LOCUST JONES
Selected Biography
Born in 1963, Christchurch, New Zealand, Locust Jones currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. In 1993 he graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, and in 2003.
Since 1993, Locust has held in excess of 25 solo exhibitions within Australia and internationally including: New Zealand, the United States, India, Lebanon, and Germany. Featuring among his most recent solo exhibitions are: Hitchhiking in the Donut of Death, Gallery 9, Sydney (2009); Back-Handed Bullets, Whitespace, Auckland (2009); What a way to go (2009), Solander Works on Paper Gallery, Wellington (2009); Ride it til it dies, Rear View Gallery, Melbourne (2009); Final Notice, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch (2008); Spin Cycle, Sakshi.Gallery, Mumbai (2006) and Poverty Jet Set, Espace SD Gallerie, Beirut (2004).
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1998 that most recently include the exhibition I Walk The Line New Australian Drawing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2009); to whom it may concern: the written word in contemporary art, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2009); Riviera Real Estate, Riviera Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2007) and Diversity 1, Sulkin Secant Gallery, Santa Monica, California (2005).
Among his various awards and achievements, Locust has was nominated as a finalist in the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards (2009), and the Shell Fremantle Print Prize (2009), he was awarded the prestigious Hazelhurst Work on Paper Award (2009), the 58th Blake Prize (2009). In 2004 was the recipient of an artist in residence exchange to Beirut, Lebanon. Locust was also awarded a residency at Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney (2010) in addition to a six month Asialink Residency to Seoul, Korea (2010).
His work is widely admired and features in several major public and corporate collections including Artbank; University of Wollongong, University of Western Sydney and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand.
Hazardous Waster - Looking for Utopia - Copenhagen, 2009
ink on paper
100.0 x 80.0 cm
Exhibitions
Basic Instinct | 2011
The Navigators
Locust Jones
3 February to 27 February 2010
to whom it may concern: the written word in contemporary art