Tony Lloyd

Tony Lloyd's first Adelaide exhibition, expands upon his ongoing investigation into the nocturnal world and his obsession with darkness and light.

Lloyd’s oil paintings are dramatic renderings of captivating moments; a forest road lit by the car’s headlights, a dead tree silhouetted by a twilight sky, shafts of light bursting from dark clouds, fields of unfocused light that hover between reality and abstraction. The immediate simplicity and atmosphere of the paintings have a spellbinding effect; the landscape is transfigured into scenes that resonate with untold narratives.

Light is the underlying subject of all Lloyd’s paintings. Shadows set the stage for the revelatory nature of light. Indeed, the paintings seem to have an incandescence of their own. Lloyd pays exquisite attention to the detailed rendering of forms, be it a tree, a mountain, or a cloud. He depicts an ephemeral reality that we often experience but rarely take the time to appreciate. His pictures seduce us into thinking about what is beyond the headlights’ reach, and directly appeal to our memories and imaginings.

Lloyd completed his Masters in 2000 (RMIT) and has held 15 solo exhibitions and participated in over 50 group exhibitions. Winner of the People's Choice Award at the Conrad Jupiter Art Prize in 2005, Lloyd has been short-listed for numerous art prizes, including the 2007 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery.

In 2007 Lloyd undertook an artist residency at The British School at Rome, Italy. He has recently been awarded an Australia Council Skills and Arts Development Grant to undertake a studio residency in Amsterdam in October this year.
Lloyd’s work has been collected by Artbank, BHP Billiton, City of Whitehorse, Macquarie Bank, RMIT, and by private collectors in Australia, Europe, Japan and the U.S.

2000           
Master of Arts (Fine Art) by research RMIT University
1998           
Honours degree Fine Art- Painting RMIT University
1997           
Bachelor of Arts Fine Art- Painting RMIT University
1991           
Advanced Certificate in Art and Design RMIT University

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2007                       
Canvas International Art, Amstelveen The Netherlands
2006                       
Things behind the sun Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne
Afterglow Michael Carr Art Dealer Sydney
2005                       
Distance Michael Carr Art Dealer Sydney
2004                       
Motion Pictures Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne
2003                       
Deep in the Woods Michael Carr Art Dealer Sydney
Canvas International Art Amsterdam The Netherlands
2002                       
Michael Carr Art Dealer Sydney (with Stephen Haley)
Distraction Arc One @Span Galleries Melbourne
Ben Grady Gallery Canberra
Detour Span Galleries Melbourne
2001                       
Painting After Films Faculty Gallery RMIT University
2000                       
Passages Span Galleries Melbourne
1998                       
In the Interim Span Galleries Melbourne
1996                       
First Site Gallery Melbourne
1994                       
Making Sense Contemporary Art Space North Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007                       
The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize Bendigo Art Gallery                      Transit The British School at Rome, Italy
2006                       
Melbourne Reign Michael Carr Sydney
2005                       
No Return Kings ARI Melbourne
Conrad Jupiter Art Prize Gold Coast City Gallery
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Whyalla Art Prize South Australia
2004                       
Oneindige Landschappen Loods 6 Amsterdam
2003                       
Exhibit 001 Nth Art London
Depth of Field Shepparton Art Gallery &
Monash Uni. Museum of Art Melbourne
Melbourne X Canberra C.A.S. & Sydney College of the Arts
Amsterdam Art Fair- Canvas International Art
2002                       
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
John Leslie Art Prize Gippsland Art Gallery Sale
2001                       
8 x Melbourne Gallery 482, Brisbane.
2000                       
A Brush with Death Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
1997                       
A Taste in Art Sotheby’s Melbourne

AWARDS
2007                       
Australia Council Skills and Arts Development Grant
2005                       
Australia Coucil Resident, The British School at Rome
Peoples Choice Award Conrad Jupiter Art Prize
1999-2000           
RMIT Post Graduate Research Award
1997                       
Shortlist Final Judging Moet & Chandon
1995                       
RMIT Union Arts Grant recipient.

COLLECTIONS
Public - RMIT Collection, Artbank, Macquarie bank, BHP Billiton, City of Whitehorse
Private – Amsterdam, Belgium, Chicago, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Michigan, Sydney, Tokyo