Ginny Lloyd

Ginny Lloyd, born in 1945, is an American artist, curator, educator, and writer. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in social work from Syracuse University, where her thesis focused on photography and social change. During the 1980s she taught computer graphics at Ohlone College in California, and later developed training programs for organizations in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Lloyd became active in the international Mail Art network in 1977. Photography formed the foundation of her practice, which expanded to include photocopy art, artistamps, artists' books, computer imagery, and performance. She was an early advocate for the creative use of photocopiers and later explored the artistic possibilities of computer graphics and digital imaging. Through these activities, she incorporated emerging technologies into artistic practices that extended beyond traditional exhibition spaces.   Performance remained an important part of her practice through her involvement with Fluxus, including the creation of instructional scores and the organization of Fluxus events.

Lloyd received support from the National Endowment for the Arts and participated in artist residencies connected to NASA and the International Space Hall of Fame. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Biennale de Paris, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her artworks are held in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Artpool's Artistamp Museum, the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.