09/03/2026
Artist Talk at the RHA
Nature Held: Memory and Making
Sasha Sykes and Sean Kissane in conversation
đ Wednesday 11th March
âąď¸ 1pm - 2pm
đRoyal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Ely Place, Dublin 2
Artist Sasha Sykes will be joined by Sean Kissane, IMMA Exhibitions Curator, to discuss Sashaâs current show Filial Love. Join us for an informal discussion in the exhibition space to learn about the meaning and making of Filial Love.
Free admission: no booking required
https://rhagallery.ie/events/public-events/nature-held-memory-and-making/
Sasha Sykes 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.
Sashaâs 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.
Sashaâs 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.
Sashaâs 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, and numerous global collections including The Bank of America, Afiaa, Porsche Collection, and The Weinzierl Collection.
