Brisbane-born social realist painter Fintan Magee returns home with his first solo exhibition in Brisbane in many years. Long Walk Home presents a powerful new series of large-scale paintings exploring themes of belonging, place, displacement, and suburban isolation. Developed between 2023 and 2025, these works reflect on nostalgia for Queensland’s architecture and landscapes while confronting urgent issues such as climate change, flooding, housing insecurity, and community fragility.
Known internationally for his monumental murals across cities including London, Miami, Buenos Aires, Rome, and Vienna, Magee’s practice balances the raw immediacy of graffiti with the sensitivity of studio painting. His work captures both the beauty and fragility of suburban life, offering a love letter to the Australian Dream while questioning its contradictions in an era of global uncertainty.
In Long Walk Home, Magee employs oil on canvas alongside unconventional surfaces such as fly-screen mesh, frosted glass, and fencing. These objects echo the boundaries of suburbia while opening conversations about barriers, displacement, and community connection. The resulting works blur the line between control and chaos, inviting viewers to navigate distance, perspective, and memory
Fintan Magee (b. 1985, Lismore, NSW) is one of Australia’s most prominent public artists. His murals and paintings often grapple with issues of migration, transition, waste, consumption, and the environment. He has completed projects worldwide—from a refugee camp in Jordan to silos in regional NSW—and has been featured in The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News, Juxtapoz Magazine, and The Australian.
Opening Event: Saturday 13 September, 4 – 6pm
