About

L.J. Furner makes work that explores sensory relationships to ecology, queerness and memory. Their work explores ideas of documentation and collecting, making tactile objects from found, altered and discarded materials. They hold an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Birkbeck, University of London. They are currently studying an MPhil in English and Humanities.

Contact: l[.]jfurner[@]hotmail[.]co[.]uk

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Exhibitions 

Exploring Change (joint exhibition) I The Chapel, London I 2026

Broken/Makeshift (zine library) I Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds I 2025

Symbiosis IV: Liquid (group exhibition) I Folk House Darkroom, Bristol I 2025

Light and Dark (group exhibition) I The Gallery Café, London I 2025

Hidden Talents (group exhibition) I The Gallery Café, London I 2025

BLEND: Notts Book Arts (group exhibition) I Touring exhibition, Nottingham I 2024

Aquatic Art: Explorations of Flow (group exhibition) I The Gallery Café, London I 2024

Lost Art of a Little Earthling (group exhibition) | St Margaret’s House, London | 2024 

Within the Limitations (group exhibition) I Tesco Crooksfoot, Ashford | 2024 

Violent Bodies (group exhibition) | Ugly Duck, London | 2024 

Cities (group exhibition) | Online | 2021

Publications 

Issue Six: Nature’s Voice I Paperboats Zine I 2025

Echoes anthology I Write Out Loud I 2025

Spiral I Antler Velvet I 2025

Issue 2 I BlueBird Anthology I 2024 (Print)

Summer Solstice 2024 I Green Ink Poetry I 2024

Haiku | Coin Operated Press | 2024 (Print)

Elements: The Natural and Supernatural I Fawn Press | 2021 (Print)

Refractions ‘Nightfall’ | -iō Literary Journal | 2021 

Issue 2: ‘Junk’ | Catchwater Magazine | 2021 

Issue 22: August 2021 I Anti-Heroin Chic I 2021

Blog Feature | Bind Collective I 2021 

Education

MA Modern and Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) English Literature, University of Leeds