Art heads outdoors in Logan with Archibald Prize finalist
One of Australia’s most respected landscape painters, Joe Furlonger, will display his works and host an outdoor painting masterclass in the City of Logan.
Drawn from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Collection, Joe Furlonger: Horizons traces the artist’s 40-year career.
Works ranging from painting and ceramics to sculpture and drawing will be displayed at Logan Art Gallery from 14 November to 17 January, 2026.
As part of the Logan exhibition, Joe will conduct an En Plein Air (open air) painting and drawing masterclass at Berrinba Wetlands from 9 am to 2 pm on Saturday, 22 November.
Mayor Jon Raven says the exhibition was an amazing opportunity for the Logan community.
‘It is great to have the works of an acclaimed national artist like Joe in Logan,’ Mayor Raven says.
‘Getting up close to his art and attending a hands-on workshop will be a fantastic experience.
‘The Logan Art Gallery is attracting some very prominent artists and it’s clear our local arts scene is thriving.’
A 9-time finalist of the Archibald Prize, Joe came to national prominence in the late 1980s when his large-scale painting Bathers 1987 won the Moët & Chandon Fellowship.
The human figure, land and seascapes have been recurring themes in his works.
The exhibition is curated by former QAGOMA Curator Michael Hawker and was first shown at Queensland Art Gallery between August 2022 and January 2023.
Tickets for the Joe Furlonger masterclass cost $40 per person and are limited, so bookings are essential at lccqld.com/JoeFurlongerclass
Running alongside will be Shirley Yumala Collins’ exhibition Grandmothers.
Also on display from 14 November, the exhibition explores Shirley’s Aboriginal heritage through a series of paintings, prints, textiles, objects, artefacts and jewellery.
Logan Art Gallery is open from 10 am to 5 pm from Tuesday to Saturday. Entry is free.
PHOTO AT TOP: Artist Joe Furlonger in his Samford studio, 2022. Photograph: Joe Ruckli © QAGOMA
