About Skye Holland
I am always in a state of observation. I make notes on my phone, take photographs and draw quick intuitive preliminary sketches. I am often developing several artworks at any one time and for me painting is a performance. I fill my studio with music and fresh air and begin to dance with the canvas. I rely heavily on my emotions, painting what I feel as well as what I have observed. Some of my brush strokes may look spontaneous and accidental at first but each mark I make is highly considered and practiced. I love to work with vibrant colours, I love the alchemy of evolving a palette intuitively and heightening the visual impact of my subjects in a celebratory way.
Upcoming Events
October 4th 2023 - Solo presentation of artworks at Smouk Interiors, Bruton
October 2023 - Selected works included in Women’s Open Exhibition, a group show at Artizan
December 2023 – Christmas joint exhibition with Caroline Paterson, Chestnut Yard Studios
Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire
January 2024 - London Art Fair
February 2024 - Bath Art Fair
Exhibitions
1997 – Two Women Exhibition with Daryl Blank, Johannesburg Art Centre
1990’s-2000 Exhibited and sold in private exhibitions in JHB and from private studio. Artwork in several large corporate & private collections including the MTN collection, SA.
2009 - Out of the Ashes solo exhibition, Eel Pie Island, London
2010 – Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Pieroni Contemporary Gallery
2011 – London Art Fair, Pieroni Contemporary
Dec 2013 Miami Spectrum, US
April 2014 - AAF NY, VK Gallery, NL
2015 - representation at Miami Spectrum, Art Rochester, Art NY & Art San Francisco, October
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Pieroni Contemporary Art
Oct 2016 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Pieroni Contemporary Art,
‘Selfies’, Group Show Richmond, Surrey, Kingston Arts Organisation
Oct 2017 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, Pieroni Contemporary Art, representation at Miami Spectrum, Art Rochester, Art San Diego
Nov 2018 – Affordable Art Fair Singapore, VK Gallery Amsterdam
June 2019 - ASC Open studio, Kingston, London
October 2018 - Group Autumn show, Hawks Road Artists, Fitzrovia Gallery
October 2020 - Finalist in the Visual Art Open global art competition painting category
May 2021 - Visual Artist Association Online Spring Exhibition
June 2021 - Intrinsic Nature, group online juried exhibition, curated by Gita Joshi
September 2021 - VK Gallery Amsterdam on Artsy and Affordable Art Fair online
Shortlisted finalist for painting category, Visual Art Open, 2021
October 2021 - Untitled Art Fair, London
December 2021 - Open studio, ASC studios
September 2022 - Circles and Squares, group show, Fitzrovia Gallery
December 2022 - Joint Exhibition in Stalls Gallery with Caroline Paterson, Wiltshire
2023 - Secret Wardour group exhibition, Wylie Valley Art Trail
July 2023 - Summer exhibition at Compton McRae Farm Shop Gallery, Semley, Wiltshire
September 2023 - Solo exhibition at the Stalls Gallery, Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire