Sabbia Gallery

Sabbia Gallery Sabbia Gallery has become Sydney’s premier commercial gallery specialising in the exhibition and repr
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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 | ON NOWSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, scul...
03/06/2026

SABBIA | ON NOW

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, sculpture and installation on Gadigal and Wangal land. Born in Auburn to South Korean migrant parents, Choi’s latest body of work continues her exploration of materiality and perception. The interplay between hard and soft playfully dissects tensions around identity experienced by people of colour and children of migrants. The inflated life preserver form, an icon of the Australian Summer, has been rendered hard yet fragile and decorated with silk cord in the colours of children’s traditional Korean hanbok clothing. Spheres and cubes reference aspects of material culture the artist grew up with, such as Korean vessels and cabinetry, while also speaking to memories of childhood learning and play.

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

Images: Susie Choi, B-side, 2025, porcelain, glaze, gold lustre, 310 h x 260 w x 170mm d 📷 Mark Pokorny


SABBIA | ON NOWSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, ...
28/05/2026

SABBIA | ON NOW

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, in flux, and at various stages. It comes out of my struggle to make sense of many things I care about and how this might make its way into the work. As a primary school kid, my aunt taught me how to knit, and in high school I learned how to sew, and I’ve kept both practices going. When you follow a knitting pattern, you keep track of the right side (RS) and the wrong side (WS) so that you get what you expect and the stitches on the outside of your garment look “right”. I have wondered though how we decided upon what is the RS and WS of a stitch; despite having an intuitive sense of which way is “right”, I assume in some parallel universe it is reversed, you can decide which way you’ll do it or there is no such thing'. Susie Choi, 2026

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

Images:
After Sunrise, 2026, porcelain, glaze, lustre, 280 h x 330 w x 120mm d
Mooncast, 2026, porcelain, glaze, lustre, 360 h x 240 w x 70mm d - wall hung
Portrait of a Landscape, 2026, porcelain, glaze, 260 h x 150 w x 80mm d - wall hung
Cabbage Patch Samba, 2026, porcelain, glaze, nylon yarn, epoxy, 520 h x 240 w x 80mm d - wall hung 📷's Mark Pokorny


SABBIA | NEWSPlease support this amazing opportunity for our friends at Hermannsburg Potters if you can - with generous ...
27/05/2026

SABBIA | NEWS

Please support this amazing opportunity for our friends at Hermannsburg Potters if you can - with generous support of $20,000 from Creative Australia, Hermannsburg Potters are less than $3,000 away from their $35,000 goal to build a new art centre big enough to hold their dreams and support the continued development of their artists.

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Big dreams have always brought us together at the Potters 💫 From giant collaborative pots to major projects across the world, we’ve never been afraid to think big. Every donation is helping bring this vision to life.

Now, we’re dreaming big closer to home in Ntaria/Hermannsburg.

For years we’ve imagined a new space to replace our ageing, overcrowded studio, a place with room to create together, share stories and culture, welcome more artists, and support the next generation of Potters.

This is about more than a building. It’s about a strong First Nations-led future. 🖤💛❤️

If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the moment. Donate before May 31 and help us cross the finish line. Link in bio All donations above $2 are tax deductible!

Kala Marra! Thank you!

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Images: Rona Panangka Rubuntja 📷 Courtesy of Hermannsburg Potters, Hermannsburg Potters studio,
Beth Inkamala Mbitjana, West Macdonnell Ranges - Going Out Country Visiting with my Family, 2024, hand built terracotta & underglaze, 335 h x 185mm d, Alizha Panangka Coulthard, Urampinyi Creek, My Country, 2025, hand built terracotta & underglaze, 440 h x 290mm d

✨ We are excited to be presenting Beth Inkamala Mbitjana's first solo exhibition from 7th October 2026 - please email [email protected] to register your interest in this exciting upcoming exhibition.

