Born in Croatia in 1958, Toni Belobrajdic is a Sydney based figurative artist. He started exhibiting in the late seventies and had his first solo show in 1983 in Croatia. Toni moved to New York in 1987 where he continued his art practice. He exhibits both in Sydney and Europe regularly. Acrylics, watercolours and oils have been the mediums of choice. Etchings is the latest medium being explored and studied with a great passion. His style could be described as contemporary impressionism, mostly portraits and figures. Toni’s artwork demonstrates distinct freedom using spontaneous brushstrokes and vivid colours. He combines layered figuration of human forms put in abstract situations. Another passion is painting animals, mostly bulls and horses.
Some of selected prizes:
-2018 Finalist ‘The Collie Art Prize’ Collie Art Gallery, Collie, WA. Australia ,
-2018 Second Salon of Miniature Art, Galerija Klovic Rijeka, Croatia – Commendation
-2018 Semi-finalist – Bluethumb Art Prize, Australia
-2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Exhibition
-2019 Winner of Australian Watercolour Muster.
-2019 Finalist Northern Beaches Art Prize.
-Finalist Greenway Art Prize 2019.
-2019 Finalist ‘Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing’ Sydney, Australia
Some selected exhibitions:
-1988 Juried Group Exhibition, National Society of painters in Casein and Acrylic, New York, USA.
-2016 Solo Exhibition of Oils and Watercolours, after 6 months Residency in Lane Cove Gallery, Sydney.
-2018 ‘Beyond Skin’ Solo Exhibition of Oils on canvas, Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney
-2018 ‘Pandora’s Box’ Solo Exhibition of large works, Galerija Klovic , Rijeka, Croatia
-2019 EQUUS- Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, 6 artists group show
-2019 Galerija Vasko Lipovac, Split, Croatia, “Pandora’s Box” solo show
-2020 “In a silent Way” exhibition of large works on paper, Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney, Australia
-2023 " Segmented Reality " exhibition of large works on canvas, MC Shelly Gallery, Sydney, Australia
