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THE REPRESENTATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND’S FINEST CONTEMPORARY STUDIO GLASS AND CERAMIC ARTISTS

Sabbia Gallery has become Sydney’s premier commercial gallery specialising in the exhibition and representation of Australia and New Zealand’s foremost contemporary studio glass and ceramic artists. The gallery presents a diverse group of internationally renowned and emerging artists, who are cr

eating dynamic and innovative artworks. They display the variety, quality and growth of the Australian and New Zealand studio glass and ceramic movements and together are a compelling exhibiting presence. Located in the centre of Sydney’s famous Paddington arts district, Sabbia Gallery’s spacious interior in combination with a mix of natural and halogen lighting, creates the perfect setting for the quality representation and exhibition of its artists. Sabbia Gallery, which opened in March 2005 in Surry Hills, and then in Paddington from November 2009, has become well known internationally for its high standards of excellence, with respect to quality, display and service, establishing itself amongst the most prominent gallery spaces in Australia. Sabbia Gallery presents work that is at the forefront of contemporary studio glass and ceramic practice within a fine arts context, and has brought an exciting new dynamic to Sydney, and in turn becoming a valuable addition to the Australian contemporary arts scene. The gallery presents a comprehensive yearly exhibition schedule of both solo exhibitions presenting new work by its stable of artists, and curated group exhibitions, including the prestigious annual Masters of Glass and Masters of Ceramics exhibitions. Sabbia Gallery offers its clients art and interior consultancy services in the development of a private, corporate or public collection, advice regarding investment art, management of an existing collection, and the placement of art within a residential or corporate environment. We invite you to enjoy our gallery, and some of the most exciting art in the country.

SABBIA | SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2026 ALFRED LOWE – The Stars are Blind + ANNETTE BLAIR AND KIRSTIE REA – The Poetry of Thin...
07/08/2026

SABBIA | SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2026

ALFRED LOWE – The Stars are Blind
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ANNETTE BLAIR AND KIRSTIE REA – The Poetry of Things

3 - 6 September 2026
Carriageworks, Sydney

We’re thrilled to be included in Sydney Contemporary 2026.

SABBIA will present two distinct exhibitions: a solo presentation of new large‑scale sculptures by one of Australia’s most exciting ceramic artists, Alfred Lowe, alongside a collaborative series of intimate installations by leading glass artists Annette Blair and Kirstie Rea. Together, these exhibitions highlight the remarkable diversity and innovation within contemporary Australian ceramics and glass.

Alfred Lowe has created an ambitious new body of work especially for Sydney Contemporary 2026, following his receipt of the MA Financial Emerging Artist Prize in 2024. 'The Stars are Blind' will feature a central grouping of five bold, colourful, life‑sized ceramic and fibre sculptures, supported by a strong narrative backdrop that reinforces the artist’s sense of playfulness and deep connection to community within his practice.

'The Poetry of Things' brings together Annette Blair and Kirstie Rea’s distinct glass practices in a collaborative reflection on the quiet beauty found in the everyday. Through still‑life compositions of familiar objects...this is a quiet celebration of gathering, use, care, and our enduring connections to the objects around us.

Images:
▫ Alfred Lowe in the studio, 2026 📷 SABBIA
▫ Kirstie Rea & Annette Blair, 2026 📷 Adam McGrath

Please contact the gallery for further information or to register for a preview catalogue via [email protected]

Sabbia booth A09 - Sydney Contemporary 2026

We look forward to seeing you at the fair!





SABBIA | ON NOWDirector's Choice29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of arti...
05/08/2026

SABBIA | ON NOW

Director's Choice
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of artists whose practices reveal the remarkable versatility of clay. Each artist approaches the material through their own lived experience, cultural inheritance and artistic vision, resulting in works that speak with distinct voices while sharing a commitment to thoughtful, expressive making.

Selected artists include: Susie Choi (NSW), Em Frank (SA), Maricelle Olivier (ACT), Tania Rollond (NSW) & Rona Panangka Rubuntja (NT)

EM FRANK
Em Frank works across ceramics, sculpture and mixed media. Her practice is driven by material intrigue and a continuous cycle of inquiry, where each resolution becomes a starting point for the next. Over a decade working with community art centres has shaped her approach to making, grounding her practise in collaboration and creative exchange.

Em is particularly interested in the conversations that occur between objects, and the way materials carry histories, status, and modes of being. Her work explores how these narratives are activated and subverted through making and assemblage. It considers how shifts in context and function continually renegotiate the value assigned to materials and objects.

