In Conversation: Joe Furlonger and Simon Wright

Join Brisbane-based artist Joe Furlonger and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art's Simon Wright in conversation at HBRG.

To celebrate the opening of Joe Furlonger's exhibition Joe Furlonger: Horizons, please join the artist in conversation with QAGOMA's Assistant Director, Learning and Public Engagement, Simon Wright.

Joe Furlonger, nine time Archibald finalist is well known for his expressive, painterly figurative images and vast landscapes. Joe Furlonger: Horizons traces the Queensland artist’s career through an expansive presentation of works across a range of media from painting to ceramics, sculpture and drawing.

After studying art in both Brisbane and Sydney, Furlonger’s figurative work received fresh inspiration in 1988 when he won a prestigious Moët & Chandon Fellowship and travelled to Europe. On returning to Australia, Furlonger based himself on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Soon after, he was invited to become the inaugural artist-in-residence at the 1992 Gold Coast Indy and relished his role as documenter and interpreter of the adrenaline-fuelled motor-racing event. Furlonger’s chance encounter with a travelling circus inspired more European travel and numerous visits to the Winter Circus in Paris, where he enjoyed the renewed challenge of its colour, light and theatrical figures in motion.

Date:  31 May 2025
Time: 11.00 - 11.40am
Location: Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
Cost: FREE, please register

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Joe Furlonger: Horizons is a touring exhibition developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

Image: Artist Joe Furlonger in his studio, Samford Valley / Photograph: J Ruckli © QAGOMA