Works by Joe Furlonger tours throughout Queensland

Joe Furlonger in his Samford studio, 2022 / Photograph: J Ruckli © QAGOMA

Joe Furlonger in his Samford studio, 2022 / Photograph: J Ruckli © QAGOMA / View full image

Joe Furlonger is well known for his expressive, painterly figurative images, and vast Australian landscapes in all their brilliant diversity. An exhibition celebrating the work of the respected Queensland artist begins its extensive Queensland tour from February 2025. ‘Joe Furlonger: Horizons’ traces the artist’s career through a range of media from painting to ceramics, sculpture and drawing.

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Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / Errol Barnes (potter), Australia b.1941 / Figure 1990 / Stoneware, white clay, wheelthrown with cobalt brushwork under clear glaze / 35 x 32cm (diam.) / Purchased 1991. QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger

Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / Errol Barnes (potter), Australia b.1941 / Figure 1990 / Stoneware, white clay, wheelthrown with cobalt brushwork under clear glaze / 35 x 32cm (diam.) / Purchased 1991. QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger / View full image

Furlonger has produced a body of work that flows in and out of different genres and mediums using line to give form and substance to his ideas, all of which have arisen from an intensely focused and sustained curiosity about the world.

Born in Cairns, Furlonger grew up in the Samford Vallery on the outskirts of Brisbane. Working on his uncle’s farm and as a deckhand on fishing trawlers off the Queensland coast, he was instilled with a love of the outdoors from an early age.

Throughout Furlonger’s 40-year practice, the human figure, land and seascapes have been recurring themes, and his works are instilled with an assured spontaneous dedication to the world around him.

Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / (South-east Queensland landscape) 2004 / Woodblock print on technic vintage paper / 57.5 x 92.58cm / Gift of Pamela Barnett through the QAGOMA Foundation 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger

Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / (South-east Queensland landscape) 2004 / Woodblock print on technic vintage paper / 57.5 x 92.58cm / Gift of Pamela Barnett through the QAGOMA Foundation 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger / View full image

Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / Untitled 1997 / Pigment with acrylic binder on canvas / 124 x 184cm / Gift of Ray Hughes through the QAGOMA Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger

Joe Furlonger, Australia b.1952 / Untitled 1997 / Pigment with acrylic binder on canvas / 124 x 184cm / Gift of Ray Hughes through the QAGOMA Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Joe Furlonger / View full image

Participating Venues: 22 February 2025 – 29 January 2028
Redcliffe Art Gallery
22 February – 10 May 2025
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
24 May – 3 August 2025
Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
16 August – 4 October 2025
Logan Art Gallery
14 November 2025 – 18 January 2026
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
7 February – 3 May 2026
John Mullins Memorial Gallery, Miles
26 September – 21 November 2026
Caloundra Regional Gallery
11 December 2026 – 31 January 2027
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
6 February – 18 April 2027
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
10 July – 5 September 2027
Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery
18 September – 28 November 2027
Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton
11 December 2027 – 29 January 2028

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