EDUCATION
2019-2021 Master of Fine Art, Architectural Association School of Architecture
2013 Honours, Sculpture Major, National Art School
2010-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture Major, National Art School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Plaception, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, NSW
2016 Mind Walk 1, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 ‘Next Big Thing’, 6 part TV series aired on London Live, artworks exhibited at the Old Design Museum, London
2019 Answering in Epilogue, LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin
2018 In the Birds Mouth, Substructured Loss Centre at BOW Arts, London
2018 Hillview Sculpture Biennial, NSW
2018 Metal Urges, Braemar Gallery, NSW
2018 shhhOUT, ESD Gallery, NSW
2017 Sculpture at Barangaroo, Barangaroo Reserve, NSW
2017 Introducing, Stanley Street Gallery, NSW
2017 Sculpture 2017, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, NSW
2012 – 2017 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2015 – 2018 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
2015 – 2016 Sculpture at Scenic World, NSW
2016 TA DA, Shoalhaven City Art Centre and Regional Gallery, NSW
2016 Borne Sculpture for the Body, Stanley Street Gallery, NSW
2014 The Lab | Art Pharmacy Consulting, Pop-up, Sydney, NSW
AWARDS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2021 Sculpture Winner, ‘Next Big Thing’, 6 part TV series aired on London Live, UK
2019 Successful Fundraising Campaign Australian Cultural Fund
2019 Creative Development Fellowship, Create NSW
2019 Artist in Residence, Kangaroo Valley Public School, NSW
2018 Artist Support Grant, Mind Walk #3, Create NSW
2018 First Prize, Hillview Sculpture Biennial, NSW
2018 Artist in Residence, Mind Walk #3, Substructured Loss Centre, London UK
2018 Artist in Residence, Mind Walk #2, Fremantle Art Centre, WA
2017 Artist in Residence, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW
2016 Artist in Residence, Mind Walk #1, Fremantle Art Centre, WA
2015 First Prize & People’s Choice Prize, Sculpture at Scenic World, NSW
2015 Waverley Artists Studio Residency, WWAS, NSW
2015 Successful Crowdfunding Campaign, Pozible
2014 People’s Choice Prize, Sculpture at Sawmillers, NSW
2012 Clitheroe Foundation Mentorship, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2012 Julian Beaumont Sculpture Prize, NSW
2011 People’s Choice Prize, Sculpture in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
PROFESSIONAL
2017-2019 Sessional lecturer, The National Art School, NSW
2015-2018 Tour Host & Educator, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and Cottesloe
2018 Research Consultant, AG Public Art, NSW
2015 Internship with Artist Isidro Blasco, Madrid, Lisbon and New York
COMMISSIONS
2019 Wollongong City Council | Easter Public Art, Crown Street Mall, NSW
2019 Shoalhaven Arts Board Grant, Mind Walk #4, NSW
2017 Shoalhaven City Council Public Art Grant, NSW
2017 MIRVAC | Art Pharmacy Consulting, Chinese New Year Rooster, Broadway Mall, NSW
2017 MIRVAC | Art Pharmacy Consulting, Community Letters, Green Square, NSW
2016 Sydney Boys Grammar Preparatory School, NSW
2016 Deloitte | Art Pharmacy Consulting, NSW
2014 Saatchi & Saatchi, NSW
2014-2019 Private commissions, NSW & WA
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Artist Profile | South Coast Style
2017 Artist Profile | Sculpture at Scenic World | SMH
2015 Sculpture at Scenic World transforms Blue Mountains rainforests | SMH
2015 Sculpture at Scenic World Winner | Artist Profile
2015 Form and Function | ArtView Magazine
2015 Artist Chat Elyssa Sykes-Smith | Gillie and Marc Art Daily
2015 Elyssa Sykes-Smith – Moments of Clarity | Kaleido Press
2012 Body of work relies on creative blocks | thetelegraph.com.au
2012 Sculpture by the Sea with Elyssa Sykes-Smith | Broadsheet