Locust Jones' work depicts a world slowly going to hell.

For over 20 years, Locust's practice has woven layers of stories and images that replicate the frenetic pace at which society consumes everyday news and current affairs, in a variety of mediums.
 

UPCOMING SHOWS:
 

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with Gallery Dominik Mersch | Sept 2023

forever histories, solo show at Dominik Mersch Gallery | Nov- Dec 2023
 

RECENT WORK:

Texas, 2022

Forever History, 2019, ink and pencil on paper, 154 x 900 cm
 

RECENT AWARD:

Red Dot Winner 2021 Best of the Best: World News from Locust Jones

LATEST SHOW: MAGIC SAUCE

An exhibition and collaborative performance with Tim Bruniges
Thursday 1 June, 2023 - Sunday 2 July at DRAW Space, 31A Enmore Road Newtown

On opening night, Locust Jones created a new work in response to the 24-hour news cycle. During the 4-hour performance, Jones collaborated with drummer Tim Bruniges, engaging rhythm and the primacy of drawing. He produced a large-scale graphite work that was on display until the end of the exhibition.

Show overview on gallery site | Exhibition Summary
 

RECENT GROUP SHOWS:

ecosystem, lifeboat, universe
Two person show: Locust Jones & Juston Trendall
Sydenham International, Marrickville, Sydney
9 June - 1 July, 2023

Wrestlemania
Rockhampton Art Museum, Queensland
19 November 2022 – 26 February 2023

Watershed
Bett Gallery, Hobart
5 - 27 August 2022
shown above, from the show: Vanishing Point 2021, Ink, shellac and pigment on paper, 36 sheets, 14 x 19 cm (sheet size) 90 x 115 cm (overall)

Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2021
29 May 2021 - 18 Jul 2021
shown above, from the show: Plague Parade 2020, 9 panel lithograph, 186 x 230 cm, edition of 3.

Dobell Drawing Exhibition
National Art School Gallery
Mar - May 2021
shown above, from the show: September 2020, collage & ink on paper, 150 x 300 cm
 

ABOUT LOCUST: Born in 1963, Christchurch, New Zealand, Locust Jones currently lives and works in the Blue Mountains, Australia. In 2010 Locust completed a Masters of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts (Sydney University) where earlier in 1993 he completed an undergraduate degree in Print Media. Since graduating Locust has held over 40 solo exhibitions within Australia and internationally. > read more