LOCUST JONES
Born Christchurch, New Zealand. Lives and works in the Blue Mountains, NSW
EDUCATION
1991 – 1993 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001
1999
1996
1994
1993
Brainfog, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
A week in the life of the world, Blue Mountains Art Gallery, Katoomba
Burn Free, David Krut Projects, NY, USA
Made in Johannesburg, Solander, Wellington
Leaners and Lifters, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin, Germany
24 Hour News Feed, Christchurch Art Gallery
Fauvette Laurio Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
Boycott, Isolate, Sabotage, Whitespace, Auckland
Locust Jones: Some mistakes were perhaps made, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst
Top Dead, Kunstraum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
REVOLT, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Elevating a Disastrous Situation into a Catastrophe, MOP Projects, Sydney
Locust Jones, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Hitchhiking in the Donut of Death, Gallery 9, Sydney
Back-Handed Bullets, Whitespace, Auckland
What a Way, To Go, Solander Works on Paper Gallery, Wellington
Ride it ‘til it dies, Rear View Gallery, Melbourne
I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it, Until Never, Melbourne
Final Notice, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Loke Time, The Godley Hotel, Lake Tekapo
The Bird Agents, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
Clearing Station, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Delta Park, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
Oh the tangled web…, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Spin Cycle, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Live by the Sword, Mahara Gallery, Wellington
Poverty Jet Set, Espace SD Gallerie, Beirut
Amnesia Beyrouth, Riviera Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Patterns of Behaviour, Grodentz Gallery, Wellington
Lunchtime @ the helicopter gunship training facility, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Fantasies, Monsters & Self Portraits, Fresh Gallery, Christchurch
Ghost Train, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Deep in the Woods, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
The Green Line, Beirut, Herringbone Gallery (Imperial Slacks), Sydney
Untitled Paintings, Kas Gallery, Sydney
Car Smash, Post Gallery, Sydney
Hunt Me Down & Kill Me, Airspace, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Modern Art Projects, Everglades Gardens, Leura
Giving Voice, (travelling exhibition), Gosford Regional Gallery
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Vienna, Austria
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2014
Open Studio, 18 Street Art Centre, California
Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery
Redlands Art Award, Sydney
Giving Voice, (travelling exhibition) Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Nature Nurture, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
A General Map of Caves, Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2013
Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin, Germany
Down to the line, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle
Unsettled: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Fauvette Laurio Travelling Art Scholarship, SCA, Sydney University, Sydney
2012
The Lookout, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
Excavation, The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Drawing the Line, Whitespace, Auckland
Through your eyes, Korean Cultural Foundation, Sydney
2011
5x3, Kunstraum Dusseldorf, Germany
Subtext: Art for Literacy, CarriageWorks, Sydney
Basic Instinct, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2010/11 Freehand: Recent Australia Drawing, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2010
Paul Guest Prize Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, New Zealand
Lozenge of Dawn, 24HR ART Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
The Navigators, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
NO RIGHT TURN - WESTERN SYDNEY DRAWING SHOW, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith
2009
Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
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The 58 Blake Prize, National Arts School Gallery, Sydney
I Walk The Line New Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
To whom it may concern: The written word in contemporary art, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
The June Fourth Incident, Serial Space, Sydney
Something I said, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
888Exhibition, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2007
Riviera Real Estate, Riviera Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005
Diversity 1, Sulkin Secant Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999
Sydney Beirut - Beirut Sydney, Espace SD Gallery, Beirut
Awards
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2005
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18 Street Art Centre, Santa Monica, California
Kulturwerk, Berlin, Germany
Fremantle Print Award, WA (finalist)
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle (finalist)
Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery (finalist)
Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
National Works on Paper Prize, MPRG, Victoria
Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Alice Springs Art Prize (finalist)
Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Gallery (winner)
Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist)
Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award (finalist)
Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Ward (winner)
The Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award (winner)
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The 58 Blake Prize (finalist)
The Geelong Print Prize (finalist)
The Fremantle Print Award (finalist)
The Kedumba Drawing Award (finalist)
The Fremantle Print Award (finalist)
The Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award (finalist)
The Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award (finalist)
The Fremantle Print Award (finalist)
Grants & Residencies
2014
2012
2011
2010
2004
2003
Big C, Artist in Residence, Bilpin, NSW
New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Artist in Residence, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg, South Africa
Hill End Artist Residency, Hill End
Asialink Residency, Seoul Korea
Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney
Artist in Residence, Espace SD Gallerie, Beirut
Lower East Side Print Workshop Residency, New York
Public Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Bank
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Centre of Contemporary Arts, Christchurch
Grafton Regional Gallery
James Wallace Trust Collection, Auckland
Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Collection
Kunstwerk Museum, Germany
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton
Tweed River Regional Gallery
University of Wollongong
Selected Bibliography
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2009
2008
2007
2005
Selby, C; ‘Holding up a mirror to society’, Hobart Mercury, July 19
Rule, D; ‘In the galleries’, The Age, February 22
‘Pinteresting: New York’, Review of Burn Freeze at David Krut Projects, April
Milburn, Felicity; Christchurch Art Gallery Bulletin Magazine, September – November
Sydney Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, August
McNamara, TJ; The New Zealand Herald
Crawford, Ashley, ‘Locust Jones: 50 of Australia’s Most Collectable Artists 2011’,
Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, January – March, p.194
Rule, D., ‘ Locust Jones’, Artist Profile, Issue 15, pp.44 - 47
Nelson, R., ‘Exploring drawing’s possibilities’, The Age, Visual Arts, January 19, p.14
Boyce, Roger ‘Locust Jones, MOP Projects’, Art in America, June / July 2010, pp.174-175
‘NSW Wrap: Locust Jones’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, January-March, p.232
‘Art & Events: Calendar’, Vogue Living, Jan/Feb, p.60
Keens, L; ‘Right Now Art: Top Draw’, Belle, Feb/Mar, p.52
Morrow, C; I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing, exhibition catalogue,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Rule, D; ‘Around the Galleries’, A2, The Age, 25 July, p.20
McDonald, J; ‘On their marks, get set, go’, Arts & Entertainment, Sydney Morning Herald,
9 -10 May pp.16-17
Kernebone, F; Interview, ABC Sunday Arts
MacDonald, C; ‘Exhibition Review’, Imprint Magazine
Clement, T; ‘Pulp friction’, Metro Art, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17-23 July, p.14
Browne, V; ‘Searching for the Bird Agent’, exhibition catalogue, University of Sydney
Hanton, J; ‘Large-scale comment on life’, The Christchurch Press, New Zealand
Clement, T; ‘The end is nigh - Locust Jones draws a world slowly going to hell’, Metro,
Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May, p. 27
Amery, M; ‘Live by the sword’, The Dominion Post, New Zealand