Skye Rachelle Petho
Skye Petho is a multidisciplinary artist living and working on Biripi land in Port Macquarie, where the bush meets the sea and offers daily reminders of what truly matters. Her deep connection to nature is evident in everything she creates. Beginning her artistic journey in glass — drawn to light and form — her practice has since evolved to include mediums such as watercolour and acrylic. Through these, she explores the complex, beautiful, and often fractured relationship between humans and the natural world.

Skye’s work is a conversation — with land, with water, and with the systems that shape how we live and consume. She believes art has the power to disrupt, to challenge inherited narratives, and to question how we treat the earth and one another. Her creations are invitations — to reflect, to feel, and to truly see what surrounds us, before it disappears.

Artist CV

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • COMPACT, Coffs Harbour, NSW

  • Home Grown, Guulabah, Port Macquarie, NSW

  • Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

  • Love Letters to Nature, Port Macquarie, NSW

  • Hastings Valley Fine Art- Easter Art Show, Port Macquarie, NSW

  • Heatwave Exhibition, Port Macquarie, NSW

  • International Women's Day Celebration- Macleay Valley Arts Society, Gladstone, NSW

  • “9 x 5" Exhibition, Arts Greater Dandenong, Dandenong, Victoria

2024

  • “Northern Exposure," Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie

  • “A Sense of Place, Kooloonbung Creek Nature Reserve " Arthouse Industries, Port Macquarie

2023

  • “A sense of place” Group exhibition, Port Macquarie

2011

  • "Our Place 1," Nexus Gallery, Bellingen

  • "Our Place 2," Macleay Valley Gallery, Gladstone

  • "Our Place 3," Childish Gallery, Port Macquarie

2010

  • Royal Easter Show, Sydney

  • Northern Exposure, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie

Awards

  • Arts Greater Dandenong, Victoria, 2025

    • Highly Commended, 9 x 5, Watercolour, “She Comes from nature”

  • Royal Easter Show, Sydney 2012

    • Third Place, Glass

  • Royal Easter Show, Sydney 2011

    • Highly Commended, Glass

  • Royal Easter Show, Sydney, 2010

    • First Place, Glass

Skills

  • Art creation in various mediums: glass, ceramics, silver, ink, watercolor, resin.

  • Workshop facilitation and teaching.

  • Gallery management and exhibition curation.

Experience

Owner & Operator

Arthouse Industries (2009 - Present)

  • Established gallery, studio, and retail space.

  • Curated exhibitions

  • Conducted creative workshops and professional development sessions

Programs and Partnerships Manager

Arts Mid North Coast ( 2023- Present)

  • Create and facilitate professional development programs for creatives

  • Build partnerships

  • Fundraising