Amelia Skelton (b. 1995, Sydney)
Amelia Skelton is a multidisciplinary artist, living and working in Sydney, Australia. Working within the framework of craft and assemblage, Skelton produces objects and wearables that speculate on the relationship between the person and the object.
Skelton graduated from National Art School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) in 2016. Over the past four years, Skelton has partaken in a number of exhibitions including Bushfire Relief Fundraiser at China Heights Gallery, All that you can all your own, you can say that you are, curated by Lilac City Studios at Passport Store & Gallery, and Crossroads at Dom Ni Kata, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Additionally, Skelton presented her solo exhibition Plastic, with Lilac City Studios in 2017, has been the finalist in Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize 2018 and 2019, and participated in the World of Co.’s Residency in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2019.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, National Art School
2013-2016
Awards & Residencies
World of Co. Residency, Bulgaria
2019
Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize - Finalist
2019
Hidden Sculpture Walk, Rookwood - Finalist
2018
Burnie Council Wearable Art Prize - Finalist
2018
Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize - Finalist
2018
Clitheroe Foundation Energing Artist Grant, Sculpture by the Sea
2017
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize - Finalist
2016
Sydney Olympic Park Residency
2016
Solo Exhibitions
PLASTIC, Lilac City Studio
2017
Selected Group Exhibitions
All that you can call your own, you can say that you are, Lilac City Studios at Passport Store and Gallery
2020
Bushfire Relief Fundraiser, China Heights Galley
2020
Cross Currents, The Waiting Room Project @SSHC
2019
Luch Special III, the Other Art Fair
2019
Calloused, AirSpace Projects
2019
Lunch Special IV, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery
2019
Crossroads, Dom Na Kinto, Bulgaria
2019
Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize, Stonevilla Studios
2019
Lunch Special V, Breaking Bread, UNSWAD
2019
Finissage: Friend, Ching-a-lings
2019
Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize, Stonevilla Studios
2018
Lunch Special I, Cold Cut
2018
Lunch Special II, National Art School
2018
On the Aussie Telly, Ambush Gallery
2018
Ghost Stories, Front Yard Projects
2018
Hidden, Rockwood Cemetery
2018
Second Skin, Scratch Space
2017
No//Vacancy, Down Under Space
2017
HeadGear, Lilac City Studios
2017
Sculpture By the Sea, Bondi
2017
3//3, Saint Cloche
2016
From a Distant Land, Ambush Gallery
2016
LCE2, Lilac City Studio
2016
Art Show, Lilac City Studio
2016
House Warming, National Art School
2016