Contact | Tom Loveday

Dr Thomas Loveday B.Arch MVA PhD

Writing: https://sydney.academia.edu/TomLoveday

Sound: https://soundcloud.com/user-374435368

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Tom Loveday is a contemporary artist, composer and writer living in Sydney. His artistic practice includes video, painting, performance, installation and curatorial projects. Loveday’s art practice was built on early European emigré influences, foundation studies at North Adelaide School of Art, and postgraduate studies at Sydney College of the Arts. He has taught architecture, visual art, and supervised higher degrees by research at leading universities including University of Technology, Sydney, University of NSW, and University of Sydney.

Tom has also been a registered architect, having studied and practised in South Australia in the 1980s and early 1990s and was a musician in the 1970s and currently also writes art theory and philosophy, https://sydney.academia.edu/TomLoveday. Tom also produces soundscapes and music at https://soundcloud.com/user-374435368. He exhibits regularly in commercial, independent and public galleries, is a member of Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains, and his work is held in a number of private collections both nationally and internationally including Artbank Australia. Loveday is represented by Kronenberg Mais Wright Gallery, Sydney, https://kronenbergmaiswright.com/

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2006, Theories of art practice/painting, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Master of Visual Art (MVA) 2001, Painting, by research (studio project), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) 1986, Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Building, South Australian Institute of Technology (now University of South Australia)
Foundations of Postgraduate Research Supervision Workshop, 2013, University of Sydney.
PhD Supervision Workshop, 2006, Human Resources Unit, University of NSW.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Over the Edge, Kronenberg Mais Wright Artist Projects, Sydney Australia, 2021. Colour field hard-edge abstract paintings.
The Edge of Reality, Kronenberg Mais Wright Artist Projects, Sydney Australia, 2018. Colour field hard-edge abstract paintings.
Erotic Painting, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, 2017.
Infrathin: Advice for Aliens, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, Australia, 2015.
The Planets, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, 2014.
Healing Colour, The Edge of the World, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, 2013.
The Planets: Reviewed, Australia Catholic University, 2012.
Memorial, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, 2009.
The Planets, University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, 2005.
Flat, University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts 2004.
The Planets, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney 2004.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