Please contact the gallery for a digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Image 1: Em Frank, Sand Vessel Series, 2026, stoneware, glaze, found metal, tallest 440mm
Image 2: Em Frank 📷 Connor Patterson
Image 3: Em Frank, Corrosion Series, 2026, stoneware, glaze, found metal, tallest 580mm







SABBIA | NEWSJenni Kemarre MartinielloFinalist in the TELSTRA NATSIAA 2026More than 60 exceptional artists have been nam...
05/08/2026

SABBIA | NEWS

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello
Finalist in the TELSTRA NATSIAA 2026

More than 60 exceptional artists have been named as finalists in the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), highlighting the strength, diversity and innovation of contemporary Indigenous art across Australia.

Now in its 43rd year, Telstra NATSIAA continues to bring together artists from remote art centres to inner-city studios, with culture, storytelling and creative innovation converging to celebrate the very best of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.

We are delighted to acknowledge friends of Sabbia also included in this year's award: Anniebell Marrngamarrnga Kuninjku & Cameron Kawurlkku from

Spanning categories from bark painting and sculpture to multimedia and works on paper, Telstra NATSIAA captures the diversity and innovation of Indigenous art. Award winners in each category will be announced Friday 7 August 2026 - congratulations to all the finalists.

Images:
▫ My Heritage Hu: Chinese Gardens at Hookeys Waterhole - Red Hu, 400 h x 300 w x 220mm d & Green hu, 420 h x 300 w x 220mm d, both hot blown glass with hand crafted murrine, 2025 📷 courtesy of the artist
▫ Jenni Kemarre Martiniello - Portrait 2026 📷 .pew.studio

Please contact the gallery for further information or to receive details of available artworks via [email protected]


SABBIA | NOW OPENDirector's Choice29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of ar...
31/07/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

Director's Choice
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of artists whose practices reveal the remarkable versatility of clay. Each artist approaches the material through their own lived experience, cultural inheritance and artistic vision, resulting in works that speak with distinct voices while sharing a commitment to thoughtful, expressive making.

Selected artists include: Susie Choi (NSW), Em Frank (SA), Maricelle Olivier (ACT), Tania Rollond (NSW) & Rona Panangka Rubuntja (NT)

RONA PANANGKA RUBUNTJA
Rona Panangka Rubuntja was born in 1970 and is the niece of famous watercolourist and elder Wenten Rubuntja. She joined the Hermannsburg Potters in 1998, and has since established herself as one of the most prominent senior artists of the group, participating in over forty group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. Rona’s joyous style is distinctive, humorous and imaginative, and her storytelling ability comes across most strongly in her figurative work. She remains inspired by contemporary life in Ntaria, and her work often includes
depictions of cattle and brumbies roaming country, heading out to the outstation in a Toyota, and collecting bush tucker with her extended family.

Please contact the gallery for a digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Images 1 & 3: Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Lyiltjara Outstation, 2026, terracotta and underglazes, 75 h x 320 w x 110mm d. Image 2: Rona Panangka Rubuntja 📷 Alana Holmberg







SABBIA | NOW OPENDR MEL DOUGLASInterstices29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an imp...
30/07/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

DR MEL DOUGLAS
Interstices
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an important and deeply considered new exhibition by Dr Mel Douglas.

This remarkable body of work highlights Douglas’ extraordinary command of line, light and form, reaffirming her position as one of the finest artists working with glass today. Internationally recognised for her precision, innovation and conceptual clarity, Douglas continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary studio glass, and Interstices stands as a powerful testament to her practice.

Mel Douglas has developed a highly distinctive visual language over more than two decades, exploring the subtle interplay between surface, shadow and drawn line. Her works often blur the boundaries between object and drawing, inviting viewers to consider glass not only as a sculptural material but as a medium capable of holding and expressing gesture, rhythm and spatial tension. Douglas’ practice is defined by its quiet sophistication — a commitment to restraint, clarity and the poetic potential of minimal form.

Please contact the gallery for a digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Images: Dr Mel Douglas, Resonance III, 2026, blown, coldworked and engraved glass, 380 h x 310mm d 📷David Paterson


SABBIA | NOW OPENDR MEL DOUGLASInterstices29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an imp...
29/07/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

DR MEL DOUGLAS
Interstices
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an important and deeply considered new exhibition by Dr Mel Douglas.

