Juanita McLauchlan

YEAR OF RESIDENCY
April - April 2025

McCahon House x Bundanon Exchange Artist 2025

Juanita McLauchlan (Gamilaaray) is an artist based in Wagga Wagga, Wiradjuri country, New South Wales, Australia.

Through her work, Juanita explores ideas of identity, displacement and cultural histories. Her practice spans across the mediums of drawing, print making, sculpture, textiles and jewelry and has been shown across Australia in both solo and group shows. In November, she won the National Contemporary Jewelry Award.

Since 2021, Juanita has worked with ethically sourced Possum furs from Aotearoa New Zealand - a material that “allows her to reconnect with stories and people who have been lost or hidden in history”. Being in residence in Aotearoa will offer Juanita an opportunity to extend her practice at a scale which she has not been able to previously and to connect with new creative practices, unique to the environment.

Juanita notes that her role as an artist is to create work that is informed by what has come before her and to recognise the important statement that the work can symbolize for future generations.