Studio San Giuseppe Exhibition Announcement
(Cincinnati, OH) – Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery at Mount St. Joseph University is honored to present Craig Lloyd — Projects: Past to Present (March 3 – April 5, 2024)
Gallery Reception: Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 4:00-6:30 pm
In the exhibition Projects: Past to Present, Craig Lloyd has included a variety of works including paintings, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, drawings, and prints. The paintings explore ideas starting with the figure and moving into urban streetscapes, constructions and eventually landscapes.
From the Artist:
“The landscapes are a stage of a continuum that began in my undergraduate studies where I was fortunate to be able to paint directly from nature.
While my career has taken me through various phases during which I incorporated constructed elements and mixed media, I have always included landscape or streetscape as an element.
Thematically, my more recent landscape work is intended to bring awareness of the finite quality of the natural environment.
Whether in the field or working to develop a painting in the studio, I become totally engaged in the collective sensations encountered during the careful study of a natural environment.”
Craig Lloyd, Fieldhouses, 2024, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
About the Artist:
Craig Lloyd is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Design at Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati. He received a BFA in Painting from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and an MFA in Painting from the University of 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.
He has shown consistently in group and solo exhibitions nationally. His experience in printmaking led to his acceptance at several summer workshops including The Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Crown Point Press in San Francisco, California.
Craig began his career teaching art courses at various institutions around Cincinnati before coming to Mount St. Joseph University where he taught for over 40 years until his retirement in 2020. He continues to exhibit his work regularly.
From the Department:
Michaelann Kelley, Chair of the Department of Art & Design stated, “Studio San Giuseppe is proud to feature Craig Lloyd in an exhibition featuring works in a variety of media spanning the artist’s career at Mount St. Joseph University and beyond. He has worked with students in and out of classes, developed his work over the years, and has been instrumental in many MSJ alumni’s artistic careers.”
Studio San Giuseppe is a nonprofit art gallery located in the Dorothy Meyer Ziv Art Building on the campus of Mount St. Joseph University, at the crossroads of Delhi and Neeb in Delhi Township, 15 minutes west of downtown Cincinnati. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Saturdays and Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 PM. The Gallery is closed on major holidays. Admission is free. For more information, call Studio San Giuseppe at 513-244-4368, www.msj.edu.