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Locke was born in Edinburgh, UK, in 1959; lived from 1966 to 1980 in Georgetown, Guyana; and is currently based in London. He obtained a B.A. Fine Art in Falmouth (1988) and an M.A. Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London (1994). In 2000 he won both a Paul Hamlyn Award and an East International
Award.
His work is represented in many collections including The Government Art Collection, The Tate Gallery collection, The Arts Council of England collection, The Collection
of Eileen and Peter Norton, Santa Monica, The Brooklyn Museum collection, New York, The Arnold Lehman collection, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City collection, The RSID Museum, Rhode Island, The New Art Gallery Walsall, The Victoria & Albert Museum Drawing Collection, London, The British Museum, London and The
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Online
Resources
| Click here to here Locke talk about For Those in Peril, Folkestone, 2010 |
| Click here to see Locke talk about The Nameless, London, 2010 |
| Click here to see Locke talk about Sikandar, London, 2010 |
| Click here to see Locke talk about Ruined, Bristol, 2010 |
| Click here to see Locke in conversation with Marcus Verhagen, Tate Britain, 2009 |
| Click here to see Locke talk about Vita, Veritas, Victoria, Brooklyn Museum, 2007 |
| Click here to see interview with Locke during the British Art Show 6, 2005 |
| Click here to visit Hew Locke entry on Wikipedia |
Monographs
Stranger in Paradise
Texts by Jens Hoffman, Indra Khanna and Kobena Mercer. Published 2011 by Black Dog Publications in association with the Arts University College at Bournemouth and ArtSway. ISBN 978-190731 7385
Hew Locke - How do you want me?
Text by the artist. Published 2009 by Editions Janninck. Limited Edition of 285 numbered copies includes an individual work of art by Hew Locke ISBN 978-2-916067-40-7. Unlimited edition, without work of art, ISBN 978-2-916067-41-4
Hew Locke
With texts by Kris Kuramitsu and a conversation between the artist and Prof. Sarat
Maharaj. Published 2005 by The
New Art Gallery, Walsall. ISBN 0 946652 77 5 |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 |
Starchitect, ArtSway, Hampshire & as part of The New Forest Pavillion, Venice Biennale |
| 2010-12 |
The Nameless, Hales Gallery, London & KAdE Kunsthal in Amersfoort, The Netherlands |
| 2008 |
The Kingdom of the Blind, Rivington Place, London |
| 2008 |
How
Do You Want Me? Hales Gallery, London |
| 2006 |
Restoration, St Thomas the Martyr's
Church, Bristol |
| 2005 |
Hew Locke, The
New Art Gallery, Walsall |
| 2005 |
Natives and Colonials, Hales Gallery, London |
| 2004 |
King Creole, installation on facade of Tate Britain & at BBC New Media Village, London |
| 2004 |
House of Cards Luckman Gallery, California State University & Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, USA |
| 2002 |
The Cardboard Palace, Chisenhale Gallery, London |
| 2000 |
Hemmed In Two, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 1997 |
Ferae Naturae, Gasworks Gallery, London |
| 1995 |
Ark, De la Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2011 |
For Those in Peril on the Sea, Folkestone Triennial |
| 2010-11 |
Global Caribbean, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, USA; MIAM, Sète, France & Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico |
| 2010 |
Sikandar shortlisted maquette for the Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London |
| 2010 |
Adaptation, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada |
| 2010 |
Holy Toy, Sølvberget Galleri , Stavanger, Norway |
| 2009 |
2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece |
| 2009 |
2nd San Juan Triennial, Puerto Rico |
| 2008 |
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary Museum of Arts and Design, New York |
| 2008 |
Guangzhou Triennial, China |
| 2007-08 |
Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum, USA |
| 2007 |
Encuentro Entre dos Mares- Bienal São Paulo,
Valencia Biennale, Spain |
| 2007 |
Drawing on Sculpture: Graphic Interventions on the Photographic Surface, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. |
| 2006-07 |
Alien Nation, ICA, London;
City Art Gallery, Manchester & Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich |
| 2005-06 |
Et Maintenant? - What Now?, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France |
| 2005-06 |
British Art Show 6, BALTIC Gateshead; Manchester
City Art Gallery; Nottingham Castle Museum & Bristol |
| 2005 |
Barrocos y Neobarrocos, Salamance, Spain |
| 2004-05 |
Hew Locke and Diana Cooper, The Drawing Room, London; Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff & The City Gallery, Leicester |
| 2004-05 |
Boys Who Sew, Crafts Council, London; Aberystwyth Art Centre; mac, Birmingham; Ipswich Museum & Huddersfield Art Gallery |
Selected Press
| 2012 |
Beautiful/Decay, Book 8 - feature and interview |
| 2011 |
Small Axe, March issue - cover and lead essay Hew Locke's Postcolonial Baroque |
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The Guardian Online - video and review of For Those in Peril on the Sea |
| 2010 |
Art Forum, December issue - review of The Nameless |
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Don't Panic - profile and discussion of The Nameless and Sikandar |
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Kunstforum, February issue - cover and interview |
| 2009 |
NY Arts magazine, summer issue - artist's text |
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Safari, NRK Norwegian State TV - profile and discussion of The Kingdom of the Blind |
| 2008 |
Art World, April/May issue - How Do You Want Me? feature |
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Source, summer issue 55 - How Do You Want Me? feature and interview |
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The Evening Standard - Kingdom of the Blind review |
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www.geiab.org - Kingdom of the Blind review |
| 2007 |
New York Times Style
Magazine, spring issue – interior cover design commission |
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Art News, October issue - profile |
| 2006 |
Sculpture Journal, volume 15.2 - Natives and Colonials feature and interview |
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The Big Issue, 17-23 July - Restoration preview |
| 2005 |
Art
Papers, March/April issue - House of Cards review |
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Contemporary, issue 73 - profile |
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The Independent - preview of British Art Show 6, including interview |
| 2004 |
Los
Angeles Times p E19, 11/6/04, House of Cards review |
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Art Forum On-line Critic's Choice - House of Cards review |
| 2002 |
Art
Forum On-line Critic’s Picks - The Cardboard Palace review |
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Art
Monthly, June issue - The Cardboard Palace review |
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contemporary,
June July August issue - The Cardboard Palace review |
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Frieze,
issue 70 - The Cardboard Palace review |
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