Anthony Lloyd (born 1970) is an Australian contemporary artist.
Early life and education Lloyd was born in 1970 in Melbourne.Tegart, L: Depth of Field page 26 Exhibition catalogue Shepparton Art Gallery 2003.
He acquired a master's degree in fine arts at RMIT University in 2000.
Art practice Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema,Leach, S: Mountains of Madness, page 207. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009. in particular film noir and science fiction,Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 204. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009. and the Romantic conception of the sublime.Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 3. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. Lloyd's largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style.
His work depicts a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapesWilliams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change page 12 Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008. to film noir vistas of highways at night.Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 4. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. History and science fiction are recurring themes. 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."Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 206. Australian Art Collector, Issue 50 (December 2009).
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".Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 21. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009.
Awards Lloyd is the winner of the 2012 John Leslie Art Prize, a prestigious award for landscape painting for his painting, Expanded Sphere.
He has been a finalist for other awards, such as the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, the Arthur Guy Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery and the 2024 Hadley's Art Prize for landscape.
Exhibitions Lloyd's art has been showcased internationally in places such as Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Melbourne and London. Exhibitions include:
Depth of Field at Shepparton Art Gallery and the Monash University Museum of Art (2003) Oneindige landschappen at Slot Zeist in The Netherlands (2004)Holtrop, F Het Filmische Landschap, Oneindige Landschappen Exhibition Catalogue 2004 Heat: Art and Climate Change at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2008)Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008. and Gippsland Art Gallery (2009) Lost Highways (2009), at Gippsland Art Gallery; a survey of the artist's work from 1998 to 2008Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. High Plains Drift (2023), at Benalla Art Gallery; a survey of the artist's work from 2001 to 2023Nash, E: Tony Lloyd. High Plains Drift. Exhibition catalogue Benalla Art Gallery 2023. https://benallaartgallery.com.au/tony-lloyd-high-plains-drift/
Collections Lloyd's work is in the public collections of the State Library of VictoriaState Library of Victoria Online Catalogue https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9919769973607636 and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.Gippsland Art Gallery Online Catalogue https://www.gippslandartgallery.com/collections/expanded-sphere-2012-033/
References
External links
National Library of Australia, Lost Highways Catalogue National Library of Australia, World Without End Catalogue