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

2000 East International 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

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)

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