Conrad Furey

Artist Bio: Conrad Furey (1954-2008)

Conrad Furey was a painter and sculptor whose work was largely inspired by his youth in an outport in Newfoundland. He is best known for his colourful paintings of men and women engaged in the everyday activities of outport life in Newfoundland in days gone by.

He was born in Baie Verte, on Newfoundland’s northeast coast to a family of fisherman, loggers and miners. He studied commercial art at the College of Trades and Technology in St. John’s and the creative arts program at Sheridan College, in Brampton, Ontario. He did not complete either program, and moved to Hamilton to work as a TV set designer.

Furey was primarily a painter, but he also experimented with bronze, resin and stone sculptures. As a painter he worked with acrylic on canvas or plywood, but also painted a number of murals in Hamilton and in Newfoundland.

His work is represented in a number of public collections including the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Carlton University and the Institute of Chartered Accountants.