{"id":14895,"date":"2024-09-17T17:38:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2024-09-17T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:38:33","slug":"sasha-sykes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/sasha-sykes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasha Sykes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_698\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14895-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/SashaSykes.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/SashaSykes.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/SashaSykes.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14897 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1.jpg?resize=314%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2880&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sasha-Sykes-headshot-2021-1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/voltzclarke.com\/exhibitions\/filial-love-sasha-sykes\">Sasha Sykes<\/a> (b.1976) is an Irish artist with a research-based practice in rural Ireland, at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains. Her artworks and furniture pieces are hand made using acrylics and resins to explore, manipulate, and challenge the material language of the natural world through the embedding of plants, flowers, algae and fungi she collects from the landscape. Her architectural background infuses her work with a sense of rigor, and informs her strong approach to form and composition, exploring notions of history and usefulness in a 21st century context.<\/p>\n<p>The artist has worked all over the world including London (1999-2003) and New York (2003-2006) and has now settled in her native County Carlow where she lives with her husband and three children and works in a strawbale studio next door. Known for her use of hand-cast resins, embedding found objects and collected organic materials, Sykes tells stories of our landscape and social history. Her work is found in numerous private and public collections such as the National Museum of Ireland, The Office of Public Works, The Department of Foreign Affairs and The Department of Culture &amp; Heritage, as well as prestigious hotels and corporate headquarters: from Carton House to the Bank of America. The New York Times stated that Sykes\u2019 art is \u2018for people who live in the city but dream of the country\u2019. Noted honors include Gyre, which had critical success at the PAD fair in London, and being invited to exhibit in the \u2018Best of Europe\u2019 at the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity\u2019s 2018 \u2018Homo Faber\u2019 show in Venice, and receiving an inaugural Fellowship from the foundation in 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14898\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14898 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1.jpg?resize=696%2C729&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=978%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C804&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1468%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1468w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1957%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1957w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C728&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1118&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2009&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blooom-Screen-1-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blooom! Screen, 2014, Resin, acrylic &amp; garden flora, 63 x 79 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14899\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14899 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2880&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2363-1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Verdiculture Cocktail Tables, 2023, Resin, Acrylic &amp; plant material 21 x 16 inches and 18 x 18 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14900\" style=\"width: 679px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1.jpeg?resize=679%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1018%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1357%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1357w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C1050&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1612&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C2897&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4K9A2274-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1696&amp;ssl=1 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Hydrangea Console, 2023,, Resin, Blue Hydrangeas,, 34 x 10 x 33 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/SashaSykes.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listSasha Sykes (b.1976) is an Irish artist with a research-based practice in rural Ireland, at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains. 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