Caroline Locke has been described as one of the UK’s most innovative interdisciplinary artists. She exhibits nationally and internationally and is widely known for her large-scale installation works, sound and water sculptures. Working with sculptural devices, new and old technology, sound, video and live elements, Locke makes works that are often sited in public spaces as well as in galleries and performance venues. Natural forces, water and vibration are recurrent themes within her practice.

Influenced by the scientific theory that all things vibrate, Locke began experimenting with making particular frequencies visible using cymatics – the sending of sound through water in order to visualise it. Live performances where musicians revealed the sight of the sound of their instruments followed and large scale immersive environments where audiences interacted and triggered soundscapes sent through the water came later.

Caroline uses tools and inventions to capture the imagination and to reveal the magic in our natural world. Her work has been attuned to natural ecologies for many years. She has explored water and it’s natural circulatory systems, made works in connection to gravity, the sea and the internal body. More recently Locke has been recording the movement of trees and is exploring ways to relate this data to sound. She is activating publicly engaged projects, working closely with people and communities.

Work has been exhibited in Japan, Australia, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Ireland and the Czech Republic.

The sound sculpture ‘The Frequency of Trees’ is her most recent sound work and is part of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park open air collection.

Born in Somerset, Locke is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and a Principal Researcher within the Digital and Material Arts Research Centre at the University of Derby. She is also artist in residence at the Mixed Reality Laboratory at Nottingham University.