About Joe Furlonger
Biography
1952 Born in Cairns
1976 Associate Diploma in Painting. Queensland College of Arts Brisbane
1978 Diploma of Art. Alexander Mackie CAE Sydney
Joe Furlonger is one of Australia's preeminent landscape painters. He lives and works in Samford Queensland making regular painting tours throughout the State. He is also known for works produced while travelling abroad such as Vietnam, New Guinea, France and China. Furlonger came to national prominence when he won the 1988 Moet & Chandon Fellowship for emerging artists. He went on to win the Fleurieu Prize for Landscape (2002), the Duke Prize (2010) and Tattersall's Landscape Prize (2011)
Exhibitions
1989 Ray Hughes Gallery Sydney
1990 Ray Hughes Gallery Sydney
1991 Ray Hughes Gallery Sydney
Twenty Australian Artists, Gallerie San Vidal, Venice Biennale
Queensland Art Gallery and Benella Regional Gallery, Victoria
1991 Ray Hughes Gallery
1993 Gold Coast City Gallery
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1994 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1995 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria
Ceramics Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
The Central Queensland Art Purchase, Rockhampton Art Gallery
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1997 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1998 The Australian Drawing Biennale, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
1999 Ray Hughes Gallery at the George, Melbourne
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2000 Bonheurs des Antipodes, Amiens, Musee de Picardie, France
2003 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2004 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2005 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2006 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2007 Three Australian Painters, GuanshanyueArt Museum, Shenzhen, China
Maitland Regional Art Gallery NSW
2008 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2009 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2010 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2011 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2012 Claudes' Restaurant Sydney
2016 Liverpool Gallery, Sydney
2017 Liverpool Gallery, Sydney
2018 Liverpool Gallery, Sydney
2019 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Nock Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2022 Defiance
Bruce Heiser Projects, Brisbane
Retrospective Queensland Art Gallery (this exhibition is on tour throughout regional Queensland until 2028)
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
HOTA Gold Coast Queensland
University of NSW Collection, Sydney
Queensland University Art Museum
Griffith University Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology
Artbank Collection
The Australian Club, Sydney
Innisfail City Council Queensland
Bundaberg Regional Council Queensland
Logan City Council Queensland
Ipswich City Council Queensland
Maryborough City Council Queensland
The British Museum, London
Moet & Chandon, Epernay, France
ACU Art Collection
Philip Morris Collection
SGIO Collection
Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
Ceramics (In collaboration with Errol Barnes)
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Art Gallery of Victoria
HOTA Gold Coast
NRMA Collection
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
Joe and Errol have been collaborating since 1987.
Joe and Errol April 1987
Joe and Errol are contemplating producing something special to mark the 40th anniversary coming up next year.