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Ty Locke
 
b. 1996, Maidstone, UK.
Lives and works in London, UK.
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BIO 

Shelf Life, 2023, Kitchen cupboard, shopping from Lidl

Kitchen Sink Drama, installation view

Rizla Net Curtains, 2023, Rizla papers, saliva

Rizla Net Curtains, detail

Hanging tasseled lamp, 2023, Lamp, 540 meters of tassel

Hanging tasseled lamp, detail

P.S Keep Smiling with Suns, 2023, Etched mirror

Kitchen Sink Drama, installation view

It's a Shithole Doormat, 2021, Doormat

Nail in a Nail, in a Nail, in a Nail, 2023, Nails

Kitchen Sink Drama, 2023, Sink plug, c.220 meters of plug chain

Circle Ladder, 2020, Steel scaffolding ladder, weld

Cut Clock, 2023, Plastic clock

Cut clock, detail

Same Shit Diff Day, 2022, Cigarette filters, nylon thread, plywood

Same Shit Diff Day, detail

Holes Punched into a Kettle to Fill a Colander, 2023, Plastic kettle, stainless steel colander

Holes Punched into a Kettle to Fill a Colander, detail

Education
2019-2023
Slade School of Art, University College London, MFA Sculpture 

2015-2018
University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, BA (Hons) Fine Art: First Class Degree


Solo Exhibitions
2021
Domestic Bliss, My Flat, Margate, UK

2019
23p Beans, Margate, UK
38 Code, The Brewery Tap Project Space, Folkestone, UK


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Group Exhibitions
2022
Adult By Nature, Quench, Margate, UK
MOCA WE (Digital exhibition) MOCA London, UK
Deconstructing, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, USA

2021
Hung On A Minute, Platform Southwark, London, UK
Dysfunctional Pleasures, DODO, Brighton, UK
Turner Contemporary Open, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

2020
Burger Van, London, UK
Stage, RCA, London, UK

2019
House Meeting, Crate, Margate, UK
LOVE-IN, Limbo, Margate, UK
Platform Graduate Show, Turner

2018
Contemporary, Margate, UK
Anxiety of Time, UCA, Canterbury, UK
Mr Sandman, Crate, Margate, UK
Domino, Crate, Margate UK
[Insert Title Here] Fine Art Degree Show, UCA, Canterbury, UK
There are no Outlaws in the Gender Galaxy, UCA, Canterbury, UK

2017
Meze, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Paphos, Cyprus
Found object, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Paphos, Cyprus
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Selected collections
LAM Museum, the Netherlands
Ingar Dragset, Norway
Maarten Baas, the Netherlands
S. Davíðsdóttir, UK
 


Press
2022
Next Gen, radio podcast, Ramsgate Radio
http://www.ramsgateradio.com/nextgen/episode/4faf7e2a/ty-locke
 
2021
Art of Tomorrow, Artist talk
https://www.artoftmrw.com/ty-locke
 


Awards
2018
Platform Graduate Award:
Turner Contemporary, Margate                           
UCA & Crate Graduate Award
Crate, Margate   
Shortlisted - DAD, New Graduate Award/ Art in the Park: 
Kearsney Abbey, Dover
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Funded Projects
2019
Margate NOW Festival: '23p Beans', Margate, UK

2018
Margate NOW Festival: 'Main Sands', Margate, UK