Tony Lloyd’s paintings of mountain landscapes, endless highways, space exploration and nature reveal a timeless and enigmatic world. His use of monochrome heightens the emotional impact of his paintings and conjures an immersive realm of shadow and light.
Tony Lloyd began exhibiting while still an undergraduate student at RMIT University. Since gaining his Masters degree in 2001 Lloyd has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally. His paintings are in numerous public collections including the State Library of Victoria, Gippsland Art Gallery, RMIT Gallery, Artbank, the City of Boroondara and the City of Whitehorse. Lloyd’s work has featured in publications such as ART + Climate = Change from Melbourne University Press and New Romantics, Darkness and light in Australian Art by Simon Gregg. His works were also featured in ABC TV’s The A-Z of Contemporary Art.
Lloyd has had several artist residencies including at The British School at Rome, 24HR ART Beijing, Canvas International Art in the Netherlands and the Hawthorn Art Centre in Melbourne. There have been two survey exhibitions of Tony Lloyd’s work, Lost Highways at Gippsland Art Gallery in 1999 and High Plains Drift at Benalla Art Gallery in 2023 .
Lloyd has received recognitions for his work, winning the John Leslie Art Prize, the Belle Arti Prize, the Sulman Highly Commended prize, the Gold Coast Art prize People’s choice award, the Boy’s Choice award at the Kings School Art Prize, the RMIT Post Graduate Award, the Necia Gilbert Memorial Award as well as Development Grants from the Australia Council for the Arts and Regional Arts Victoria.