About

Holly Silius is a British born multidisciplinary visual artist of Lithuanian descent and BA Hons London College of Fashion educated SFX make-up artist based between Los Angeles and Europe. With a career spanning over two decades working with some of the most sought after models, celebrities and public figures as a makeup artist and multidisciplinary visual artist working across body casting, wearable art, photography and mask making, Silius is one of the most forward thinking names pushing the boundaries of contemporary wearable art. Silius also utilised her training in SFX by working in film & TV as well as Royal Opera House in London.

The body casts, wearable art and masks created by Silius present a futuristic intervention on the formal presentation of art, using the human body as an experimental frame for Silius’ art. Having initially trained as a competitive swimmer in the UK, the artist’s interest in anthropomorphism and natural forms can be traced back to her early age. Movement and body remain at the core of Silius’ practice as she carefully threads the path between art, design and fashion through her wearable and non-wearable body pieces, busts and masks that explore the relationship between our materiality and our self.

In 2021 Silius produced series of bodycasts in collaboration with gender queer actor and writer Lio Mehiel, inspired by their top surgery. The evocative bodycasts and photo series titled Phantom Feel explored and reimagined traditional figurative sculpture through a lens of gender-queer and transmasculine body. The series was chosen for a major public art exhibition PATRIARCHY RIP curated by Save Art Space and Pussy Riot across 9 states in the US. Silius’ series received critical acclaim across key international arts and mainstream media including The Art Newspaper, artnet, Al Jazeera, Dazed and FAD Magazine amongst others.

Silius’ latest polaroid series incorporates many aspects of her practice, by adorning her subjects with body casts and body painting, as well as physically painting over the polaroids in ink, bringing her portraits out of the frame. Silius has created a series of intimate unseen polaroids with the likes of Amber Valetta, Kiernan Shipka, Hari Nef and Soko. Silius’ will present her polaroids as well as gelatin fine art prints of her 3D printed wearable body sculptures as a guest artist at The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles in Spring 2022.

In 2016, Silius was invited to exhibit at Tate Britain in a group exhibit for “Late at Tate,” a series of interactive workshops and exhibited work. She is also a visiting guest lecturer at the School of Visual Art in NYC.

Private and commercial commissions of her work have led to collaborations with Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu, Apple, Yves Tumor, Surfbort, Yeezy, KKW Beauty, and Katie Grand’s The Perfect Magazine. Silius’ previous limited edition jewellery series have also been sold across prestigious luxury sites including Net-a-Porter, Harvey Nichols and more.

Brands


When H&H, the brainchild of East London based designers Holly Silius and Hannah Warner, fused beauty with jewellery, they singlehandedly started an exciting new trend within the fashion industry.


Clients

Makeup & Hair / Grooming


Please find a list of clients and photographers I have worked with across my makeup work.

Photographers


Alexandra Gordienko, Amar Daved, Ash Kingston, Arvida Bystrom, Billy Kidd, Brian Doherty, Brad Elterman,Cameron Mc Cool, Camille Summersville, Chris Colls, Cecile Harris, Charlotte Rutherford, Daniel King, David Oldham, Derrick Santini, Dexter Navy, Donna Trope, Eddie Wrey, Gadir Rajab, Gavin O'neil, George Harvey, Hedi Slimane, Hao Zeng, James Mountford, Jasper Rischen, John Paul Pietrus, Joost Vanderburg, Julian Marshall, Kenneth Cappello, Kim Jacobsen To, Luke Gilford, Marc Rabadan, Mark Lebon, Martin Zahringer, Marcus Jans, Mert & Marcus, Michael Baumgarten, Michael Hemy, Michel Comte, Olgac Bozalp, Paul Farrell, Rankin, Robi Rodriguez, Ryan Hopkinson, Simon Emmett, Stephanie Wilson, Tom Beard, Tom Oxley, Tyrone Lebon, Vicky Lawton, Zoey Grossman.

Editorial


AnOther, Austrian Flair, Behind The Blinds, Boys by Girls, COVER DK, Dazed & Confused, Dazed Beauty, Elle, Esquire, GQ, Garage, i-D, Instyle, Lui, L’Officiel, MARFA, Numero, Soma, So it Goes, Suitcase, The Gaurdian, The Hunger, The New York Times, The Sunday Times Style, SYSTEM, The Last, Vogue Italia, Vogue Turkey, Vogue Japan, Vogue Arabia, 10, V.

Advertising


All Saints, Adidas, Anthrapologie, Converse, Diesel, Frame, GUCCI, Gap, Maharishi, Microsoft, Missoni, Nike, Pretty Green, Saville Row, Saint Laurent, Sunspell, Stussy, The Kooples, Urban Outfitters, Valentino.

Celebrites


A$AP ROCKY, AH-HA, Amber Valletta, Babyshambles, Bella Hadid, Christina Aguilera, Damon Albarn, Danny O' Donohugh, Dominique Young Unique, Eliza Dolittle, Frank Ocean, Florence Welch, George Ezra, Harry Styles, Jaime Winstone, Jake Shears, Jamimah Khan, Joely Richardson, Joey Badass, Josephine De La Baume, Kasabian, Katy Perry, Klaxons, Kreayshawn, Laura Bailey, Laura Carmicheal, Liam Gallagher, Lily Allen, Lucy Boynton Mikkey Ekko, Pet Shop Boys, Richard Ashcroft, SIA, Sky Ferreira, Soko, Suki Waterhouse, Thandie Newton, The Horrors.

H&H Nails


H&H have a press team who send our collection out via Valery Demure for photographers that include Terry Richardson and Jonas Akerlund, Editorials include Vogue (British) (Russian) (Italian) (French) (Swedish) (Japanese) (Chinese) Harpers Bazaar (USA) (Singapore) (British) , Elle (British) (Swedish) (Russian) , Interview, Instyle (British) (German), Nowness, Sunday Times Style, Stylist, V, W.