Hew Donald Joseph Locke is a British sculptor and contemporary visual artist based in Brixton, London. In 2000, he won a Paul Hamlyn Award and the EASTinternational Award. He grew up in Guyana, but ha
Locke in 2019
The Jurors art installation at Runnymede
Locke beside his artwork "Saturn" from his series of photographs How Do You Want Me? (portrait by Pam Winfield, 2008)
Armada 6 and Windward (2019) by Locke
Yinka Shonibare is a British artist whose work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly colo
Hew Locke
…married curator Indra Khanna. Prof. Dr. Ingrid von Rosenberg has written: "(Black) Artists who continue to produce work with a critical message, like Yinka Shonibare and Hew Locke, avoid the open confrontation typical of the 1980s and instead use humour and satire, positioning themselves as cultural insiders, rather…
Wind Sculpture (London, 2014)
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle (London, 2010) by Yinka Shonibare during its occupancy of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
Shonibare with Hibiscus Rising sculpture, Leeds (2023)