Llewellyn Skye
Artist's Statement
Llewellyn Skye (known simply as Skye) is a contemporary Australian artist whose emotionally charged and expressive floral abstractions draw inspiration from nature and explore paradoxes of pleasure and pain, of infatuation and betrayal, of joy and despair and of love and loss. She paints intuitively, moving her body freely, imbibing her works with a unique energy, depth and strong sense of place, space, and time.
Working primarily in oil and mixed media, her layered surfaces and gestural brushwork reflect both technical control and spontaneous release, echoing the emotional undercurrents that define her practice. Skye’s refined technique is matched by a fearless approach to colour and form, making her work instantly recognisable for its fluidity, vibrancy, and textural complexity.
Biography
Llewellyn Skye (b.1976) is the 2024 finalist in the King’s School Art Prize and exhibiting artist in the ‘Here and Now’ Triennial at HOTA. She is the 2021 recipient of both the Fenton & Fenton Rising Talent Award and the ALA Abstract Artist Award, and was previously awarded the BLA Award in 2018. Skye has been highly commended in the John Olsen Drawing Prize and has undertaken international residencies in New York and Italy through Artegiro. She has held over 12 solo exhibitions across Australia, including at Sydney Contemporary, Wagner Contemporary, and Lennox St. Gallery. The artist holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Sydney, and her work is represented in both private and public collections.
