Black Queen broach - enamel, diamonte, glass eyes, 6cm high
Hew Locke
Background
1959 Born Edinburgh, UK. Lived from 1966 to 1980 in Georgetown, Guyana. Now based in London.
Education
1988 B.A. Fine Art, Falmouth, UK
1994 M.A. Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
Collections
Includes The Government Årt Collection, The Arts Council Collection, The Collection of Eileen and Peter Norton, Santa Monica, The New Art Gallery Walsall, The Victoria & Albert Museum Drawing Collection, London, The British Museum, London and The Henry Moore Institute, UK.
Awards
2000 Paul Hamlyn Award
Solo Exhibitions
2008 'How Do You Want Me?' Hales Gallery, London
2006 'Restoration' commission for Spike Island exhibited at St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Bristol
2005 Solo exhibition The New Art Gallery, Walsall
2005 'Natives and Colonials' Hales Gallery, London
2004 'King Creole' installation on façade of Tate Britain
2004 'House of Cards' Luckman Gallery, California State University, L.A. & The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia, USA
2002 ‘The Cardboard Palace’- Chisenhale Gallery, London
2002 ‘Souvenir’ - The Horniman Museum, London
2000 ‘Hemmed In Two’ - The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 – 08
'Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art', Brooklyn Museum, USA
2007 'I Encuentro Entre dos Mares- Bienal São Paulo',
Valencia Biennale, Spain
2007 'Picture House, Film, Art and Design', Belsay Hall, nr.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2006 – 07 'Alien Nation' ICA, London. Then touring to
City Art Gallery, Manchester and
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich
2005 – 06 British Art Show 6, BALTIC Gateshead, Manchester
City Art Gallery,
Nottingham Castle Museum, Bristol.
2005 - 06 'Et Maintenant? - What Now?', Crac Alsace, Altkirch,
France
2005 'Barrocos y Neobarrocos', Palacio de Abrantes, Salamanca,
Spain.
2004 - 05 Two person show with Diana Cooper at The Drawing
Room, London, Chapter
Arts Centre, Cardiff & The City Gallery, Leicester.
2004 - 05 ‘Boys Who Sew' – Crafts Council, London,
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, MAC the
Art Centre for Birmingham, Ipswich Museum and Huddersfield Art Gallery
Publications
1999 ‘Routes’ companion catalogue to group exhibition, available to purchase from The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London
2004 'Diana Cooper Hew Locke' catalogue to exhibition, The Drawing Room, London.ISBN 0-9542668-2-X available for purchase from The Drawing Room or Cornerhouse.
2005 Monograph 'Hew Locke', published by The New Art Gallery, Walsall. Hardback, 210 x 270mm, 136 pages, 128 full colour illustrations. Includes a specially commissioned essay by Kris Kuramitsu, Curator and Director of Arts Programmes, Norton Family Foundation, and a conversation with the artist and Prof. Sarat Maharaj. ISBN 0 946652 77 5. Can also be purchased from Cornerhouse or ordered from any good bookshop.
Merchandise
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Black Queen broach - enamel, diamonte, glass eyes, 6cm high |
Black Queen vinyl bag - 42x 42cm |
& Black Queen postcards - available from Baltic shop and various other outlets
Other Resources
Norwich Gallery, Norwich, East Archive
Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) digital archive
British Art Show 6 documentary DVD, includes interview with Hew Locke, which can also be viewed or downloaded here
Press
1995 Artist's Diary, Art Review, Nov issue
2000
Review of 'East', 'Third Text' issue 53
2002 Reviews of ‘Cardboard Palace’at Chisenhale Gallery :
Building Design Magazine, issue 1529
Art Review , April issue, volume L111
Art Forum On-line Critic’s Picks
Art Monthly, June issue
Contemporary, June July August issue
Frieze, issue 70
2004 Reviews of 'House of Cards', L.A. & Atlanta:
Los Angeles Times, 11/6/04, p E19
Art Forum On-line Critic's Choice
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/12/04
2005
Art Papers, Mar/Apr 2005 issue
Profile, Contemporary, issue 73
Independent Newspaper - preview of British Art Show 6
2006
Sculpture Journal - 'Natives and Colonials', volume 15.2
The Big Issue - preview of 'Restoration', 17-23 July
2007
New York Times Style Magazine – interior cover design, Spring issue
Profile, Art News, October issue
2008
Art World - feature on 'How Do You Want Me?', April/May issue
(a complete list of all press and publications discussing Locke's work available on request)