Skye Rachelle Petho
”I am a multidisciplinary artist living and working on Biripi land in Port Macquarie, where the bush meets the sea and reminds me daily of what really matters. My connection to nature runs deep — it shows up in everything I make. I started out with glass, chasing light and form, but over time my practice has shifted, flowing into new mediums like watercolour and acrylic, where I now explore our tangled, beautiful, and sometimes broken relationship with the natural world.

My work is a conversation — with land, with water, with the way we live and consume. I believe art has the power to poke holes in the stories we’ve been told, to question the way we treat the earth and each other. I create to ask, to stir, to wake people up to what’s around them — before it’s gone.”

Artist CV

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2025

  • 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