This remarkable body of work highlights Douglas’ extraordinary command of line, light and form, reaffirming her position as one of the finest artists working with glass today. Internationally recognised for her precision, innovation and conceptual clarity, Douglas continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary studio glass, and Interstices stands as a powerful testament to her practice.

Mel Douglas has developed a highly distinctive visual language over more than two decades, exploring the subtle interplay between surface, shadow and drawn line. Her works often blur the boundaries between object and drawing, inviting viewers to consider glass not only as a sculptural material but as a medium capable of holding and expressing gesture, rhythm and spatial tension. Douglas’ practice is defined by its quiet sophistication — a commitment to restraint, clarity and the poetic potential of minimal form.

Please contact the gallery for a digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Images: Dr Mel Douglas, Shape of Light II, 2026, kiln formed, cold worked glass, framed, 640 h x 640 w x 50mm d 📷David Paterson


SABBIA | NOW OPENDirector's Choice29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of ar...
28/07/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

Director's Choice
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of artists whose practices reveal the remarkable versatility of clay. Each artist approaches the material through their own lived experience, cultural inheritance and artistic vision, resulting in works that speak with distinct voices while sharing a commitment to thoughtful, expressive making.

For this exhibition, Anna has invited five artists whose diverse backgrounds and perspectives shape the way they form, glaze and articulate their ceramic surfaces. Though united by an interest in sculptural presence, material nuance and visual storytelling, each artist’s work carries a unique rhythm and sensibility. Together, their pieces form a compelling conversation, one that celebrates the depth of contemporary ceramics and the many ways clay can hold memory, meaning and imagination.

Selected artists include:
Susie Choi (NSW)
Em Frank (SA)
Maricelle Olivier (ACT)
Tania Rollond (NSW)
Rona Panangka Rubuntja (NT)

Please contact the gallery for a digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Image: Tania Rollond, Full Cycle & Strange Fruit, 2026, both midfire clay with inlaid engobe, 165 h x 140mm d & 245 h x 190mm d







SABBIA | UP NEXTDR MEL DOUGLASInterstices29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an impo...
24/07/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

DR MEL DOUGLAS
Interstices
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia is delighted to be presenting 'Interstices', an important and deeply considered new exhibition by Dr Mel Douglas.

This remarkable body of work highlights Douglas’ extraordinary command of line, light and form, reaffirming her position as one of the finest artists working with glass today. Internationally recognised for her precision, innovation and conceptual clarity, Douglas continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary studio glass, and Interstices stands as a powerful testament to her practice.

Mel Douglas has developed a highly distinctive visual language over more than two decades, exploring the subtle interplay between surface, shadow and drawn line. Her works often blur the boundaries between object and drawing, inviting viewers to consider glass not only as a sculptural material but as a medium capable of holding and expressing gesture, rhythm and spatial tension. Douglas’ practice is defined by its quiet sophistication — a commitment to restraint, clarity and the poetic potential of minimal form.

Please contact the gallery for a preview digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

The exhibition is installed ahead of the opening date of the 29th July and can be viewed during normal gallery hours.

Images: Dr Mel Douglas, Shape of Shadow I, 2026, kiln formed, cold worked and engraved glass, 310 h x 550 w x 100mm d 📷David Paterson


SABBIA | UP NEXTDirector's Choice29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of art...
22/07/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

Director's Choice
29 Jul - 22 Aug 2026

Sabbia Director Anna Grigson brings together a dynamic group of artists whose practices reveal the remarkable versatility of clay. Each artist approaches the material through their own lived experience, cultural inheritance and artistic vision, resulting in works that speak with distinct voices while sharing a commitment to thoughtful, expressive making.

For this exhibition, Anna has invited five artists whose diverse backgrounds and perspectives shape the way they form, glaze and articulate their ceramic surfaces. Though united by an interest in sculptural presence, material nuance and visual storytelling, each artist’s work carries a unique rhythm and sensibility. Together, their pieces form a compelling conversation, one that celebrates the depth of contemporary ceramics and the many ways clay can hold memory, meaning and imagination.

Selected artists include:
Susie Choi (NSW)
Em Frank (SA)
Maricelle Olivier (ACT)
Tania Rollond (NSW)
Rona Panangka Rubuntja (NT)

Please contact the gallery for a preview digital sales catalogue for the exhibition via [email protected]

Image: Em Frank, Patina Series (detail) 2026, stoneware and glaze







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