Sylvie Kettle is a young artist from the Northern Rivers, known for merging the feminine form with bold mark making and a dreamlike use of colour.
The female figure becomes an avenue to a vast garden of meaning, where we find a touching intimacy with nature and energetic expression.
Kettle continues regular life drawing sessions where she traverses the line between spontaneity and informed mark-making. This internal dialogue of polarities compels Sylvie forward in her practice, forging a deep exploration of spirit, energetic connection & light play.
Sylvie is represented by Thomgallery in her local Byron Bay, and interiors design boutique & gallery in Melbourne, Fenton&Fenton.
Sylvie Kettle
“I LOVE TO WITNESS THE UNRAVELLING OF A PAINTING. WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER ATTAINABLE BUT IS MOMENTARILY EXPERIENCED. IT’S A PROCESS OF CONSTANT RUPTURE AND REPAIR, AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PENDULUM I LEARN TO TRUST AND LET THE STROKES TAKE ME WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, AND A WILD COMMITMENT TO THE UNKNOWN. THE PICTURE PLANE BECOMES AN EXPRESSION OF THIS EXPERIENCE, NOT NECESSARILY A CONCLUSION TO IT.”
Meet Me There Acrylic on Canvas 175 x 205 cm $14,850
Blue Vessel Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $6,700
Blue Sunshine Beings Acrulic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $6,700
Two and One Acrylic on Canvas 85 x 100 cm $6,300
Sun Dancers Acrylic on Canvas 85 x 100 cm $6,300
Desert Sleeping 1 Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $6,700
Desert Sleeping 2 Acrylic on Canvas 98 x 115 cm $6,700
Transit Banana Moon Acrylic on Canvas 93 x 104 cm $6,700
Human Fruit Tree Acrylic on Canvas 132 x 101 cm $8,000
Red Hot Flower Being 1 Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 125 cm $8,000
SYLVIE KETTLE
2021 // Solo Exhibition ‘A Meeting Place’ - Newrybar Merchants, Newrybar
2022 // Solo Exhibition ‘Soft Continuum’ - Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2022// Hunter & Folk Group Show - Rainbow Studios, Sydney
2022// Duo Exhibition with Baden Croft ‘Play on Worlds’ - Thom Gallery, Byron Bay
2023// Collection commissioned by the Tweed Valley Hospital, located in the maternity ward.
2023// Finalist in Omnia Art Prize, VIC
2023// ‘The Painter’ Group Show- The Medium, Indonesia
2024// ‘Sunnyside’ Group Show, Fenton & Fenton, Melbourne
2024// The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles
2024// Reverie: Lost in a Daydream, Speedy Gallery, Los Angeles