Author: Visit Wagga Wagga team
First published: 28 Mar 2022.

For 19 year old Tyronne Hoerler, there couldn’t be a better place to grow up than Wagga Wagga.

It’s the place he calls home and where he has begun finding his feet as an emerging young artist, exploring opportunities provided through school, local art prizes and members of the supportive local art community.

In the short time he has been painting, he has sold work locally and internationally, won art prizes and has been commissioned for a number of designs and public artworks.

His 8.5m by 6.5m artwork “Together As One”, featured in the Civic Centre forecourt, is this 19 year old’s latest success. Commissioned by Wagga Wagga City Council in 2017 to coincide with National Reconciliation Week and the commemoration of 50 years since the 1967 referendum and 25 years since the historic Mabo decision, this public artwork is a strong and unmissable statement.

Tyronne’s top five things to do in Wagga Wagga + Surrounds:

1. Art shops: I spend a fair bit of time wandering in art shops in Wagga’s main street to find the right material for whatever my latest work is.
2. Basketball courts: A basketball court is never far away if my mates and I want to get out and active.
3. Public art: There’s lots of great artwork around Wagga, and I was really proud to create a piece of public art for Reconciliation Week.
4. Wagga Wagga Art Gallery: It’s a great place to go and actually a lot of fun. I can’t wait to have my own exhibition in a part of the gallery space and let more people see and understand my work.
5. Spirit of the Land Festival: This is a festival in Lockhart, about 40 minutes out of Wagga, where all different types of artworks and sculptures are on show. In 2016, I won the Festival’s Youth Award Australian Spirit of the Land with my artwork “Meeting of Cultures”.