Caio Locke

A background in etching has been formative in the development of my painting style, and childhood memories between London and Rio provided much of the early inspiration. Painting and design has been my full-time occupation since 2007.

Working mostly in acrylic and oils, my painting process relies upon the imagination, requiring the combination of mathematical precision with abstract thought. Within the parameters of both, I find immense scope through colour and form to express my subjective response to this meeting of external and interior worlds. In this sense, the process has become a meditation, visionary in its merging of the spiritual and intellectual.

The results are compelling mindscapes that explore the notion of the city as a physical manifestation of collective human nature and consciousness, as distinct from pre-existing natural forms, but in certain ways echoing them. Avoiding depiction of the human condition in the context of pain, suffering, tragicomedy or dysfunction, the paintings invite the mind of the viewer into consideration of alternative propositions and ways of thinking. Historical, modern and futuristic references combine to induce a sense of fractal time caught in frozen motion, whilst detailed vignet...

University of Exeter (BA)

Exhibiton in October 2018: Brazilian Embassy London.

Selected Solo Shows

HKS Architects (2019)
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (November 2014)
Hoxton Gallery (2013)
Painshill Park (2013)
La Groovy (2013)
Rook and Raven Gallery, FB Collection (2012)
Inverness Terrace (2012)
Cobden Club (2009)
Pure Evil Gallery (2008)
FLUK Factory (2007)

Public Art/Commissions/Collaborations

Purling London collaboration
Marlow Guitars collaboration
Frescobol Carioca
Chakravarty Polo Cup (2014)
P21 Key Project, sculpture design (2013)
Stand Tall, Essex (2013)
Fabergé Egg Hunt, x 3 eggs (2012) - click here
Album cover for Anthony Phillips, fomrer Genesis guitarist - click here
Medusa Systems, Las Vegas conference (2012)
Jungle City, Edinburgh (2011) - click here
Elephant Parade (2010) - click here

Selected Group Shows

Loft Studios
Harrods (Painted chess set for Purling London)
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (July 2014)
Stoke Newington Studios (April 2014)
Cuckoo Club, Mayfair (2014)
West London Art Factory (2014 tbc)
Muse Gallery (June 2014)
Chakravarty Cup (September 2014)
Red Desert/Mindscape Manifesto, Cinema & Lectures (2013)
Far Rockaway, Shoreditch (2013)
More London (2013)
Colchester Zoo (2013)
Hoxton Gal...