Tony Lloyd

 

Tony Lloyd’s paintings are cinematic in tone and distinctive for their subtle colouration and technical skill.  His enigmatic landscapes reveal traces of human activity but are always unpopulated.

Lloyd was the winner of the 2014 Belle Arti prize and the 2012 John Leslie Art Prize. Lloyd has received Development Grants from the Australia Council and has had artist residencies at The British School at Rome, and in Amsterdam and Beijing.

Since gaining his Masters degree at RMIT University in 2001, Tony Lloyd has shown widely in Australia and internationally. His paintings are in many public collections including the State Library of Victoria, Gippsland Art Gallery and RMIT Gallery.

Tony Lloyd exhibits internationally. He lives and works in Melbourne.

Artist Profile - Feature,  November 2014

Tony Lloyd

b.1970

Education

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 Exhibitions

2017
The Distance, Gallery 9 Sydney

2016
Elemental, Cat Street Gallery Hong Kong

2014
Slow Motion, Gallery 9 Sydney

2012
Here is Everywhere, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2012
All the Time in the World, Cat Street Gallery Hong Kong

2011
Block Projects, Melbourne

2010
Melbourne Art Fair, Hill Smith Gallery 

2009
The Drift, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Lost Highways, Survey Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC

2008
World Without End, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
There are More Things, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne

2007
Nocturnes, Canvas International Art, Amstelveen The Netherlands

2006
Things Behind the Sun, Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne

2006
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

2003
Canvas International Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2002
Michael Carr Art Dealer Sydney (with Stephen Haley)

2002
Distraction, Arc One @Span Galleries Melbourne

2002
Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra

2002
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

2018
Focal Point: New realist painting. Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2018
IMAGINE. Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria

2017
Telaethesia, with Stephen Hayley, Camilla Tadich, David Ralph and Darren Wardle, Hill Smith Gallery

2015
New Dimensions with Simon Finn & Tom Borgas, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

2014
Conquest of Space, COFA UNSW, Sydney
The Science Exchange, Adelaide

2013
Insight Radical, Future Space Gallery UNSW, Sydney
New Horizons, Gippsland Art Gallery

2012
First Life, Chan Contemporary Art Centre, Darwin
2112 Imagining the Future, RMIT Gallery Melbourne
Unworldly Encounters, Chan Contemporary Art Space Darwin
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery

2011
Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Finalist
New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery Sale
Xin Dong Cheng Contemporary Art Space, Beijing

2010
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW
5 by 5. COMODAA, London

2009
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW
Now 2.0 ACGA Federation Square Gallery, Melbourne
McGivern Prize, Maroondah City Gallery, Ringwood

2008
Tempo Reale British School at Rome Italy
Heat: Art and Climate Change, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
The Resurrectionists, Block Projects, Melbourne

2007
The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Transit, The British School at Rome, Italy

2006
Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong ArtMelbourne Reign, Michael Carr Sydney

2005
No Return, Kings ARI Melbourne
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Whyalla Art Prize, South Australia

2004
Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery
Oneindige Landschappen Slot Zeist, The Netherlands
Exhibit 001 Nth Art London

2003
Depth of Field Shepparton Art Gallery & Monash Uni. Museum of Art Melbourne
Melbourne X Canberra C.A.S. & Sydney College of the Arts

2002
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery Sale

2001
Zero Minus X (with Gareth Skinner) Melb. Fringe Festival
Finalist: Conrad Jupiter Art Prize Gold Coast Art Gallery
8 x Melbourne, Gallery 482, Brisbane.
Finalist: Melbourne Savage Club Art Prize

2000
Siemens Travelling Scholarship
Project Space, Melbourne
A Brush with Death Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

1998
Yuan Ze University Taiwan
Gallery 101 Melbourne
Hong Kong Arts Centre
Hamilton Regional Gallery 

1997
Contingency, Span Galleries, Melbourne
A Taste in Art Sotheby’s Melbourne

1996
Beyond the Green Door, First Site, Melbourne

AWARDS

2016
Winner Boy's Choice award. Kings School Art Prize

2016
Finalist Fleurieu Art Prize

2015
Finalist Albany Art prize WA

2014
Winner Belle Arti Prize

2014
Highy Commended Sulman Prize AGNSW

2012
Winner John Leslie Art Prize

2012
Finalist Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Finalist Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize

