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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 | NOW OPENJENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAMSynesthesia24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026Presenting this incredible new body of work...
25/06/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

JENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAM
Synesthesia
24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026

Presenting this incredible new body of work by glass artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello OAM, a previous winner of the NATSIAA. Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026.

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello is an Arrernte (Australian Central Desert), Chinese and Anglo-Celtic artist using glass as a medium to articulate ideologies of identity and culture memory. A previous winner of the NATSIAA, Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026. Martiniello re-imagines traditional indigenous weaving practices through Venetian glass cane-work techniques, twisting, pulling and tiling fine threads of glass that echo a woven tactile surface and continues this exploration of indigenous practices and culture, while simultaneously reinterpreting an ancient Chinese Han Dynasty vessel, the Hu. This intersection of Indigenous and Chinese cultural narratives reflects Martiniello’s innovative and evolving practice, offering a new dialogue on identity, heritage and material culture.

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

Images: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello OAM,, Rhapsody on a theme of Parachilna, 2026, hot blown glass with murrini, 380 h x 320 w x 260mm


SABBIA | NOW OPENRrawa : HomelandA landmark exhibition from Maningrida24 June - 18 July 2026This exhibition brings toget...
25/06/2026

SABBIA | NOW OPEN

Rrawa : Homeland
A landmark exhibition from Maningrida
24 June - 18 July 2026

This exhibition brings together artists from Maningrida in north-west Arnhem Land, where stone country, rivers and floodplains shape everyday life. Here, Country is a living force, deeply connected to kinship and cultural knowledge.
Across generations, artists continue storytelling traditions—learning from Elders and renewing culture through their practice. Fibre works, bark paintings, lorrkkon (hollow logs) and mimih sculptures are made from materials gathered on Country, each carrying ancestral narratives and reflecting both tradition and individual expression. Rrawa: Homeland has been co-curated by Maningrida senior arts worker Ngarrich Derek Carter

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

Image: Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, Yawkyawk, 2023, pandanus spiralis and bush cane with natural dyes, 2250 h x 1100 w x 30mm d 📷Maningrida Arts & Culture


SABBIA | UP NEXTJENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAMSynesthesia24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026Presenting this incredible new body of work ...
20/06/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

JENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAM
Synesthesia
24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026

Presenting this incredible new body of work by glass artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello OAM, a previous winner of the NATSIAA. Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026.

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello is an Arrernte (Australian Central Desert), Chinese and Anglo-Celtic artist using glass as a medium to articulate ideologies of identity and culture memory. A previous winner of the NATSIAA, Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026. Martiniello re-imagines traditional indigenous weaving practices through Venetian glass cane-work techniques, twisting, pulling and tiling fine threads of glass that echo a woven tactile surface and continues this exploration of indigenous practices and culture, while simultaneously reinterpreting an ancient Chinese Han Dynasty vessel, the Hu. This intersection of Indigenous and Chinese cultural narratives reflects Martiniello’s innovative and evolving practice, offering a new dialogue on identity, heritage and material culture.

The exhibition is installed ahead of the opening date of the 24th June and can be viewed during normal gallery hours.

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

Images: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Desert Grevillea Hu, 2026, hot blown glass with murrini, 380 h x 310 w x 220mm d


SABBIA | UP NEXTRrawa : HomelandA landmark exhibition from Maningrida24 June - 18 July 2026This exhibition brings togeth...
19/06/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

Rrawa : Homeland
A landmark exhibition from Maningrida
24 June - 18 July 2026

This exhibition brings together artists from Maningrida in north-west Arnhem Land, where stone country, rivers and floodplains shape everyday life. Here, Country is a living force, deeply connected to kinship and cultural knowledge.
Across generations, artists continue storytelling traditions—learning from Elders and renewing culture through their practice. Fibre works, bark paintings, lorrkkon (hollow logs) and mimih sculptures are made from materials gathered on Country, each carrying ancestral narratives and reflecting both tradition and individual expression. Rrawa: Homeland has been co-curated by Maningrida senior arts worker Ngarrich Derek Carter

The exhibition is installed ahead of the opening date of 24th June and can be viewed during normal gallery hours.

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

Image: Rrawa : Homeland exhibition at Sabbia


SABBIA | UP NEXTJENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAMSynesthesia24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026Presenting this incredible new body of work ...
17/06/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

JENNI KEMARRE MARTINIELLO OAM
Synesthesia
24 Jun - 18 Jul 2026

Presenting this incredible new body of work by glass artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello OAM, a previous winner of the NATSIAA. Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026.

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello is an Arrernte (Australian Central Desert), Chinese and Anglo-Celtic artist using glass as a medium to articulate ideologies of identity and culture memory. A previous winner of the NATSIAA, Jenni has been a finalist in several awards over her art practice career and has been included in major public collections across Australia and overseas. Most recently Jenni was the winner of the Blake Acquisitive Art Prize 2026. Martiniello re-imagines traditional indigenous weaving practices through Venetian glass cane-work techniques, twisting, pulling and tiling fine threads of glass that echo a woven tactile surface and continues this exploration of indigenous practices and culture, while simultaneously reinterpreting an ancient Chinese Han Dynasty vessel, the Hu. This intersection of Indigenous and Chinese cultural narratives reflects Martiniello’s innovative and evolving practice, offering a new dialogue on identity, heritage and material culture.

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

Images: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Pattawilyangga Intertmezzo, 2026, hot blown glass with murrini, 350 h x 300 w x 250mm d.


