About

Sylvia is an artist working in West Sussex.

Sylvia Kopeček

• Born in Belper, Derbyshire 1946
• B.A. First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art 1964-68
• M.A. Brighton University 1998

Career in education included teaching, lecturing, the post of Art Adviser for West Sussex Local Education Authority, Ofsted Lead Inspector, Senior Adviser for secondary schools Portsmouth L.A., Consultant for Hampshire County Council Education Authority and the Woodard Academies Trust. Return to full time painting in 2017 at Merston Studio near Chichester.

2017 to Present

Drawing has been the dominant practice over the past four years, alongside painting mixed-media work and a new avenue into cut-outs. References to the history of art continue to inform the work. Contemporary artists such as Phillida Barlow, Paula Rego alongside other artists both from relatively recent times such as Basquiat and much earlier including the sculptor Gislebertus, have contributed to the development of the work.

The artwork addresses issues of culture, identity, and the passage of time.

The painter believes that it is important to ‘challenge boundaries, embrace the
disturbing and uncomfortable whilst retaining humour and belief in the value of
creative endeavour’.