Tony Lloyd

Tony Lloyd’s paintings of mountain landscapes, endless highways, space exploration and nature portray a timeless and enigmatic world. 

He began exhibiting while still an undergraduate student at RMIT University. A successful exhibition in his second year financed a trip to New York in the summer break and the art he encountered there proved to be a formative educational experience.

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 The British School at Rome, 24HR ART Beijing, and Canvas International Art in the Netherlands. The most profound of these experiences being A First Life Residency Project in Landscape facilitated by 24HR Art and the Australia Council. This was a road trip where he and fellow artists Sam Leach and Benjamin Armstrong from Australia, and Cang Xin and Shi Jinsong from China, travelled across the Northern Territory and Western Australia staying in remote Aboriginal communities. The group then travelled to Beijing and went by road from Sichuan to Tibet exploring the foothills of the Himalayas and the rich variety of Chinese and Tibetan culture. The project was documented in Ashley Crawford’s 2011 book, A First Life Residency Project in Landscape. Published by 24HR Art. NT

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.