SABBIA | UP NEXTRrawa : HomelandA landmark exhibition from Maningrida24 June - 18 July 2026This exhibition brings togeth...
17/06/2026

SABBIA | UP NEXT

Rrawa : Homeland
A landmark exhibition from Maningrida
24 June - 18 July 2026

This exhibition brings together artists from Maningrida in north-west Arnhem Land, where stone country, rivers and floodplains shape everyday life. Here, Country is a living force, deeply connected to kinship and cultural knowledge.
Across generations, artists continue storytelling traditions—learning from Elders and renewing culture through their practice. Fibre works, bark paintings, lorrkkon (hollow logs) and mimih sculptures are made from materials gathered on Country, each carrying ancestral narratives and reflecting both tradition and individual expression. Rrawa: Homeland has been co-curated by Maningrida senior arts worker Ngarrich Derek Carter

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

Images:
-Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak, Ngalyod - Raindow Serpent, 2025, stringybark with ochre pigment and pva fixative, 1490 h x 150 w x 150mm d
- Obed Namirrkki, Kunkurra - The Spiralling Wind, stringybark with ochre pigment and pva fixative, 2400 h x 400 w x 30mm d
- Jack Yurrulbbirri Nawilil, Ngalkodjek Spirit Pole, kurrajong with ochre pigment, pva fixative, bush wax and feathers, 1680 h x 90 w x 90mm d
- Lena Yarinkura, Yawkyawk, pandanus spiralis with ochre pigment and pva fixative, 1200 h x 820 w x 100mm d


SABBIA | LAST DAYS Last chance to catch these two beautiful exhibitions: SUSIE CHOIRight side wrong sideBEN EDOLS & KATH...
12/06/2026

SABBIA | LAST DAYS

Last chance to catch these two beautiful exhibitions:

SUSIE CHOI
Right side wrong side

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

Please contact the gallery for a catalogue for the exhibitions via [email protected]

Images: Susie Choi 'Right side wrong side' exhibition interior - 3 images
Edols Elliot 'The Spaces Between' exhibition interior - 3 images
Gallery hours - Tuesday - Friday 11am - 6pm, Saturdays 11am - 4pm





Canberra Glassworks

SABBIA | NEWSCongratulations to the finalists of the 2026 Fuse Glass Prize - a non-acquisitive biennial prize for Austra...
10/06/2026

SABBIA | NEWS

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2026 Fuse Glass Prize - a non-acquisitive biennial prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists. Established in 2016, the FUSE Glass Prize has become the most prestigious platform for celebrating and supporting outstanding glass artists - this year's finalists for the prize include SABBIA artists:

▫️Annette Blair, Remnants of time - In idleness, 2026, blown, cold worked, enamelled and rusted glass, 460 h x 750 w x 500mm d, 📷Adam McGrath
▫️Christine Cathie, Folded, 2026, cast Gaffer glass, 280 h x 360mm d, 📷 courtesy the artist
▫️Mel Douglas, Penumbra, 2026, blown, cold worked and engraved glass, 400 h x 400mm d, 📷David Paterson
▫️Holly Grace, Clearing, 2026, glass saw blade is made from blown sheet glass and hot sculptured handles, wall projection and sound recordings from artist supplied video projector, 250 h x 1300 w x 30mm d, 📷 David McArthur
▫️Jessica Loughlin, bird in space V, 2025, glass , 490 h x 970 w x 90mm d, 📷 Grant Hancock
▫️Nick Mount, Ramblers #010226, 2026, hot glass, murrini, surface worked, assembled, 620 h x 330 w x 150mm d, 📷 Pippy Mount
▫️Kirstie Rea, Shaped by the Breeze 2, 2024, glass, low painted plinth, 365 h x 750 w x 250mm d, 📷 courtesy of the artist
▫️Tom Rowney, Open Reticello, 2025, blown glass, 580 h x 240mm d, 📷 Adam McGrath
▫️Janice Vitkovsky, Surface form reflection, 2025, fused, carved and hand finished glass, 840 h x 320 w x 50mm d, 📷 Michael Haines

The Fuse Prize can be seen at JamFactory, Adelaide until 5 July 2026 and at the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery from 18 August – 4 September 2026 with the winners of the Established and Emerging categories announced on 25th June 2026.



SABBIA | NEWS Congratulations Cathy!Repost from I am honoured to be a finalist in the inaugural Artbank Prize.The prize...
09/06/2026

SABBIA | NEWS

Congratulations Cathy!

Repost from
I am honoured to be a finalist in the inaugural Artbank Prize.
The prize has been established to recognise and support outstanding contemporary art practices, and to promote access for all Australian artists to present their work for consideration for the Artbank collection.

The finalists were selected via a competitive open-call submissions process that attracted over 740 entries. One finalist from every state and territory in Australia has been selected by the esteemed judging panel, Tony Albert, Ellie Buttrose and Elizabeth Fortescue.
An exhibition featuring the eight finalists will be held at Artbank's Sydney premises from 3 September until 30 October 2026, alongside a series of public programs that celebrate the finalists and their works.

The Artbank Prize is awarded to one artist, whose artwork will be acquired into the Artbank collection.

SABBIA | ON NOWBEN EDOLS & KATHY ELLIOTTThe Spaces Between20 May - 13 June 2026Sabbia is proud to present a new body of ...
05/06/2026

SABBIA | ON NOW

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, Cascade Series III, 2025, blown and carved glass, 570 h x 230 w x 130mm d 📷 Isobel Markus-Dunworth


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