Artist statement
Lock's practice straddles fact and fiction, truth and the fake. Weaving new narratives of history and myth through a complicated and sometimes mysterious tale of heartache of heartache, lust and delusional thinking, Lock allows her practice to accumulate, take unfathomable journeys and elicit deceit to create part encrypted biography and part parallel histories through drawing, collage, sculpture and sound.
Introducing new characters, landscape and trophies that may or may not exist within the story that as yet still remains hidden from the viewer, Lock forces the audience to re-invent their own dialogue within the works for constant reinvention to an often bizarre and outlandish end.
Qualifications and training
- 2012 Contemporary Art & Profesional Practice, University of Essex, Colchester
- 1986 BA Hons Fine Art/Textiles, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 (Now that would be) Telliing, Transition Gallery, London
- 2011 (Now that would be) Telliing, A La Ronde, Devon
- 2011 (Now that would be) Telliing, Dr Johnsons House, London
- 2011 (Now that would be) Telliing, Brantwood House, Cumbria
- 2011 (Now that would be) Telliing, Ickworth House, Suffolk
- 2010 To taste Molten Diamonds, Backlit Studios, Nottingham
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Guests and hosts, NN, Northampton
- 2011 The Count of Monte Cristo, Asylum, London
- 2011 The Count of Monte Cristo (Uncanny), Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone
- 2011 The Count of Monte Cristo (Uncanny), Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone
- 2011 Pulp Fictions, Transition Gallery, London
- 2011 The Count of Monte Cristo (Conspiracy), Rogue Studios, Manchester
- 2011 The Count of Monte Cristo (Island of True Stories), Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
- 2010 Wysing Arts Contemporary:Partnering, Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridge
- 2010 axis curated show, Arts Council National Office, Great Peters Street, London
- 2010 Glorias Crew, ARC, The Vaults, Birmingham
- 2010 Wysing Contemporary: Presents, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
- 2009 Small Moments of Fantastic Things, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin
- 2009 Eco 09, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
- 2008 Future50, PSL [Project Space Leeds], Leeds (more info)
- 2008 These Living Walls of Jet, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
Residencies
- 2009 If..., g39, Cardiff, Wales
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