2011
Finalist The Arthur Guy Prize Bendigo Art Gallery

2010
Finalist Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Finalist Sulman Prize Art Gallery NSW

2009
Finalist Sulman Prize Art Gallery NSW

2008
Finalist Geelong Contemporary Art Prize

2007
Finalist The Arthur Guy Prize Bendigo Art Gallery

2006
Finalist Geelong Contemporary Art Prize

2005
Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize

2005
Finalist The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
Finalist Whyalla Art Prize South Australia
Winner People's Choice Gold Coast Art Prize

2002
Finalist Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Finalist John Leslie Art Prize
Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize

 

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2007
Australia Coucil for the Arts- Skills and Arts Development Grant

2005
Australia Coucil for the Arts- Skills and Arts Development Grant

1999-2000
RMIT Post Graduate Research Award

1995
RMIT Union Arts grant

 

RESIDENCIES

2018
Carey Baptist Grammar School

2017
Carey Baptist Grammar School

2016
Oratunga station Flinders Ranges SA

2015
Town Hall Gallery Studio

2015
Melbourne Girls Grammar School

2013
ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry, School of Chemistry Melbourne University

2011
24HR ART Beijing Studio

2008
British School at Rome. Artist Residency. Rome, Italy

2008
Canvas Internationa Art Artist Residency. Amstelveen, NL

2008
British School at Rome. Artist Residency. Rome, Italy

2007
British School at Rome. Artist Residency. Rome, Italy

Collections

Public - State Library of Victoria, RMIT Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie bank, BHP Billiton, City of Whitehorse.

Private - Amsterdam, Belgium, Chicago, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Michigan, Sydney, Tokyo

Selected Biography

Ashley Crawford Back to the Land. Australian Financial Review Mar 4 2012.

Yvonne Lai Australian painter's moody works popular South China Morning Post Feb 6 2012.

Ashley Crawford The Exterior Labyrinth Eyeline Jan 2012.

Linda Williams 2112 Imagining the Future Ex. Cat. 2011 RMIT University.

Simon Gregg New Romantics. Darkness and light in Australian art. Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2012

Simon Gregg, Lost Highways, Exhibition Catalogue 2009

Ashley Crawford, At the Mountains of Madness, Art Collector, October 2009

Sam Leach, Lost Highways, Artist Profile, 2009

Simon Carver, Pushing the Boundaries, Melbourne Living 2009

Sam Leach, There are more Things, Artinfo.com.au, 2008

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill British  School  at Rome Fine Arts Cat. 2007.

Ashley Crawford, Hell’s Kitchen Ex Cat. May 2006.

Lenny Ann Low, Distance The Sydney Morning Herald April 1, 2005,

Andrew Gaynor, Distance Ex. Cat. March 2005

Froujke Holtrop, Het Filmische Landschap, Oneindige Landschappen Ex Cat. 2004

Lenny Ann Low, Deep in the Woods The Sydney Morning Herald October 4, 2003, Louise Tegart Depth of Field Ex. Cat. 2003,

Sasha Grishin, Melboure X The Canberra Times January 2003

Donkerebossen in David Lynch-sfeer De Telegraaf (NL) 17 Jan 2003

Farrah Tomazin, The city's vibrant, artistic core The Age Oct 2002

Gabriella Coslovich, On the Road to Caravaggio The Age Oct 2002

Sasha Grishin, Landscapes as if seen from a moving car The Canberra Times June 2002

Gabriella Coslovich, Down an Alley, Filled with Art The Age Nov 2001.

Sandra McLean, Show and Tell The Courier-Mail November 2001.

Percy Chung, Melbourne Art Tour Discovery June 2001.

Paul Atkinson, A Brush with Death Ex. Cat. 2000.

Robert Nelson, Visual Arts review The Age Feb 2000.

Jeff Makin, Critics choice [review] Herald Sun Feb 2000.

Paul Atkinson, Passages Ex. Cat. 2000.

Gillian McCarthy, A Taste in Art, Ex. Cat., Sothebys 1997