Natasha Junmanee Archives - Sketch Co. Gallery

Natasha Junmanee

Artist’s Statement
'I create beauty for people in all levels and backgrounds to easily enjoy and appreciate without any complicate interpretation. I leave the viewer to find the meaning in my painting in their own way, based on their personal experience and preference or just simply enjoy.'
Biography
Natasha Junmanee is a fine art painter based in Sydney. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts (Fine Arts) from Federation University. She has been a finalist in numerous art prizes and has won several awards. Her works were featured in various art magazines and on a national television show (The Block 2019).
Influences
Natasha’s work celebrates the beauty of still life from ordinary and everyday objects. She is inspired by the classical still life paintings, especially from the Dutch and Flemish masters. Her still life often incorporates objects depicting the beauty of stillness, transience, cultures and memories. Much of her work uses balanced composition with a sense of tranquillity. Her painting style is realism and she paints predominantly in oil using traditional technique.
Awards
2021 Highly Commended, Sill life - Class, The Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Olympic Park
2020 Highly Commended, Parramatta Foundation Week Art Awards
2019 Excellence Awards in Visual Arts, TAFE Nepean Art and Design Centre
2019 First prize winner, Parramatta Foundation Week Art Awards
2018 Commended, Parramatta Foundation Week Art Awards
2017 Commended, Parramatta Foundation Day Open Art Awards
2016 Second prize winner in Oil painting section, Parramatta Art Award, Parramatta Town Hall
2016 Second prize winner of ‘Still life’ Challenge, Australian Artist Magazine
2016 Winner of Woodland's Galley Section, Artist's Palette Magazine
2016 Most outstanding student, Diploma of Visual arts, TAFE Kingswood
Exhibitions
2020 Simply Beautiful, M2 Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney (Solo exhibition)
2018 GLIMPSES, Art Space on The Concourse, Chatswood (2 artists solo exhibition)
2021 The Other Art Fair, The Cutaway Barangaroo, Sydney
2021 National Emerging Art Prize, Surry Hills, Sydney. (Finalist)
2021 The Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Olympic Park
2019 The Other Art Fair, The Cutaway Barangaroo, Sydney
2019 Ravenswood Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls. (Finalist)
2019 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill (Finalist)
2018 Between Arts Exhibition, 541 Art Space, Sydney (Invited artist)
2018 The King’s School Art Show, Horrock Hall, The King’s School, Parramatta
2018 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill (Finalist)
2017 The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown (Finalist)
2017 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill (Finalist)
2016 Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown (Finalist)
2016 Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby (Finalist)
2016 St. George Art Prize, Hurstville Library Museum & Gallery, Hurstville (Finalist)
2016 City of Ryde Woman Art Prize, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank (Finalist)
2016 Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Hunters Hill (Finalist)
2015 Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown (Finalist)