Born in 1963, Christchurch, New Zealand, Locust Jones currently lives and works in Sydney. In 1993 he graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts.

Locust has held in excess of twenty five solo exhibitions within Australia and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. His various awards include being a finalist in 2009 in the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, and the Shell Fremantle Print Prize, the prestigious Hazelhurst Work on Paper Award and the 58th Blake Prize 2009.

He is represented in several major public and corporate collections.