GLAS, PLEXI: Paola Petrobelli at CASA YALI, Venice

On the occasion of the Venice Art Biennale 2026, CASA YALI and Siegfried Contemporary are delighted to present GLAS, PLEXI, Paola Petrobelli’s first solo exhibition in Venice. 

The show presents a new series of hand-blown glass works, including unconventional combinations of acrylic and glass. Petrobelli’s compositions explore form, colour, spatial relationships, and light, which acts as an active element shaping perception and allowing the works to exist as autonomous, self-sustaining forms. Her evolving, modular systems question authorship while inviting viewers to engage playfully with the works’ infinite 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.