Llewellyn Skye
A Brief History
Llewellyn Skye is a dynamic, passionate and soulful visual artist that draws inspiration from nature, in particular florals. Skye seeks to explore the paradox of strength in fragility along with her own very personal experiences of love, loss and grief.
Llewellyn Skye, born in Gosford, NSW, Australia, and known simply as Skye. Raised in Sydney, completing her BFA at the National Art School 2005, followed by further study at the Sydney Gallery School. Now living and working on the Gold Coast, Skye is a full-time artist as well as raising her young family.
Fenton & Fenton Rising Talent 2021 winner, ALA Abstract Artist 2021 winner, BLA 2018 winner, highly commended in the John Olsen drawing prize, a painting residency in Italy and various notable private and public commissions. With a strong background in drawing, showing in over 60 exhibitions and 14 solo shows, Skye is predominately an oil painter working from still life floral set ups in her studio.
Skye is represented by Metro Gallery (Melbourne), Wagner Contemporary (Sydney), Fenton & Fenton (Melbourne), Lorraine Pilgrim (Gold Coast) and Revival Art & Design (Brisbane).
AWARDS
2021 Winner, Rising Talent, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2021 Winner, Abstract Art, Art Lovers Australia
2020 Finalist, Art Lovers Art Prize, Qld
2019 People’s Choice Award, Dean Cogle Portrait Prize, Dust Temple, Qld
2018 Artist in Residence, Burleigh Brewing, Qld
2018 Winner, Brewing Local Artists, Burleigh Brewing, Qld
2011 Selected for Artegiro Artist Residency, Italy
2008 Trees for Children, Sydney
2007 Xavier Art Space Prize, Sydney
2006 Finalist Arts North Permanent Collection NSW (Sold prior)
2006 Showcase Prize Tafe NSW
2006 Tafe Alumni Art Prize - Janice McCulloch - Art Almanac
2005 Highly Commended, John Olsen Drawing Prize
2000 Finalist Stop Domestic Violence
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Calm Down Baby, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2022 They Once Felt Like Water, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2021 This Is A Love Story, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2021 Hue To Hold, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Daylight Breaks, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2020 Bleeding Daylight, M-Arts, Murwillumbah
2019 Latest Works, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2012 Sugar, Conzano, Italy
2012 Picasso’s Goat, Randwick Childrens Hospital, Sydney
2011 Di Zucchero, Montefiascone, Italy
2009 Girls Best Friend, RCH, Sydney
2008 Party Animals, Nyst Gallery, Gold Coast
2008 Animal Crackers, RCH, Sydney
2007 Like Humans Do, Xavier Art Space, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 December Group Show, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2022 Summer Show, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2022 40/40 Project, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2022 Summer Soiree, Revival Art, Brisbane
2022 The Summer Salon, Lorraine Pilgrim, Gold Coast
2022 Under 10, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2022 Large Scale New Works, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2022 Larger Than Life, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2022 Metro Summer, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Summer Dance, Arcadia St Gallery, Noosa
2022 Summer Salon, Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery
2021 Christmas Group Show, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2021 F*ck Covid, Fenton & Fenton Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Summer Soirée, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2021 Villa Rusticans, Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery
2021 Gallery Group Show, Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
2021 Spring ’21, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2021 The Romantics, ALA, Southport
2021 Rising Talent, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2021 Kaleidoscope, Revival Art & Design, Brisbane
2021 All Eyes On The Arts, Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery
2020 Art Knows No Borders, Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery & M-Arts
2020 Albion Gallery Opening, Brisbane
2020 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
2020 Modern Love, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
2019 Summer Show, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Share The Dignity, Amber Creswell Bell, Sydney
2019 Summer Show, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2019 TSS Art Show, GC
2019 Dean Cogle Portrait Prize, GC
2019 Winter Landscape, Hang About Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Ten, White Canvas, Brisbane
