Juanita Sanganithy
Juanita Sanganithy

Juanita Sanganithy

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Artist Biography

Juanita is an award-winning artist who enjoys being immersed in nature, observing the colours, light and textures, and bringing these to life on the canvas.

Capturing images from the natural beauty in her surroundings and painting these to incredible detail serves as a meditation for Juanita. 

Awards and Recognition, Group Exhibitions

– 2025 –

  • People’s Choice Award: All Creatures Great and Small. ‘A Watchful Eye’. RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Honourable Mention: Botanicals Art Exhibition. ‘Petals of Dusk’. Art Room Gallery, online.
  • Honourable Mention: Botanicals Art Exhibition. ‘Winter Garden’. Art Room Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Doyles Art Award. ‘Outback Splendour’, ‘Resilience and Renewal’. Mudgeeraba, Qld.
  • Finalist: All Creatures Great and Small. ‘Jewel in the Grevillea’. RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Members Showcase. ‘Misty Morning Love’. RQAS, The Star Event Centre, Brisbane.
  • Finalist: Abstraction. ‘Autumn Blaze’. RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
  • Finalist: Little Feature Wall. ‘It’s the Little Things’ and ‘Inhale, Exhale’. Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
  • Finalist: Foot Square Exhibition. ‘Whispering Waves’. Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Ispwich Art Awards. ‘Pastel Skies – Pink’ and ‘Pastel Skies – Aqua’. Ipswich, Qld.
  • Online Finalist: Small Scale Art Award. ‘It’s the Little Things’. Lethbridge Gallery.
  • Finalist: Ekka. ‘Night Descends on Randalls Bay’, ‘Jewel in the Grevillea’, ‘When the Mist Lifts’, ‘Reflections Over Dove Lake’ . Royal Brisbane Show, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Brisbane Rotary Art Show. ‘Back Creek Interlude’, ‘Nature’s Path’. Brisbane, Qld
  • Finalist: Members Annual Art Exhibition. ‘High Tea’, ‘Rainbow Rest’, RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

– 2024 –

  • Honourable Mention: Landscapes. ‘Field of Dreams’. Fusion Art Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Landscapes. ‘Out the Back of Tarcutta’. Fusion Art Gallery, online.
  • Special Merit Award: Landscapes Art Exhibition. ‘Outback Wonder’. Light Space & Time Art Gallery, online.
  • Special Recognition Award: Landscapes Art Exhibition. ‘Reaching Out – Reflections Over Dove Lake’. Light Space & Time Art Gallery, online.
  • Honourable Mention: Colors Art Show. ‘Delicate Blaze’ and ‘Kindness in Pink’. Grey Cube Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Doyles Art Award. ‘Off the Beaten Track’ and ‘Paperbark Dreams’. Mudgeeraba, Qld.
  • Finalist: John Villiers Outback Art Prize. ‘Outback Wonder’. Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, Qld.
  • Special Recognition Award: Seascapes Art Exhibition. ‘Sea Breeze’. Light Space & Time Art Gallery, online.
  • Special Merit Award: Seascapes Art Exhibition. ‘Once in a Blue Moon’. Light Space & Time Art Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Abstraction. ‘Whispers’. RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Nature Art Exhibition. ‘A Watchful Eye’ and ‘When the Mist Lifts’. Artist Space Gallery, online.
  • Online Finalist: Small Scale Art Award. ‘Rainbow Rest’. Lethbridge Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Botanicals Art Exhibition. ‘Roses of the Night’ and ‘Blue Glory’. Artist Space Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Abstracts. ‘Silver Lining’. Art Room Gallery, online.
  • Finalist: Rutherglen Tastes of Art Prize. ‘Delicate Blaze’, ‘Lotus’, ‘Lotus Bud’. Rutherglen, Vic.
  • Finalist: Brisbane Landmarks, Landscapes & Personalities. ‘Lakeside Solitude’. RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

– 2023 –

  • Finalist: Doyles Art Award. ‘Night Descends on Randalls Bay Tasmania’. Mudgeeraba, Qld.
  • Online Finalist: 20000 Small Scale Art Award. ‘Autumn Blaze’. Lethbridge Gallery online.
  • Online Finalist: Lethbridge Landscape Prize. ‘Reaching Out – Reflections Over Dove Lake’. Lethbridge Gallery online.
  • Finalist: Rustle Exhibition. ‘Autumn’s Warm Embrace’. Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Petite Pieces. ‘Lotus Bud’; online Finalist: ‘Lotus’. Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Finalist: Blue Art Exhibition. ‘Once in a Blue Moon’. Artist Space Gallery, online.

– 2021 –

  • Finalist: The Holmes Prize for Excellence in Realistic Australian Bird Art. ‘Australian Wood Duck in Autumn Glory’. Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Gallery, Maleny, Qld.