Brief Bio
Craig Lloyd received a BFA in Painting from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and an MFA in Painting from the University of Cincinnati. He is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Design at Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati.
He is also the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, a City of Cincinnati Individual Artists Grant and a Summerfair Foundation Individual Artists Grant. Exhibition awards include: Robert A. Davies Merit Award, 59th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN, 2019; Juror’s Award, The View, an all-Ohio landscape competition, Rosewood Art Center Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, 2018; Third Place Award, The View, an all-Ohio landscape competition, Rosewood Art Center Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, 2016; the Ridgewood Art Institute Award, 86th Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, NYC, 2014, the Frank F. Weisberg Award for Excellence in Painting, at the 2011 Water Tower Regional, Louisville, KY and an Award of Excellence at the Art at the X, National Juried Exhibition, Xavier University Art Gallery, 2008.
Selected exhibitions:
- Craig Lloyd: Projects - past to present, solo exhibition, Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, OH, 2024
- Blue Hour, national juried exhibition, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO, 2023
- National Watercolor Exhibition, Gladys and Karl T. Wiedemann Gallery, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS, 2023
- 87th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 2023
- 61st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN, 2023
- Viewpoint 55, National Juried Art Competition, Eisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
- American Landscapes, National Juried Painting Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, 2023
- DAAP Made: the exhibition, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
- 9 for 19, group exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York City, NY, 2022
- Impressed 2022, National Printmaking Exhibition, Art Gym Denver Gallery, Denver, CO, 2022
- Viewpoint 54, National Juried Art Competition, Eisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2022
- 9 for 19, group exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York City, NY, 2021
- DAAP Made: the exhibition, Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
- Viewpoint 52, National Juried Art Competition, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH, 2020
- Aqueous Ohio, Southwest 2020, regional exhibition of the Ohio Watercolor Society, Sinclair Community College, Mason, Ohio
- 83rd Annual Mid-Year Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 2019
- 59th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN, 2019
- The View, an all-Ohio landscape competition, Rosewood Art Center Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, 2018
- Watercolor Ohio 2017, The Ohio Watercolor Society’s 40th Annual Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
- Viewpoint 48, National Juried Art Competition, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH, 2016
- DAAP Made: the exhibition, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2016
- American Landscapes 2015, National Juried Painting Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
- International Painting Annual 3, exhibition in print, published by Manifest Press, 2014
- 86th Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY, 2014
- Strokes of Genius, National Juried Painting Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, 2014
- Vista: Contemporary Landscape, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, 2013
- Two-person show, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton,OH, 2012
- Artful Teaching, at the Riffe Gallery, Vern Riffe Center for Government & the Arts, Columbus, OH, 2012
- Art From the Press: Selected Works by Local Printmakers, Covington Artisan’s Enterprise Center, Covington, KY, 2011
- The 14th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, 2011
- Solo exhibition, University of Cincinnati, Clermont College, Park National Bank Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2010
- The 2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN
- Burb: Zones of Living, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, 2010
- Solo exhibition, Carnegie Arts Center, Duveneck Gallery, Covington, KY, 2009