Tom Gerrard
b. 1977, Melbourne, Australia
Resides and works in Mullumbimby, NSW
Tom Gerrard is an Australian painter whose works focus on bringing life to the mundane. His style developed through his prolific international output on the streets, and he incorporates contemporary techniques such as spray paint and airbrush. Gerrard’s works compress space through bold flattened colour schemes, employing a signature black outline which frames his graphical forms and inanimate objects.
The heads appearing throughout Gerrard’s work follow the lineage of graffiti characters, reimagined through the multicultural lens of Gerrard’s youth in Melbourne’s western suburbs. Observation is key to Gerrard’s practice; the architectural elements and domestic objects are taken directly from his environment, both at home and through travel.
Gerrard has exhibited in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Tokyo, and his works have been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria. He is an active international muralist, having been commissioned in London, Berlin, Quito and Rio de Janeiro.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Consequence - Metro Gallery, Melbourne 2021
Convo - Stolen Space Gallery, London, 2019
Given Time - Metro Gallery, Melbourne, 2019
Town & Country - Marfa Gallery, Melbourne, 2019
Spy Hill - QBank Gallery, Tasmania, 2019
Through My Eyes - RVCA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2018
Attica - Installation, Melbourne 2018
The Burbs - Bromley & Co, Melbourne 2018
Dead Set Legends - Benalla Art Gallery, VIC 2018
In This Together - RVCA gallery, Melbourne 2017
RZO - Florescent Smogg, Barcelona 2015
Positives, Negatives & Accents - MTN, Barcelona 2014
Fly on the Wall - Per Square Metre, Melbourne 2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Short Sharp Shock- Finka Gallery - Myocum 2023
Salon De Refusés - Sydney 2020
Heuristic - Woolongong Art Gallery 2017
Raval Academy of the Arts - Barcelona, 2015
Tattoonie - Paris, 2015
Dubl Trubl - Urban Spree, Berlin, 2014
Not For Rental - 71A Gallery, London 2013
The IF show - Acton Centre of Art, London, 2013
Marvellous Adventures - Thinkspace, Los Angeles 2012
Space Invaders - National Gallery of Australia, 2004
Finders Keepers - London, 2002
ART PRIZES
New Futures award - 2022
Archibald - Salon de Refusés - 2020
Footscray art prize - Finalist - 2017
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
La Colom D’or (France)
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