Caio Locke United Kingdom, b. 1980

Biography

United Kingdom

Shaped between his life in Britain and a strong connection to Brazil, Caio Locke interweaves interior and exterior worlds in the setting of his surreal cities. Architecture lends a structure in which he explores his personal preoccupations with philosophy, culture, history and concepts of the future. For the last decade, Locke has predominately been working within the media of painting, design and sculpture.

Through unique and meticulous handling of colour and pattern, Locke employs perspective anomalies, optical depth, and Escher-like paradoxes to achieve intricate compositions. His distinctive layering owes its beginnings to etching, a discipline he learned in his formative years. The results are a combination of mathematical diligence and controlled abstraction. Reality is sieved through a dream-like filter that assimilates recognisable motifs into utopian projections akin to a hypnagogic state of consciousness, the sensation of transitioning between wakefulness and sleep.

From this parallel vantage point, he addresses themes of self-transcendence, and Hegelian synthesis between inner and outer realities. Imperatively, Caio Locke’s paintings place the viewer upon a threshold between time, dream, and reality, both potential and actual, where man-made objects entwine with patterns and shapes resonant with the natural world.

Caio Locke’s artworks are collected and exhibited both in the United Kingdom as well as internationally. The artworks have been displayed at prestigious locations including the National Museum of Scotland, Christie’s, Firstsite Colchester, and Royal Hospital Chelsea. Notable solo shows have been held at the Embassy of Brazil in London, HKS Architects, Hoxton Gallery, Cobden Club, and Rook & Raven Gallery. In addition to the many galleries, the artist has been commissioned on major public art projects such as the Fabergé Egg Parade, London Elephant Parade, as well as the BFG Dream Jar collaboration with Steven Spielberg.

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