Tom Gerrard is an Australian painter whose practice explores habitat, nature and the built environment. His work exists within a richly coloured, textural world where familiar objects and settings appear subtly saturated and slightly out of focus.
Gerrard’s style developed through a prolific international street practice, where he continues to incorporate contemporary techniques such as aerosol and airbrush. His compositions compress space through bold, layered colour, anchored by a signature black outline that frames his graphic forms. Figures that appear throughout his work trace a lineage back to graffiti character painting, reimagined through the multicultural lens of his upbringing in Melbourne’s inner city.
Observation sits at the core of Gerrard’s practice. Architectural elements and domestic objects are drawn directly from his immediate surroundings, both at home and through travel, grounding his stylised visual language in lived experience.
Gerrard has exhibited internationally, including in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Tokyo. His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria. Alongside his studio practice, he is an active muralist, with commissions spanning London, Berlin, Quito and Rio de Janeiro.
Solo Exhibitions:
20 Shot Sequence - Lennox St. Gallery, Melbourne, 2025
In Situ - Lennox St. Gallery, Melbourne, 2023
Consequence - Metro Gallery, Melbourne, 2021
Twin Study - Outré Gallery, Melbourne, 2020
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 at Attica, 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
Aeon & Matt Sewell (UK) - Per Square Metre, Melbourne 2008
Fly on the Wall - Per Square Metre, Melbourne 2007
Group Exhibitions:
Nostalgia - ABV Gallery, Atlanta, USA 2025
The Outsiders - Sandrew collection, Melbourne, Australia 2025
Doorways - Lennox St. Gallery, Melbourne, 2025
Unity - Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK 2024
Be Still Life - Stolen Space Gallery - London 2023
Salon De Refusés - Sydney, Australia 2020
Heuristic - Woolongong Art Gallery, Australia 2017
Raval Academey of the Arts - Barcelona, Spain 2015
Tattoonie - Paris, France 2015
Dubl Trubl - Urban Spree, Berlin, Germany 2014
Not For Rental - 71A Gallery, London, UK 2013
The IF show - Acton Centre of Art, London, UK 2013
Marvelous Adventures - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, 2012
Space Invaders - National Gallery of Australia, 2004
Finders Keepers - London, UK 2002
Prizes:
New Futures award - Melbourne 2022
Salon De Refusés - Sydney 2020
Footscray Art Prize - Melbourne 2017
Education:
BA in Communication Design, Swinburne, Melbourne, 2006
Diploma in Graphic Arts, Swinburne, Melbourne, 2004