texture, chaos and control of the printmaking medium. While her material and conceptual problem-solving processes of making are experimental, Juanita’s work is equally indebted to, and guided by her Indigenous heritage.
McLauchlan was recently awarded the Griffith Regional Art Gallery’s National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2024 and was the recipient of the McCahon House Bundanon Exchange which commences in April 2025. In recent years she has been a finalist in notable prizes, including the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, 2024; Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, 2024 and 2022; Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, 2023, and is a finalist in the upcoming Blacktown City Art Prize 2025. She has upcoming solo presentations at Wangaratta Art Gallery in February 2025, and the Art Gallery of NSW in July 2025.
