Donald Locke (Guyanese, –2010)

Timeline

1930
Born September, Stewartville, Guyana
1947–1950
Guyana Teacher’s Certificate, Ministry of Education, Guyana (equivalent to American BA)
1954
British Council Scholarship to Bath Academy of Art, England
1954–1957
Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England. Teaching Certificate in Art Education (equivalent to American MA)
1959
Scholarship to Edinburgh University, from Guyana Ministry of Education
1959–1964
Edinburgh University, Scotland (in conjunction with Edinburgh College of Art) MA Honors Degree in Fine Art (equivalent to American PhD)
1969
Post Graduate Award, Ceramic Research, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
1970
Traveling Fellowship to Brazil, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1979
Guggenheim Fellowship in Sculpture
1986
Biennial Purchase Award, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2010
Died December, Atlanta, Georgia,

Exhibitions

2013
“Timehri Transitions: Expanding Concepts in Guyana Art”, Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkelaba, New York, NY
2010
“The Edge of Spirit: Selection of Drawings & Mixed Media Sculpture”, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo exhibition)
2008
“New Works and Master Works”, solo exhibition, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2008
“Reunion: All Masters’ Show”, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA
2007
“Looks Good On Paper” Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2006
“Change”, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2006
“Pin Up Show” City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA
2004
“Bending the Grid, Phase II: Retrospective,” Aljira Arts Center, Newark, NJ
2004
“Transitions II”, group show, MOCA-GA, Atlanta, GA
2004
Talking Furniture Design: Sculptors Make Furniture, Museum of Design, Atlanta
2003
Atlanta Biennial 2003, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
2003
“The Road to El Dorado: Twelve Years in Atlanta”, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA
2002
“From the Altars of El Dorado”, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
1996
“Atlanta Painting Retrospective”, Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta, GA
1992
“An American Renaissance: Paintings in the Spirit of the American South” curated by Dr. Maria Luisa Borras, Barcelona for the Cultural Olympiad, Atlanta, GA
1992
“ATLANTA BIENNIAL—INTO THE LIGHT,” Nexus, Atlanta, GA
1991
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA (solo exhibition)
1989
Inaugural Exhibition, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ
1986
HALE WOODRUFF BIENNIAL, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
1984
“Sculpture Retrospective, 1974-1984,” Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
1978
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, England
1972
“Caribbean Artists in Britain,” Commonwealth Institute, London

Public Collections

Valley National Bank, Phoenix, Arizona
Jack Lenor Larson Collection, New York
Absolut Vodka, New York
Getty Oil Company, California
Galleria Lorenzelli, Milan, Italy
Casa Caruso, Rome, Italy
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA
Mayor’s Office, City Hall, Atlanta, GA
King & Spalding Collection, Atlanta, GA
MOCA-GA, Atlanta, GA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Clark Atlanta University, Georgia
University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia
Tubman Museum of African American Art, Georgia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia, Brazil
Guyana National Collection, Georgetown, Guyana
First Union Bank, Charlotte, NC
English (US)

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