Locko (b. 2000) is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, installation, and print media. Rooted in personal experience, identity, and Black joy, his practice centers on a distinctive visual language of stylized doodles and recurring caricatures that serve as vessels for memory, vulnerability, and history. Balancing playfulness with emotional depth, his work explores selfhood, belonging, home, performance, and liberation through vibrant, shape-driven compositions.

A graduate of St. John’s College, Locko has exhibited across the United States and Europe, including at Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC, Natural Light Studio in Paris, HOIV in Vienna, and Wise & Partners in Washington, D.C. His work has been commissioned internationally and is held in private and institutional collections, including St. John’s College. He recently collaborated with Ezra Arthur on a series of one-of-a-kind painted leather bags, extending his visual language into functional objects.

Locko has participated in residencies including Barbès Boulevard Residency in Paris, Hamiltonian Studios, and Art Roving Studio Residency. His work has been featured in NUNAR Magazine’s 2025 issue, Act Up: Unruled. Notable projects include a collaborative mural for the Mitchell Art Museum in Annapolis, a site-specific sculptural installation in The Forgotten at Adkins Arboretum, and mural commissions for BERHTA (at the former BET Studios) in Washington, DC, and Selina Hotels.