Mark David Lloyd

For other people named Mark Lloyd, see Mark Lloyd.

Mark Lloyd (born 1971) is an artist[1] who works predominantly in painting, but also in other disciplines.[2] His work has been described in ARTiculAction Art Review November 2014 as meta-modernist, post post-modernist, and nascent.[3]

Career

Meme by Mark Lloyd
Daisy Daisy by Mark Lloyd
Eternal Singularity by Mark Lloyd

Lloyd began his career as a graffiti artist in the mid to late 1980's using the name 'ICON'. He went on to study fine art at Falmouth School of Art and Winchester School of Art at Bachelor and Masters Level. The combination of graffiti and traditional art practice is reflected in his work today.[4]

In 2008 Lloyd won the NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) European Adult Learner of the Year Award, about which he stated 'Learning has given me purpose'.[5]

Lloyd was interviewed and profiled for the Saatchi Gallery New Sensations in 2012.[6]

In 2013 Lloyd's work was selected for a group show with Banksy.[7] Also a group exhibition with Sir Anthony Caro[8]

During 2014 Lloyd's work was shown at Agora Gallery as part of The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition in New York[9] Later in this year Mark was awarded the 'Awakening' Mural Project, a permanent community mural which can still be viewed today on Romedia Lane, Bournemouth today.[10]

Lloyd's work was shown as part of the ArtVenice Biennale 3 Selected Artist List in 2015.[11] Plus selected for the Venezia Open Art.[12]

Work

Philosophy, science and science fiction are all key ideologies that underpin the work of artist Mark Lloyd, whose paintings cast a gaze at ideas of consumption, the search for God, dystopia, evolution and human advancement in the age of technology.[13] Themes include transhumanism/posthumanism, the wonders of catastrophes of modern technology, the human soul or spirit, and the loss and rediscovery of God.[14] The circle or sphere motif that appears in Lloyds work serves as a visual symbolic vehicle representing mystery and the unknown in an age of expanding technology.[15]

Lloyd's work generally takes the form of large mixed media paintings, but his work has also manifested in photography, printmaking, drawing, installation art, sculpture and digital imagery. Religious imagery features heavily Lloyd's new work.[16] Lloyd co-opts the Hindu practice of Antiyesti, using pigment made from the ash of burnt artwork, as well as oil, acrylic, spray paint, marker, enamel and resin in this new series of twelve large artworks-in-progress entitled 'Eternal Singularity'.[17]

Selected shows

References

  1. ↑ Frampton, Will (28 September 2015). "£20k boost for Great Exhibition of Boscombe". Bournemouth Daily Echo.
  2. ↑ "Mark Lloyd". Grays Art Gallery.
  3. ↑ "ARTiculAction November issue – 12-page interview".
  4. ↑ "It's all 2 much".
  5. ↑ "Award "Adult learner of the year"". Adult Learner's Week.
  6. ↑ "New Sensations 2012". Saatchi Art.
  7. ↑ "A Group show with 'Banksy' 2013".
  8. ↑ "A Group show with Sir Anthony Caro 2013".
  9. ↑ "The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition".
  10. ↑ Vass, Melanie (20 September 2014). "Giant urban mural to be completed on wall during nine-day exhibition in Boscombe". Bournemouth Daily Echo.
  11. ↑ "ArtVenice Biennale 3 SELECTED ARTIST LIST".
  12. ↑ "Venezia Open Art".
  13. ↑ "Inside Artists Profile". Inside Artists.
  14. ↑ "Dorset Artists – Issue 2". Dorset Artists.
  15. ↑ "Aesthetica Magazine Artist Profile". Aesthetica Magazine.
  16. ↑ "Tina Prize".
  17. ↑ "Paul Hawkins".
  18. ↑ "New Sensations 2012". Saatchi Art.
  19. ↑ "A Group show with 'Banksy' 2013".
  20. ↑ "ARTiculAction November issue – 12-page interview".
  21. ↑ "Urban Mural 2014".
  22. ↑ "The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition".
  23. ↑ "FLUX Exhibition at The Rag Factory".
  24. ↑ "ArtVenice Biennale 3".

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