(b. 2000) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, installation, printmaking, new media, and sculptural forms. His work centers on a distinctive visual language of stylized, self-referential doodles known as Lockadoodles, motifs that explore identity, memory, vulnerability, and Black joy. Locko’s recent exhibitions engage ideas of home, performance, and liberation through a vibrant line-driven approach to storytelling, extending across canvases, works on paper, clothing, murals, and site-specific environments. 

Locko has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, with presentations at Touchstone Gallery (Washington, D.C.), Natural Light Studio (Paris), HOIV (Vienna), the Mitchell Art Museum, DC Arts Center, Adkins Arboretum, Playhaus, Selina Hotels, Naruki Art Dojo, and Ron David Studios. His public works include murals at BERHTA Club in Washington, D.C., as well as a mural created during his residency at 24 Barbès Boulevard in Paris. His site-specific sculptural installation The Forgotten was presented at Adkins Arboretum.

His work is held in private and institutional collections, including St. John’s College, Pennsylvania Representative Ismail Smith-Wade-El, and former Utah State Senator Derek Kitchen. Locko has been commissioned internationally across a range of media.

A graduate of St. John’s College (BA Liberal Arts, 2023), Locko is currently a resident at Hamiltonian Artists in Washington, D.C. He was recently featured in NUNAR Magazine’s 2025 “Act Up: Unruled” issue. He lives and works between Washington, D.C. and Paris.

Photographs by Cedric Craig