Sasha Sykes

Sasha Sykes (b.1976) is an Irish artist whose work investigates, manipulates and celebrates the material language of the natural world.  Her sculptures, artworks and design pieces are composed from plants, flowers, algae and fungi that she collects from the local landscape. Her intensely beautiful handmade objects interrogate concepts of usefulness and play and explore how the human desire for both discipline and the fantastic meets and interacts with the wild genius of nature at the liminal boundary. 

Sasha’s unique work primarily uses resins and acrylics to capture and re-present the world that grows around. Her architectural background infuses her work with a sense of rigour and informs her precise approach to form and composition, examining the concepts of history, place and relationships in a 21st century context. 

Sasha’s work was most recently shown in the Kunsthammer exhibition at Lismore Castle, and Salon at the Armory in New York. She is the winner of the Golden Fleece Award 2025. She works from a sheep wool studio at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains.

Sasha’s work is in many public collections including The National Museum of Ireland, The Office of Public Works, The Department of Foreign Affairs, The Department of Culture Communications & Sport, as well as numerous global collections including The Bank of America, Afiaa, Porsche Collection, and The Weinzierl Collection.