Tom Gerrard’s art career started in the mid-90s where his art could be found on the streets of Melbourne. These days, he’s globally known for painting simplified characters, architecture and nature using a minimal colour palette. The characters and elements that make up his paintings have been inspired by people he’s seen and places he’s been.
Tom’s gallery work is an evolution of style and technique that was learned painting on the streets. He has fused this style with acrylic paints,water colours and any other materials that he can find in his studio.
After eight years of travelling around the world, Tom returned to Melbourne in 2016. Since then he has placed his artistic focus exclusively on Australian life, suburban culture and his natural surroundings. He has utilized his thirteen years working as a graphic designer, and as a result his art has a graphical look as he works with a minimal colour palette and strips back his subjects to simple shape and line work.
Tom has settled back into Melbourne life where he paints murals at large art festivals across the country, exhibits in prestigious galleries such as Bromley & Co and Benalla Art Gallery and collaborates with some of the country’s biggest names in contemporary art.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
Twin Study - Outré Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2019
Convo - Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK
Given Time - Metro Gallery, Melbourne, VIC,
Australia Town & Country - Marfa Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia SpyHill - QBank Gallery, Tasmania, Australia
2018
Through My Eyes - RVCA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Attica - Installation at Attica, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Burbs - Bromley & Co, VIC, Australia
Dead Set Legends - Benalla Art Gallery, VIC, Australia
2017
In This Together, RVCA gallery, VIC, Australia
2015
RZO, Florescent Smogg, Barcelona, Spain
2014
Positives, Negatives & Accents, MTN, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Aeon & Matt Sewell (UK), PerSquareMetre, VIC, Australia 2007
Fly on the Wall, Per SquareMetre, VIC,Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Heuristic, Woolongong Art Gallery, NSW, Ausralia
Eye Jack, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
2015
Raval Academy of the Arts –Barcelona, Spain
Tattoonie – Paris, France
2014
Dubl Trubl - Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany
2013
Not For Rental - 71A Gallery, London, UK
The IF show - Acton Centre of Art, London, UK
2012
Marvellous Adventures - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Advent show - Graffiti LifeGallery, London, UK
2004
Space Invaders - National Gallery of Australia, ACT, Australia
2002
Finders Keepers - London, UK
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, ACT, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
La Colom D’or, France
Sandrew, VIC, Australia
Flourescent Smogg, Barcelona
David Bromley, VIC, Australia
Ben Shewry, VIC, Australia
Max Rippon, New York, US
D*Face, London, UK
Publications
2017
No Cure magazine Eyejack, WA, Australia
The Legend of Monga Khan, SA, Australia
2015
RZO, Aeon, Egs & Nug, Barcelona
2014
VNA, London Shake Well magazine, QLD, Australia
2013
Don’t sleep, VIC, Australia
2004
Graphotism article, London Space Invaders, National Gallery of Australia, ACT, Australia
TUE-FRI: 10 - 5
SAT: 11 - 5
or by appointment