SABBIA | NOW OPENSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas...
22/05/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, in flux, and at various stages. It comes out of my struggle to make sense of many things I care about and how this might make its way into the work. As a primary school kid, my aunt taught me how to knit, and in high school I learned how to sew, and I’ve kept both practices going. When you follow a knitting pattern, you keep track of the right side (RS) and the wrong side (WS) so that you get what you expect and the stitches on the outside of your garment look “right”. I have wondered though how we decided upon what is the RS and WS of a stitch; despite having an intuitive sense of which way is “right”, I assume in some parallel universe it is reversed, you can decide which way you’ll do it or there is no such thing'. Susie Choi, 2026

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

Images: Susie Choi, Guru, 2026, porcelain, glaze, nylon cord, epoxy, 850 h x 370 w x 140mm d - wall hung 📷 Mark Pokorny


SABBIA | NOW OPENBEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTTThe Spaces Between20 May - 13 June 2026Sabbia is proud to present a new body o...
20/05/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

BEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTT
The Spaces Between
20 May - 13 June 2026

Sabbia is proud to present a new body of work by Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, one of the most dynamic and enduring partnerships in contemporary Australian glass. Across three decades of collaboration, they have developed a shared visual language that unites Ben’s refined blown forms with Kathy’s expressive carved surfaces—each artist pushing the other into new understandings of material, technique and possibility.

Created between Canberra Glassworks, where Kathy undertook a focused residency, and the hot shop, where Ben produced the luminous forms that underpin their practice, this new series reflects the evolution of their long-standing creative dialogue. The Spaces Between highlights their commitment to experimentation, trust and the continual expansion of their collaborative vocabulary.

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

Images: Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott, River Stone Series I, 2026, blown and carved glass, 340 h x 380 w x 150mm d. 📷 Isobel Markus-Dunworth


Canberra Glassworks

SABBIA | NOW OPENSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, sc...
19/05/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, sculpture and installation on Gadigal and Wangal land. Born in Auburn to South Korean migrant parents, Choi’s latest body of work continues her exploration of materiality and perception. The interplay between hard and soft playfully dissects tensions around identity experienced by people of colour and children of migrants. The inflated life preserver form, an icon of the Australian Summer, has been rendered hard yet fragile and decorated with silk cord in the colours of children’s traditional Korean hanbok clothing. Spheres and cubes reference aspects of material culture the artist grew up with, such as Korean vessels and cabinetry, while also speaking to memories of childhood learning and play.

'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, in flux, and at various stages. It comes out of my struggle to make sense of many things I care about and how this might make its way into the work. As a primary school kid, my aunt taught me how to knit, and in high school I learned how to sew, and I’ve kept both practices going. When you follow a knitting pattern, you keep track of the right side (RS) and the wrong side (WS) so that you get what you expect and the stitches on the outside of your garment look “right”. I have wondered though how we decided upon what is the RS and WS of a stitch; despite having an intuitive sense of which way is “right”, I assume in some parallel universe it is reversed, you can decide which way you’ll do it or there is no such thing'. Susie Choi, 2026

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

Images: Susie Choi, Scuffle, 2026, porcelain, nylon cord, silk cord, 550 h x 290 w x 180mm d - wall hung 📷 Mark Pokorny


SABBIA | UP NEXTBEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTTThe Spaces Between20 May - 13 June 2026Sabbia is proud to present a new body of...
14/05/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

BEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTT
The Spaces Between
20 May - 13 June 2026

Sabbia is proud to present a new body of work by Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, one of the most dynamic and enduring partnerships in contemporary Australian glass. Across three decades of collaboration, they have developed a shared visual language that unites Ben’s refined blown forms with Kathy’s expressive carved surfaces—each artist pushing the other into new understandings of material, technique and possibility.

Created between Canberra Glassworks, where Kathy undertook a focused residency, and the hot shop, where Ben produced the luminous forms that underpin their practice, this new series reflects the evolution of their long-standing creative dialogue. The Spaces Between highlights their commitment to experimentation, trust and the continual expansion of their collaborative vocabulary.

