Hew Locke OBE RA is a leading contemporary artist and sculptor. Born in Edinburgh in 1959, he grew up in Guyana, returning to the UK and completing his BA in 1988 at Falmouth School of Art and an MA in sculpture in 1994 at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 2022 and awarded an OBE for services to art in 2023.