Ceramics, Glass + Fibre
Main Gallery 27 May - 18 June 2022
Objects and drawings are often thought of as two separate entities. This body of work explores and interweaves the creative possibilities of this liminal space, where the form is not just a support for drawing; but a three-dimensional drawing itself. Using the unique qualities of the material, and the rich potential of mark making on and with glass, I am using line as a way to inform, define and enable three-dimensional space.
Gallery Two 27 May - 18 June 2022
My land is the desert plains. I used to do jewellery, I learned it from my grandmother (my father’s mother). She used to collect the tatgu (gum nut) and use hot wire to make it into jewellery. She was wearing it herself and sometimes it was for sale. I used to help her make it, she taught me and I learned it quick. I learnt a lot of things from my Nana like wood carving, making little birds and lizards from punu (wood) that we collected from the creek. This is Anangu way. Now I use all that knowledge and I put it onto my ceramics. My Aunty (father’s sister) was also a special lady. She taught me for bush medicine and we learn everything to do with bush fire and after the fire how to hunt for kuka (meat) like kangaroo. After bush fire there’s going to be new tjanpi (grass) and I do this in my artwork too. I was lucky my Nana was still alive when I was growing up. She was a strong lady as she stayed out in the bush all the time. My father and my Aunty were ninty (clever) because they learn everything from her and then they teach it all to us kids too. Marissa Angapiya Thompson, February 2022
Main Gallery 29 June - 23 July 2022
Gallery Two 29 June - 23 July 2022
New works inspired by ephemeral species emerging in abundance after fire and generous rain, and those that delight with prolific flowering.
Main Gallery 29 July - 23 August 2022
Most cultures have used vessels as icons on their historical journey and I choose to work within this tradition. In a Ritual Sense is my investigation into rites – both the day to day acts of contemplation and the complex acts of social ceremony. It is also a link back to the customs and practices that distinguish all cultures but continue to be a part of our contemporary world. Simone Fraser, 2021
Gallery Two 29 July - 23 August 2022
Main Gallery 1 - 24 September 2022
Gallery Two 1 - 24 September 2022
Main Gallery 8 - 11 September 2022
Sabbia Gallery at Sydney Contemporary 2022 will be an exciting showcase of new art by some of Australia’s premier artists specialising in contemporary ceramics and glass. This group exhibition will highlight the work of a select collection of artists, pushing the boundaries in their creative fields.
Main Gallery 5 - 29 October 2022
Reflexion: "careful or long consideration or thought”. [Collins English Dictionary] For this exhibition I am reflecting upon the interplay between what we see and understand in the natural world and how that can be abstracted to colour and form which provokes the emotive response. When viewing landscape my gaze is divided between seeing reality and seeing the abstractions it infers. Colour, form, line, texture, space and composition are within the formal elements of art yet my eye interposes them over the view and insinuates images that might be interpreted in glass works I see fields of crops as though a patch of colour on a painting, the rows of vineyards as though lines on a drawing, shadows on the trunk of trees as though exercises in composition. The moods of water have been a preoccupation for as long as I can remember. As paint might be progressively diluted and brushed across a page the ocean can appear as solid as land or as elusive as clear glass. I am steered to reflect upon making works that hint at the fine line between reality and the elements with which it is structured. These works seek to be on the cusp of realism. Gerry King, 2021
Gallery Two 5 - 29 October 2022
Main Gallery 9 November - 03 December 2022
Gallery Two 9 November - 03 December 2022
Main Gallery 1 - 25 February 2023
Solo exhibition of new work in glass
Gallery Two 1 - 25 February 2023
New works in ceramics
Main Gallery 1 - 25 March 2023
Main Gallery 12 April - 06 May 2023
Solo exhibition of new work in glass
Gallery Two 12 April - 06 May 2023
Solo exhibition by Michele Edinger, awarded the 2020 Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize for National Art School Graduates in Ceramics.
Main Gallery 17 May - 10 June 2023
Gallery Two 21 June - 15 July 2023
Solo exhibition of new work in ceramics
Main Gallery 2 - 26 August 2023
Gallery Two 2 - 26 August 2023
Solo exhibition of new work in glass
Main Gallery 6 - 30 September 2023
Main Gallery 4 - 28 October 2023
Gallery Two 4 - 28 October 2023
Main Gallery 1 - 25 November 2023
Solo exhibition of new work in glass
Gallery Two 1 - 25 November 2023
Main Gallery and Gallery Two 6 - 30 December 2023
Sabbia Gallery is pleased to present the newest addition to its schedule, the biannual Indigenous exhibition series TOGETHER.
Main Gallery 6 - 30 March 2024
Solo exhibition of new work in glass
Main Gallery 4 - 28 September 2024
Solo exhibition of new work in glass