ROUND, 2023, Wollongong City Gallery, an artist led exhibition,curated by Lisa Jones and Tom Loveday. Works exhibited: Tom Loveday, Assisted Synaesthesia 1, 2, 3, 4, Acrylic paint and artificial food essence on birch panels, 40 x 40 cm, 2023; The World as I see it, HD video, 26 minutes, 2023.
SQUARE 2, 2021, Five Walls Projects, Melbourne, an artist led exhibition,curated by Lisa Jones and Tom Loveday. Works exhibited: Tom Loveday, The Colour B 5, 6, 7 and 8 (four panels), thermochromic paint on birch panels, 40 x 40 cm, 2019
The Tenacious Realm, Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial, The Concourse, Chatswood, curated by Cassandra Hard-Lawrie, 2019. Tom Loveday. Willoughby Train, 2019, HD video, 36 Mins.
BLUE, 2020, curated by Beata Geyer, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 2020, Modern Arts Projects, Blue Mountains. Tom Loveday, Blue Global Warming, 2019 HD video, 10 mins.
Séance – Fade to Black, , 2020, group exhibition curated by Sean Morris, Stanley Street Gallery. Video Installation, “Spectral Animation,” 2019, SD video, video screen, timber box, 30 x 30 x 30 cm and Paintings, “Kirlian Abstraction 1, 2, 3, 4,” 2019, acrylic on canvas, 45 x 45 cm.
SQUARE, 2019, an artist led exhibition curated by Lisa Jones with Tom Loveday at May Space, Sydney. Tom Loveday, The Colour B 1, 2, 3, 4 (four panels), thermochromic paint on timber panels, 40 x 40 cm, 2019; Video: Tom Loveday, Train 1, 2, 3, HD video 24-36 mins.
Mapping, , 2019, Modern Art Projects, Blue Mountains, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, curated by Tony Bond AM. Tom Loveday, The Language of the Gods (DO NOT CRUSH), 2019, SD Video and Cardboard Box, 32 x 42.5 x 36 cm.
Future Abstract, , 2019, for VIVID Sydney, Art Space on the Concourse, Chatswood, Curated by Cassandra Hard-Lawrie. Tom Loveday, Zombie Video, 2017, HD Video, 26 mins.
Imperceptible Resistances, Modern Art Projects, Blue Mountains, Everglades Gallery, Leura, curated by Lizzie Marshall, 2018. Tom Loveday, The End of the World 3, 2015, HD 1280 video; Tom Loveday, Resistance, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 25 x 3.5 cm; Tom Loveday, Monochrome 1, 2018, Acrylic on board and chrome floor vent, recorded sound, 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm, assemblage.
Colour Run, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, curated by Beata Geyer, 2018, work shown, London Caravan, HD video on monitor with sound, approx 20 minutes.
Zombie Painting, Stacks Gallery, Sydney, Group Exhibition, 2018. Work shown: Gravity Wave, HD video installation with objects, 2018.
Ferret 4, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2018. Tom Loveday, Video Installation 1-4, The Real Thing, 150 x 150 cm each canvas, four canvases, 2018.
Kronenberg Mais Wright Artists Projects Group Exhibition, Sydney, 2018, Tom Loveday, The Broken Edge 1 – 3, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 45 x 45 cm.
Chromotopia, Tacit Gallery, 2017, Melbourne, group exhibition curated by David Coles and Louise Blyton.
Group exhibition, Kronenberg Wright Artists Projects, 2016.
The Small Format, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, 2016, Group exhibition.
Incandescence, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 2016, Group exhibition.
Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 2015.
Painting 1, Edge, Angle, Grid, William Wright Artists Projects, Sydney Australia, 2015, curator and exhibitor.
Magenta, Modern Art Projects, curator Beata Geyer, 2015.
reSATURATEryb, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney, 2014.
From a Near Future, Sydney College of the Arts, Staff Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Sydney, 2014.
Conversation, A-M Gallery Sydney, collaborative exhibition with Lisa Jones
Colour, William Wright Art Projest, Sydney, 2014.
APT Open Studio Exhibition, Deptford London, UK, 2013.
Re-enactment 1: Karawane, The Reading Room, in Recycled Dreaming, at The Drawing Room, Sydney, curated by Bronia Iwanczak, 2012.
Saturate (Alchemy), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Group Collaborative Exhibition and Research Project, 2012.
Re-expanded/Re-extended Painting, MOP Projects, Group exhibition, Sydney 2012.
Textworks 2, Artereal Gallery, Group Exhibition, Sydney, 2011.
Textworks, Peloton Gallery, major solo exhibition, Sydney, 2011.
The Stranger’s Eye, Peloton Gallery, major works, curated by Donna Brett (Art Gallery of New South Wales), Sydney 2010.
Emergency Display, At the Vanishing Point Gallery, group exhibition, curated by Alex Wisser, Sydney 2010.
Living Space, At the Vanishing Point Gallery, group exhibition, curated by Tom Isaacs, Sydney 2010.
Rocking the Boat, At the Vanishing Point Gallery, group exhibition, Sydney 2010.
The Real World, video artwork, in Reality Cheque, group exhibition, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, curator Brendan Penzer, Newtown, Sydney, 2009, work title: The Real World.
Smartlight, group exhibition, University of Technology Sydney, curator Michael Day, Ultimo Sydney, 2009, work title: A Dark Matter.
StarGazing, group exhibition, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, curator Brendan Penzer, Newtown, Sydney, 2009, work title: The Little Sisters of the South Visit the Northern Hemisphere.
Ambiguosity, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, curator Brendan Penzer, Sydney 2008.
From Mao to Now, Sydney Olympic Park, curator Catherine Croll, 2008
Echelon, group exhibition, Peloton Galleries, Sydney, curator Lisa Jones, 2007-8.
Is it getting hotter in here, At The Vanishing Point Gallery, curator Brendan Penzer, Sydney 2007.
Tactile imagination, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, curator and exhibitor, 2007. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/tactile-imagination-exhibition
Bleak epiphanies, group exhibition of leading Sydney contemporary artists, curated by William Wright and Virginia Wilson, Virginia Wilson Gallery,