Hew Locke (1959, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) moves fluidly between histories, a sensibility shaped by his upbringing in Guyana and longstanding life in Britain. That layered identity surfaces materially: beads, plastic trinkets, ship forms, and ornamental excess accrue like the sediment of empire, trade, and migration. In Locke’s hands, these humble, globally circulated objects become baroque and burdened – simultaneously celebratory and critical – suggesting that identity itself is constructed from the glittering debris of history.