A First Life Residency Project in Landscape - Imagine Australia

Bio & CV
Benjamin Armstrong
Benjamin Armstrong (born 1975) in Melbourne where
he currently lives and works. Armstrong graduated in
1996 from the Victorian College of the Arts. He works
through a variety of mediums. Drawing forms the
nucleus of his practice with printmaking and sculpture
circling around it. Recent solo exhibitions include: The
shape of things to come (Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne,
2008); Benjamin Armstrong (Project space and spare
room, RMIT, Melbourne, 2006); Gathering (Project
space, RMIT, Melbourne, 2005); Drawings (TCB Art Inc,
Melbourne, 2002). He has also participated in various
group exhibitions including A room inside (Ian Potter
Museum of Art, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 2007);
Before the body- Matter (Monash University Museum
of Art, Melbourne, 2006-07); Primavera (Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006); Benjamin Armstrong
and Katherine Huang (Project space, RMIT, Melbourne,
2003) His work is in the collection of the British Museum,
Prints and Drawing Department and the Monash
University Museum of Art. He is represented by Tolarno
Galleries, Melbourne.
Sam Leach
Sam Leach (born 1973) in Adelaide, South Australia,
currently resides in Melbourne. He completed a Diploma
of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art and a Master of Fine Art at
RMIT in Melbourne, Victoria. Leach worked for many
years in the Australian Tax Office but in 2006 he won
a major art prize, the Metro Five. Since then he has
consistently won many prizes and has been acquired
by a number of public galleries in Australia and private
collections across the world. Notably, he has been a
finalist for the highly prestigious Archibald Prize in 2007,
2008 and 2009. In 2010 his portrait of musical comedian
Tim Minchin won the Archibald Prize. In the same year,
he won the Wynne Prize for his landscape Proposal for
landscaped cosmos. In doing so he became one of three
artists, after William Dobell and Brett Whiteley, to win the
Archibald portrait prize and the Wynne landscape prize in
the same year.
Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd has shown widely in Australia and Europe. He
has undertaken artist residencies at The British School,
Rome and Canvas International Art, Netherlands.
In 2009 Gippsland Art Gallery presented Lost Highways
a survey of his work from the previous decade. In 2010
Tony Lloyd will show in London and Melbourne.
His paintings are held in public and private collections in
Australia, Japan, Europe and U.S.A.
Tony Lloyd is also an arts writer and makes regular
contributions to Artinfo.com.au.
Benjamin Armstrong
Benjamin Armstrong出生于1975年墨尔本。他现在还在
墨尔本居住和工作。1996年他从维多利亚艺术学院毕业。
他的艺术创作涵盖了各种媒体。 他的艺术作品通常以绘
画为主同时涉及版画和雕塑。 他近期的个展有: 降临事
物的形状(2008年, Tolarno画廊,墨尔本); Benjamin
Armstrong (2006年,RMIT大学项目空间及备用展厅,
墨尔本); 集合(2005年,RMIT大学项目空间,墨尔
本);绘画(2002年, TCB艺术公司,墨尔本)。 他
的作品也被选入各种群展中。例如: 室内(2007年,墨
尔本大学 Ian Potter 美术馆,墨尔本); 身体问题前期
(2006-2007年, Monash 大学美术馆,墨尔本); 原
始年限(2006年当代艺术美术馆, 悉尼); Benjamin
Armstrong 和 Katherine Huang (2003年, RMIT大
学项目空间, 墨尔本)。他的作品收藏于英国美术馆,
大学版画和绘画系和大学美术馆。 他现期的签约画廊是
Tolarno 画廊。
Sam Leach
Sam Leach 生于 1937年南澳洲阿德雷德市,现居于维多
利亚洲墨尔本。他从墨尔本RMIT完成并获得视觉艺术的
本科以及硕士学位。 Leach 曾在澳大利亚政府税务局就
职。直到2006年他获得了在澳洲颇有影响力的 the Metro
Five 艺术奖项. 从此以后他不断赢得很多艺术奖项,并
得到了很多澳大利亚艺术画廊和国际收藏家的青睐。值得
一提的是,从2007-2009年他连续3年列为 Archibald 肖
像奖得主的最终候选人名单。最终于2010年,他以为音
乐幽默表演者Tim Minchin 创作的肖像画赢得了这一年
的 Archibald 肖像奖。同年,他又以一幅风景作品“宇宙
风景提案”赢得了 Wynne 奖。 至此,他成为继William
Dobell 和 Brett Whiteley之后第三个艺术家在同一年赢得
这两个奖项。
Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd 的作品多次在澳洲和欧洲展出。 他作为旅居
艺术家在意大利罗马的英国学院和荷兰的国际架上艺术机
构短期生活和创作。
2009 年,Gippsland艺术画廊展出了他过去10年的创作
作品,展览题为“迷失在高速公路上”。 在2010年内,
Tony Lloy的作品将在英国伦敦和墨尔本展出。
Tony Lloy的作品分别收藏于澳洲,日本,欧洲和美国的
私人和公立艺术机构。
Tony Lloy也是一个艺术评论作者。 他的文章经常在
Artinfo.com.au网站上发表。