Born in Scotland in 1959, Hew Locke grew up in Georgetown, Guyana before returning to Britain for his university education. Locke’s multi-media practice includes large-format installation, painting, sculpture, photography and tapestry and has been called a “’mental Moulinex,’ or food processor, into which experiences are tossed, mixed around, and transformed into chimerical creations.” (ArtNews, April 2014). Related works include his celebrated For Those in Peril on the Sea, 2011, in the collection of the Peréz Art Museum Miami and The Tourists, 2014, an installation commissioned by the Imperial War Museum for the museum ship HMS Belfast, London.
His work has been exhibited around the globe, most recently at the Tate Britain and in Runnymede, UK as the main commission to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Locke's work is additionally represented in the collections of Tate Gallery (UK), the Brooklyn Museum (New York), the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (US), Kansas City Collection (US), the RISD Museum (Rhode Island), Victoria & Albert Museum Drawing Collection (London), and the British Museum (London).
