About Strobel Gallery

STROBEL Gallery is a contemporary art program in the Coachella Valley, with a gallery space launching in the Perez Art District. The program presents painting, sculpture, Studio Glass, and mixed media, bringing these practices into dialogue through a focus on work shaped by concept, form, and material intelligence.

STROBEL works with artists whose practices are materially informed and conceptually driven, with particular depth in Studio Glass and contemporary sculpture. Glass is presented as sculpture—within the broader conversation of contemporary art, design, architecture, and material practice.

Through exhibitions, art fairs, offsite projects, and commissions, STROBEL connects artists and collectors across Southern California, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. The gallery works directly with private collectors, designers, architects, and institutions, from first acquisitions to the development of established collections.

Approach

Exhibitions at STROBEL bring work into dialogue across disciplines, materials, and scale. Painting, sculpture, glass, clay, wood, and mixed media are considered together, creating relationships between distinct artistic practices without imposing a hierarchy between art, craft, and design.

The gallery’s approach is grounded in connoisseurship, collaboration, and a close understanding of how art lives within a space. Placement is considered in relation to architecture, light, proportion, material, and the works already surrounding it.

STROBEL also works directly with artists and collectors to develop commissions and site-responsive projects, including sculpture, lighting, furniture, installation, and works conceived for specific architectural environments.

Sheila Strobel

STROBEL Gallery was founded by Sheila Strobel, whose career spans contemporary art, design, material practice, and residential interiors. She founded PLAY Design Inc. in Seattle, maintained her own practice as an artist and designer, and later served as Director of Fetherston Gallery. Before founding STROBEL, she was Gallery Director of Vetri, where she worked closely with artists, collectors, designers, and architects and developed particular expertise in Studio Glass. Her experience in the Pacific Northwest continues to inform STROBEL’s program and its relationships with artists.

STROBEL extends that history into Southern California, creating an ongoing exchange between artists, collectors, and creative communities in the Pacific Northwest and the Coachella Valley.

The gallery works with established and first-time collectors, designers, architects, museums, institutions, and public spaces. At every scale, the focus is on building lasting relationships between artists, audiences, and the environments in which art is encountered.