FEATURED SOLO EXHIBITIONA Conspiracy of Icons: The Art of Donald Locke
Locke’s work in varied media–including sculpture, ceramics, painting, collage, and drawing–plumbs the depths of cultural interchange between European and American modernism and Guyanese, African, and Amerindian practices (excerpt from exhibition commentary, High Museum of Art, Atlanta). Read online listings and reviews about this exhibition featured in Art Daily, Culture Type, and New York Times.
Photo: Plantation K/140, 1976, mixed media, 12″ x 15″ x 13″. Photo © TWMeyer
THE WORK OF DONALD LOCKESolo Exhibitions
2025 – 2026, Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
Spike Island, Bristol, England; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England; Camden Arts Centre, London, England
2024, Donald Locke: Nexus
Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA, curated by Grace Aneiza Ali
2017, A Conspiracy of Icons: The Art of Donald Locke
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2016, The Plantation Series: Paintings & Sculptures from the 1970’s
Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2010, The Edge of Spirit: Selections of Drawings & Mixed Media Sculpture
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008, New Works and Master Works
Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2004, Retrospective, Bending the Grid
Aljira Arts Center, Newark, NJ
2004, Donald Locke: Paintings and Mixed Media Sculptures
Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2003, Donald Locke: The Road to El Dorado, Twelve Years in Atlanta
The 9th Masters Series, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA
2002, From the Altars of El Dorado
Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
2001, Pathway to Excellence: 20 Year Retrospective
Aljira Arts Center, Newark, NJ
2000, Southern Mansions
Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2000, Iconography of Timehri Man
60 Canvases, Kubatana Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999, Atlanta Retrospective
NationsBank Plaza, Atlanta, GA
1994, The Topography of Memory
Chastain Gallery, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
1991,
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
1986,
Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1985,
Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1984, Retrospective of 1974-1984
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1983, Featured Artist
Flagstaff Festival of the Arts, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
1981, Arizona Squares, photographers James Cowlin and Brenda Stephenson
Arizona Desert, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ
1980, Guggenheim Fellowship Project: The Room – an Environment with Fifteen Black Surfaces
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1979, Inaugural Exhibition
Foyer Gallery, Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England
1978,
Anthony Shaw Showcase Gallery, London, England
1978,
West Norwood Library, London, England
1978,
Galleria Lorenzelli, Milan, Italy
1977,
The Gallery, Hampstead, London, England
1977, Special Demonstration Exhibition
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
1975, Retrospective of 1965-1975
Commonwealth Institute, London, England
1972, Private Sponsorship of First Exhibition in England – collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Thomasson, Berkshire, England