Elyssa Sykes-Smith
Elyssa Sykes-Smith is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in sculpture, installation, performance, and public art, with a focus on socially engaged projects, education, and health research.
Lives/Works on
Yuin Country | Nowra
Professional role/s
Artist; Education, Access and Inclusion Program Coordinator at Sculpture by the Sea
Affiliations
Sculpture by the Sea; National Art School; Architectural Association
Arts
Visual arts; Film/Media Arts; Architecture/Environmental Design
Arts health role/s
Arts Health Practitioner/Program Facilitator; Community Arts Worker; Professional Artist; Professional Educator
Elyssa Sykes-Smith is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in sculpture, installation, performance, and public art, with a focus on socially engaged projects, education, and health research. Sykes-Smith holds a Master of Fine Arts in Spatial Performance and Design from the Architectural Association, London, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) in Sculpture from the National Art School, Sydney.
Visually influenced by the Baroque period and network engineering principles, Sykes-Smith reinterprets the human form through abstraction, crafting contemporary art that resonates with diverse audiences. Her work is founded upon a longstanding interest in art’s capacity to support community healing and connection her site-responsive practice transforms complex psychological states into immersive, multi-sensory experiences, integrating architecture, psychology and technology.
Committed to environmental sustainability and human rights, she blends art, research and education.