Tristan Hoare Gallery is delighted to present a multidisciplinary booth at this year’s PAD
London, showcasing a dynamic selection of works spanning sculpture, ceramics, textiles and
painting. The presentation brings together five distinctive voices whose practices explore the boundaries between material, process and form: Kaori Tatebayashi, Sussy Cazalet, Tristano di Robilant, Sydney Albertini, and Lydia Gifford.
As ever, the gallery’s presentation at PAD emphasises craftsmanship, dialogue between
disciplines, and the intersection of the decorative and fine arts. A highlight of the booth is a series of elegant glass and ceramic sculptures by Tristano di Robilant (b. 1964, London). Drawing from literary, philosophical and architectural influences, di Robilant’s work balances fragile geometries with poetic presence. His forms, consisting of cones, spheres, and totems, are rendered in translucent Murano glass and glazed ceramic, their surfaces alive with colour, light and shadow.
The artist’s multidisciplinary approach is deeply rooted in both classical philosophy and
modern experimentation. A former student of architectural critic Reyner Banham, and
godson of Cy Twombly, di Robilant’s process is intuitive and intellectual in equal measure. Di
Robilant has exhibited extensively in Europe and the U.S., with institutional shows at the
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice, and
the MAXXI Museum, Rome. His works reside in major public and private collections
including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Sol LeWitt Collection. This year, he will also
present a solo exhibition at the Accademia Museum in Venice, running from 13 September
to 24 November 2025, a significant institutional moment in the artist’s ongoing career.
Another key highlight is Sussy Cazalet’s striking textile works, which bring together a
contemporary design sensibility with deeply rooted craft traditions. Based between Norfolk
and London, Cazalet (b. 1983) draws on an early fascination with medieval tapestries and
the wall hangings of Alexander Calder. Her large-scale woven works are rich in hot
terracottas, burnt siennas and deep rusts; a bold palette she describes as her “affinity with
the heat of the sun and the associated madness,” carefully structured through geometric
restraint.
Alongside these monumental tapestries, the booth will also showcase a new selection of
drawings, offering insight into the fluid, intuitive language that underpins her textile practice.
These works serve as both standalone pieces and vital components of her process,
revealing a more intimate scale of mark-making and experimentation.
Lydia Gifford’s contribution bridges the line between painting and object, gesture and surface. Her works are built from the physical act of making: working into wet cloth, layering
oil paint, folding and creasing fabric until a composition, always fragile, often forceful. Gifford (b. 1979, Cheltenham) studied at the Royal College of Art and has exhibited widely across
Europe, including solo exhibitions at the Centre International d’Art et du Paysage, Ile de
Vassivière, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, and Gilles Drouault, Paris. At PAD London,
Gifford’s works continue her exploration of landscape, body, and interiority - collapsing these
spaces into powerful, intimate gestures on canvas and cloth.
Also on view are Kaori Tatebayashi’s delicately hand-built ceramic sculptures of seasonal
flora, capturing their fleeting beauty with striking delicacy; and Sydney Albertini’s vibrant
reclamation of decorative language as a powerful form of visual storytelling and expression.
Together, the artists form a vibrant amalgamation of disciplines, unified by a sensitivity to
process and a reverence for material, that reflects the gallery’s vision of contemporary art
rooted in depth, dialogue and craftsmanship.
Booth: A21
Berkeley Square
London
W1J 5AS
