Sylvie Kettle is an Australian artist, known for merging feminine landscapes with bold mark-making and a dreamlike use of colour.
Kettle's archetypal beings become an avenue to a vast garden of meaning, where we find a touching resonance with our most intimate selves. Her paintings form living invitations to a new way of seeing where memories are interwoven with a sense of collective thought.
Traversing the line between spontaneity and considered mark-making compels Sylvie forward in her practice. This internal dialogue of polarities forges a deeply personal exploration of spirit, subconscious spaces & light play.
Kettle's work lands somewhere between a sensorial depiction of daily pleasantries and transcendent landscapes. The human psyche is painted across scenes of gentle interconnection, with notions of abundant harvest, gatherings and an omnipresent light source.
Sylvie has exhibited across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Indonesia.
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
2024// ‘The Spirit of Life’ Duo show, Artworks Singapore
2025// ‘Wellspring’ Solo Exhibition, Gillian Jason Gallery, London