I’m Maneesha, a neurodivergent artist.

I was born in New Zealand in 1993 and I’m now based in the Australian bush. I’ve also lived in Spain, Portugal, England, India and Dubai and travelled to over 30 countries.

My creative approach is automatic, non-linear and atelic. Through this open, spontaneous and highly contemplative process, I find and make connections between conceptual and theoretical frameworks underpinning the esoteric fields of abstract art, philosophy, the natural and cognitive sciences, and neuroaesthetics.

I use photographic and physical media to record light, shadow and negative space, often triggered by my heightened perception, sensory processing and immediate environment.

Currently, I’m independently researching how the Bayesian brain and hierarchical predictive processing can be used to contextualise my visual language and lived autistic experience.

  • 2012 - 2014

    Bachelor of Fine Art — Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University

  • 2019 - 2020

    M Contemporary — Sydney

  • 2018

    Certificate of Excellence — The 1st Chelsea International Photography Competition, New York Art Competitions

  • 2019

    Maneesha Bahuguna — M Contemporary, Online (solo)

    Generating Perspective — M Contemporary, Sydney

    International Photography Exhibition — The Glasgow Gallery of Photography

    2018

    BrisAsia Festival Exhibition — Brisbane City Council Laneways

    2016

    25 Print Folios — Web Gallery, Brisbane

    2015

    AliBaBa Photo Festival: Shoot Baroque — La Cueva, Murcia, Spain

    Wunderkammer — The Hub Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery

    Aotearoa NZL 200 — Thistle Hall Gallery, Wellington

    2014

    QCA Graduate Showcase — Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

    Do Not Consume — The Hold Artspace, Brisbane

    Underwater Wanderlust — Collectors Café, Queensland Museum & Science Centre, Brisbane

    Brisbane Fringe Festival: Between Us — Jugglers Art Space, co-curated with A. Mckay, C. De Salvo

    Tábor Ocima Australana — Hussite Museum, UmaUma Gallery and Kotnov Urban Festival, Tábor, Czech Republic

    Dérive — Project Gallery, Brisbane

    First Impressions — Project Gallery, Brisbane

    Trans-Art-Symposium — Studio BANK, Warsaw

    2013

    11:11 — Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane