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Dion Salvador Lloyd

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"To see them is to feel them, they go in through the eyes but aim for the soul”

Dion Salvador Lloyd’s works are not pictures of places but rather the atmosphere and sense of place made physical; marks are not made to describe but to elicit and emote, to forge connection.  The paintings are invitations to travel and dream, full of suggestions and familiarity, we have been here before. 

Lloyd’s studio is energized by its content. He surrounds himself with sensory inspiration, bleached animal skulls, found and collected objects, constant music, in an attempt to find the state of mind and the creative space within where his painting can flow.  He is driven by intuition, each painting an unplanned journey, an exploration of horizon and the interplay between earth and sky but moreso a celebration of the physicality of paint and surface.  The surface of these oil paintings are untamed, highly worked and layered, difficult to look away from, magnetic in tone and colour and leading into mysterious yet beautiful microworlds and solid air.

The animator Jan Svankmajer is inspired by the notion that objects conceal within themselves the events they have witnessed; Lloyds paintings apply this to place.  These are spaces that have accumulated memories which they are communicating back to us, memory buried in painting.  His palette is specific, the tones poetic of the past, ephemeral and permanent at the same time, the timeless landscape and the fleeting memory.  They suggest the river that always flows, the sea that always crashes, the wind that blows, time that passes, a world turning, storms brewing.  These are spaces where we have walked, layers of footprints, places where lives have been lived. 

They are universal not site-specific, encouraging us to consider the energies of the natural world rather than the appearance of a particular place.  They are both paintings and containers, full to the brim, energized and charged by their vibrancy and animation; they move, breathe, whisper, sing.  To see them is to feel them, they go in through the eyes but aim for the soul. Dion has an impressive exhibition history, for more information please call the gallery.

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Nov     2015          David Simon Contemporary ‘Hallowed Ground’ – Bath

Jan       2015          Northcote Gallery Chelsea ‘Motherland’ - London

Nov     2014          Saffron Gallery ‘Earth & Blood’  Battle

Sept    2014           Denise Yapp Contemporary Art ‘Romancing Nature’- Monmouth, 

June    2013           Northcote Gallery ‘Beneath The Surface’ - London

Mar     2013           Belgravia Gallery‘Open House’ - Hove

                              May    2010           Belgravia Gallery ‘Hemisphere’ – London

MM                      May    2009           Naked Eye Gallery ‘New Work’ Hove

Sept     2009           Northcote Gallery Chelsea ‘New Work’ - London

April    2008           Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Chrysalides’ - London

April    2007           Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Paradiso’ - London

April    2006           Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Driftwood’ - London

May      2001 – 2015          Open Studio - Brighton Festival

Selected Group Exhibitions

Dec       2015          Wall Projects Montrose Scotland ‘Apricity’

Nov      2015           Denise Yapp Contemporary Monmouth Wales ‘Winter Show’

Nov      2015           Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Galleries London

Oct       2015           Gallery Art Veritas ‘New’ Gothenburg Sweden

Oct      2015            Royal West of England Academy (RWA) - Bristol

Oct       2015           Affordable Art Fair – London (Northcote Gallery)

Aug      2015           Belgravia Gallery ‘summer show’ – London

June     2015           Royal Academy ‘Summer Exhibition’ - London

Feb      2015           Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Mall Galleries London

Nov     2014           Discerning Eye – Mail Galleries – London

Oct     2014            Affordable Art Fair – London (Northcote Gallery)

Oct     2014            Royal West of England Academy (RWA) - Bristol

Oct     2014            Dulwich Picture Gallery London ‘60th Open Exhibition’

June   2014            Royal Academy ‘Summer Exhibition’ - London

Feb    2014             Wall Projects ‘the sea is here in me’ Montrose, Scotland

Jan    2014              Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA) – Conwy N.Wales

Awards/Prizes               

Nov                             2015                            Chairman’s Purchase Prize Discerning Eye

May                             2015                            Winner of Best Open House

May                             2012/13/14                 Shortlisted for ‘Best Artists Open House’

Dec                              2011                            Aesthetica Creative Works Finalist

Television/Radio

June                             2010                            Radio Reverb ‘Earth Boots’

April                            2005                            Channel 4 Documentary ‘life begins again’

Selected Press & Publications

Nov                             2015                            Bath Chronicle

Nov                             2015                            The Bath Magazine

March                          2014                            Aspect County

May                             2014                            Home For Now (Joanne Thornill)

Jan                               2012                            Aesthetica Creative Works Annual

July                              2011                            Art of England

April                            2011                            Sussex Life

Sept                             2010                            25 Beautiful Homes

June                             2010                            Art of England

Sept                             2009                            Battersea Exclusive

May                             2009                            Absolute Brighton

Nov                             2008                            Art Of England

Nov                             2007                            Homes and Gardens

May                             2007                            Absolute London

March                          2007                            Homes and Gardens

May                             2006                            Absolute London

April                            2005                            Devon Today

June                             2003                            BBC Good Homes                             

Commissions & Collections

Commissions have been undertaken for private and corporate clients including:

Candy & Candy – London

CB Hillier Parker – London

Coxbridge Enterprise Centre – Farnham, Surrey

L.A. Animal Services - Los Angeles

Mar-Con Group – Finland

McCann Relationship Marketing Worldwide - New York

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter – London

Sankyo Seiko Co Ltd - Hong Kong.