Steve Locke
a brief history, 2012 (recto). Oil on panel with wood, vintage ‘black Americana' figurine, enamel, latex, poles, connectors, and flanges, 65 x 24 x 24 inches. Photo Stewart Clements
a brief history, 2012 (verso). Oil on panel with wood, vintage ‘black Americana' figurine, enamel, latex, poles, connectors, and flanges, 65 x 24 x 24 inches. Photo Stewart Clements
believing the strangest, 2013. Oil on beveled panel, enamel on verso, milk-painted wooden plank, pole, connector, and flanges, 33 x 20 x 48 inches. Photo Stewart Clements
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Cleveland, Ohio, 1963
Resides: Boston, Massachusetts
Education: Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture (2002); Massachusetts College of Art (M.F.A.,
2001; B.F.A., 1997); Boston University (B.S., 1984)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
"there is no one left to blame," Institute of
Contemporary Art, Boston. Traveled to the Museum
of Contemporary Art, Detroit. Catalogue.
2012
"companions," Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"you don't deserve me," Sams.n, Boston.
2009
"Rapture / New Work," Sams.n, Boston.
The VOLTA Show, Basel, Switzerland.
2008 "Rapture," Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art
and Design, Georgia.
2007
"No Ego: New Paintings by Steve Locke," Schlosberg
Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly,
Massachusetts.
"mo(u)rning," Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel
College, Boston.
2006
"Youshi Li + Steve Locke," RHYS Gallery, Boston.
"Simulacrum," Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel
College, Boston.
2005
"Circumference," Mills Project Space, Boston Center for
the Arts.
"when you're a boy . . . ," Artists Foundation Main
Gallery, Boston.
"New Paintings / New Drawings," Mazmanian Gallery,
Framingham State College, Massachusetts.
2001
"M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition," Bakalar Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
"Come Like Shadows," Zürcher Studio, New York.
"The Gay Show," Bronx Council for the Arts, Longwood
Art Gallery, Bronx.
2013
"Paint Things: Beyond the Stretcher," deCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
2012
"Hung Jury," 225 Friend Street, Boston.
"Shame/Less," FPAC Gallery, Boston.
"One more kiss then we're history," Platform
Gallery, Seattle.
2011
"Anthony Greaney x Sams.n x DAN GRAHAM,"
Cottage Home, Los Angeles.
"i am who i am. The Portrait Reconsidered," Steven
Zevitas Gallery, Boston.
2010
"Traversing Gender," McIninch Art Gallery,
Southern New Hampshire University, Hooksett.
"Man Up," Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston.
2009
"Intersexions," Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill
College, Easton, Massachusetts.
"Casual Males," Sherman Gallery, Boston University.
2008
"Gallery Peopeo Art Exhibition No. 3," Gallery
Peopeo, 798 Art District, Beijing.
2007
"Visual Dialogue," Schiltkamp Gallery, Traina
Center for the Arts, Clark University, Worcester,
Massachusetts.
2004
"The 18th Drawing Show," Mills Gallery, Boston
Center for the Arts.
2002
"Making a Mark," Danforth Museum, Framingham,
Massachusetts.
Selected Bibliography
2014
"Come Like Shadows," The New Yorker (January 20).
2013
Kaizen, William. "Reviews and Previews," Artforum
(November).
Brooks, Anthony. "Steve Locke at the ICA: There Is No
One Left to Blame,'" Radio Boston broadcast (August 5).
McQuaid, Cate. "Images Speaking of Fear and Desire,"
Boston Globe (August 2).
Cook, Greg. "Boston Painter Steve Locke It's My Job to
Bear Witness to My Time,'" WBURArtery (July 30).
Greenstein, Colette. "Artist Steve Locke gets first major
exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art," The Bay
State Banner (July 25).
2012 Miller, Francine Koslow. "Steve Locke at Sams.n," Art
in America (October 2012).
McQuaid, Cate. "Love and Its Comical Wounds," Boston
Globe (June 16).
McQuaid, Cate. "Ten to See Now," Boston Globe (June 12).
Katz, Drew. "Steve Locke, You Don't Deserve Me at
Sams.n," New American Paintings blog (May 17).