Tony Lloyd (artist) explained

Tony Lloyd
Birth Name:Anthony Lloyd
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Contemporary artist
Field:Painter

Anthony Lloyd (born 1970) is an Australian contemporary artist.

Early life and education

Lloyd was born in 1970 in Melbourne.[1]

He acquired a master's degree in fine arts at RMIT University in 2000.[2]

Art practice

Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema,[3] in particular film noir and science fiction,[4] and the Romantic conception of the sublime.[5] Lloyd's largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style.

His work depicts a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapes[6] to film noir vistas of highways at night.[7] History and science fiction are recurring themes.[4] In the December 2009 edition of Australian Art Collector, critic Ashley Crawford wrote, "Lloyd’s work clearly encapsulates a strange crossover between popular and high culture – there are times when his work finds the meeting point between Von Guerard and Von Daniken."[8]

Curator Simon Gregg stated, "Often the works will speak of the future without implicitly describing anything that is futuristic. While at the same time the suggest a distant past, tinged with the faint melancholic wisp of nostalgia. Which heralds one of Lloyd's great contradictions and enduring points of interest: his works are insistently of the here and now – placing us squarely in the present moment of experience- but speak of time immemorial; of all time".[9]

Awards

Lloyd is the winner of the 2012 John Leslie Art Prize, a prestigious award for landscape painting for his painting, Expanded Sphere.[10] [11]

He has been a finalist for other awards, such as the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, the Arthur Guy Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery[2] and the 2024 Hadley's Art Prize for landscape.[12]

Exhibitions

Lloyd's art has been showcased internationally in places such as Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Melbourne and London.[2] Exhibitions include:

Collections

Lloyd's work is in the public collections of the State Library of Victoria[17] and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Tegart, L: Depth of Field page 26 Exhibition catalogue Shepparton Art Gallery 2003.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133640/http://tonylloyd.info/press%20clips/LLOYDcv2012.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dmy-all .
  3. Leach, S: Mountains of Madness, page 207. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
  4. Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 204. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
  5. Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 3. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009.
  6. Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change page 12 Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008.
  7. Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 4. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009.
  8. Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 206. Australian Art Collector, Issue 50 (December 2009).
  9. Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 21. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009.
  10. Web site: Worthy winner . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150730162348/http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/369072/worthy-winner/ . 2015-07-30.
  11. Web site: Artist extends his own 'sphere of influence' . Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  12. News: 2024-08-02 . From Tasmanian cliffs to pig-nosed turtles: $100,000 Hadley's Art prize – in pictures . 2024-08-11 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  13. Holtrop, F Het Filmische Landschap, Oneindige Landschappen Exhibition Catalogue 2004
  14. Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008.
  15. Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009.
  16. Nash, E: Tony Lloyd. High Plains Drift. Exhibition catalogue Benalla Art Gallery 2023. https://benallaartgallery.com.au/tony-lloyd-high-plains-drift/
  17. State Library of Victoria Online Catalogue https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9919769973607636
  18. Gippsland Art Gallery Online Catalogue https://www.gippslandartgallery.com/collections/expanded-sphere-2012-033/

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