Chloe Forbes: jazz, gender, and the queer experience
25 September - 9 October | QCAD galleries

Jazz, Gender, and the Queer Experience

Chloe Forbes

Jazz, Gender, and the Queer Experience transforms the gallery into a space of inclusion, dialogue, and visibility where women, gender-diverse, and queer jazz musicians take centre stage. Through the works, artist and saxophonist Chloe Forbes weaves sound, sculpture, and personal narrative, confronting the entrenched hypermasculinity, gender disparity, and heteronormativity in jazz culture. As a young woman and openly queer jazz musician, Chloe's lens is both distinctive and critical. This debut solo exhibition is the visual culmination of her Honours research project at Griffith University which focuses on equity for female-identifying, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ jazz musicians in Australia.

25 September - 9 October 2025

Celebration Event: Thursday, 25 September, 5pm - 7pm

Grey Street Gallery | Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University, 226 Grey Street, South Bank, 4101

Opening Hours: 10am to 4pm, Tuesday - Saturday

The Brisbane International Jazz Festival acknowledges the Turrbal and Jagera people as the Traditional Custodians of Meanjin, on which we have the privilege to make music. We recognise their long history of music making and continuing connection, to the land and waters.