In collaboration with 
Siegfried Contemporary

exhibition
May 6—Sept 20, 2026

opening eVENTMay 5, 2026
6—8 pm

ADDRESSSan Marco 3208
Salizzada Malipiero
30124, Venice

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On the occasion of the Venice Art Biennale 2026, CASA YALI—a space dedicated to material research and contemporary design practices—presents Paola Petrobelli’s first solo exhibition in Venice. Born in Padua and based in London, Petrobelli returns to Venice presenting a new body of work.
       The exhibition brings together a new series in handblown glass including the unconventional combination of acrylic and glass. The materials engage in a subtle dialogue, creating compositions that explore form, colour, spatial relationships, and light as an active, constitutive element of the work. In fact light goes through the pieces, shaping their perception and allowing the glass to exist as a self-sustaining, autonomous form, independent from external lighting or context conditions.
       Petrobelli’s practice unfolds at the intersection of multiple lineages, connected to the materially grounded, anti-rhetorical approach of Carlo Scarpa—and to the experimental legacy of Ettore Sottsass. Her early training in molecular biology further informs her approach to colour and form, where variation, repetition and modulation become operative tools towards formal harmony and balance. Petrobelli constructs systems in continuous evolution, where modular elements can be interchanged as both a formal strategy and a conceptual framework—questioning creativity and authorship while inviting viewers to playfully explore their infinite living potential.






Paola Petrobelli is a London-based designer, trained as a molecular biologist, she established her studio in London in the early 2000s, developing a post-minimalist practice in which glass — alongside other materials such as ceramics — becomes a medium to explore the dynamic interplay of colour, form, and modular systems. Alongside her independent practice, Petrobelli has collaborated with Wallpaper Magazine, Christian Dior, and The Other Criteria*, and her work has been presented at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan (Italian Design: Beyond the Crisis, 2014; W. Women in Italian Design, 2016). She collaborates with Siegfried Contemporary (London) and has exhibited with leading galleries including Libby Sellers (London), Perimeter Art and Design (Paris), and Angela Weber (Zurich), as well as at major platforms such as Design Miami/Basel, PAD Paris and London, Salone del Mobile Milan, London Design Festival, and Nomad Capri and St. Moritz.



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