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

Images: Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott, Glimmer Series II, blown and carved glass, 580 h x 300 w x 150mm d 📷 Isobel Markus-Dunworth


Canberra Glassworks

SABBIA | UP NEXTSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, scu...
14/05/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, sculpture and installation on Gadigal and Wangal land. Born in Auburn to South Korean migrant parents, Choi’s latest body of work continues her exploration of materiality and perception. The interplay between hard and soft playfully dissects tensions around identity experienced by people of colour and children of migrants. The inflated life preserver form, an icon of the Australian Summer, has been rendered hard yet fragile and decorated with silk cord in the colours of children’s traditional Korean hanbok clothing. Spheres and cubes reference aspects of material culture the artist grew up with, such as Korean vessels and cabinetry, while also speaking to memories of childhood learning and play.

'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, in flux, and at various stages. It comes out of my struggle to make sense of many things I care about and how this might make its way into the work. As a primary school kid, my aunt taught me how to knit, and in high school I learned how to sew, and I’ve kept both practices going. When you follow a knitting pattern, you keep track of the right side (RS) and the wrong side (WS) so that you get what you expect and the stitches on the outside of your garment look “right”. I have wondered though how we decided upon what is the RS and WS of a stitch; despite having an intuitive sense of which way is “right”, I assume in some parallel universe it is reversed, you can decide which way you’ll do it or there is no such thing'. Susie Choi, 2026

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

Images: Susie Choi with Colourless Green Dystopia, 2026, porcelain, glaze, nylon cord, platinum lustre, epoxy, 1200 h x 390 w x 100mm d - wall hung 📷 Mark Pokorny


SABBIA | UP NEXTBEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTTThe Spaces Between20 May - 13 June 2026Sabbia is proud to present a new body of...
12/05/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

BEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTT
The Spaces Between
20 May - 13 June 2026

Sabbia is proud to present a new body of work by Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, one of the most dynamic and enduring partnerships in contemporary Australian glass. Across three decades of collaboration, they have developed a shared visual language that unites Ben’s refined blown forms with Kathy’s expressive carved surfaces—each artist pushing the other into new understandings of material, technique and possibility.

Created between Canberra Glassworks, where Kathy undertook a focused residency, and the hot shop, where Ben produced the luminous forms that underpin their practice, this new series reflects the evolution of their long-standing creative dialogue. The Spaces Between highlights their commitment to experimentation, trust and the continual expansion of their collaborative vocabulary.

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

Images: Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott, Rise Series I, blown and carved glass, 290 h x 270 w x 10mm d, Ben & Kathy in Korea, 2025


SABBIA | UP NEXTSUSIE CHOIRight side wrong side20 May - 13 June 2026Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, scu...
12/05/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side
20 May - 13 June 2026

Susie Choi is an artist working across ceramics, sculpture and installation on Gadigal and Wangal land. Born in Auburn to South Korean migrant parents, Choi’s latest body of work continues her exploration of materiality and perception. The interplay between hard and soft playfully dissects tensions around identity experienced by people of colour and children of migrants. The inflated life preserver form, an icon of the Australian Summer, has been rendered hard yet fragile and decorated with silk cord in the colours of children’s traditional Korean hanbok clothing. Spheres and cubes reference aspects of material culture the artist grew up with, such as Korean vessels and cabinetry, while also speaking to memories of childhood learning and play.

'This latest body of work presents a range of ideas, in flux, and at various stages. It comes out of my struggle to make sense of many things I care about and how this might make its way into the work. As a primary school kid, my aunt taught me how to knit, and in high school I learned how to sew, and I’ve kept both practices going. When you follow a knitting pattern, you keep track of the right side (RS) and the wrong side (WS) so that you get what you expect and the stitches on the outside of your garment look “right”. I have wondered though how we decided upon what is the RS and WS of a stitch; despite having an intuitive sense of which way is “right”, I assume in some parallel universe it is reversed, you can decide which way you’ll do it or there is no such thing'. Susie Choi, 2026

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

Images: Susie Choi, Loose Ends, 2026, porcelain, glaze, gold lustre, nylon cord - wall hung, 640 h x 180 w x 70mm d. 📷 Mark Pokorny, Susie in her Sydney studio, 2026


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