2018 Our Fiction, Studio 8, GC
2018 The Summer Exhibition, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2018 Dusty People, Dust Temple, Gold Coast
2018 Neumman Dust Temple Portrait Prize, Dust Temple, GC
2018 Morris Art Prize, Carrara, GC
2018 When Then Becomes Now, SOFA, GC
2017 Arcadia, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2016 Once a Summers Eve, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2016 Driven To Create, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2015 Portrait Exhibition, Hinge Gallery, GC
2015 Summer, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2014 Cool Yule, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2014 Drawn to Detail, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2013 Beauty Truth and Grace, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2013 Ya Gotta Áve It, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2013 Summertime, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio, GC
2012 Good Sports, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio Gallery, GC
2012 Home Sown, Lorraine Pilgrim Studio Gallery, GC
2012 Art in the Hills, Castle Hill, Sydney
2012 From the Vault, RCH, Sydney
2011 Plate Show, NAS, Sydney
2011 Friends, RCH, Sydney
2011 Hidden Words, Retrospect, GC
2010 Inanimate, Nyst Gallery, GC
2009 Fourth Estate, Nyst Gallery, GC
2009 Innocence, Nyst Gallery, GC
2008 If You Cant Stand the Heat, Nyst Gallery, GC
2008 Australie Mythe et Realite, Paris, France
2008 Trees for Children, Customs House, Sydney
2008 Artist at my Table, NAS, Sydney
2007 Simply the Best, Deka, GC
2007 Imagined Australia, Prato, Italy
2007 Reverentia, Deka, GC
2006 Joint Venture, Benowa, GC
2006 Showcase, Downing Centre, Sydney
2006 Surface Tension, May St Gallery, Sydney
2006 Image & Artefact, See St Gallery, Sydney
2006 MCAAA, See St Gallery, Sydney
2005 NAS Degree Show, Sydney
2005 John Olsen Drawing Prize, NAS, Sydney
2005 FONAS Exchange Reuter, NAS, Sydney
2004 Liquid Amber Productions, Sydney
2000 Stop Domestic Violence, Sydney
EDUCATION
2011 Artegiro Residency, Montefiascone, Italy
2006 Advanced Painting Course, Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank, Sydney
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney
2002 Creative Drawing, Newtown, Sydney
2002 Right Brain Drawing, Balmain, Sydney
PUBLICATIONS INTERVIEWS BLOGS
2022 Elle Global Magazine, Fall Edition, California
2022 AGNSW Magazine, May
2022 Art Collector, April
2022 New Visionary Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Elle Foundation, California
2021 Visionary Art Collective
2021 The Block
2021 The Block Shop
2021 ALA Feature
2021 Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2021 Southern Wild Co, New South Wales
2020 Vanity Fair, UK, Dcember
2020 House Rules, Australia
2020 The Block Shop, Melbourne
2020 We Are Gold Coast, Gold Coast
2020 Rising Woman Creative, France
2020 Tweed Valley TV, Tweed
2020 What’s On Tweed, Dec, Tweed
2019 The Echo, Dec, Byron
2019 The Weekend Edition Feb, Brisbane
2017 The Drift, July, Qld
2017 Robina Town Centre, Aug, Qld
2017 Fashion Journal, May
2017 Nikel + Sole, Nov, Melbourne
2016 Daily Imprint, Feb, Sydney
2011 Herbert River Express, June, Qld
2010 Sydney Morning Herald, May, Sydney
2008 Southern Courier, Nov, Sydney
2008 Coast Confidential, GC Bulletin, July, Qld
2008 Weekend Bulletin, June, Gold Coast
2008 Art Almanac, Profiles, June Edition
2008 Southern Courier, Feb, Sydney
2007 The Sun-Herald, March, Sydney
2006 Northern District Times, October, Sydney
2005 Daily Telegraph, November, Sydney
2001/02 NSW Stop Domestic Violence Week
2001 Front cover Speaking Out magazine, Sydney
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Randwick Children’s Hospital, Sydney
St Vincents Hospital, Sydney
Works held in private collections throughout the world Private commissions throughout Australia
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2021 Southern Wild Co, Sunshine State Collection, NSW
2019 Main Beach Flower Festival, Mural, QLD
2019 RSL Art Union, Qld
2018 Robina Town Centre, Totem Artwork, QLD
2018 Nikel and Sole, Summer Collection, VIC
2017 Nikel and Sole, Winter Collection, VIC
EDUCATOR
2022 - Current, Bienarte, Brisbane
2020 - Current, This Is Artify, Online
2019 Coomera Anglican College
2018 Coomera Anglican College
2016 St Hilda’s School, Southport
2015 St Hilda’s School, Southport
REPRESENTATION
Metro Gallery, Melbourne
Wagner Contemporary, Sydney
Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Gold Coast
Revival Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane
Currently we have no editions available.
Commission Enquiry
Commission Message
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