Conie Vallese is an Argentinian artist and designer based in Milan, Italy, whose multidisciplinary practice unfolds across objects, furniture, and sculptural works. Working with a refined yet sensorial palette of materials—including bronze, glass, ceramics, and textiles—Vallese develops a language that is both materially grounded and poetically evocative.

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, her approach is deeply informed by an intuitive sensitivity to form, process, and transformation. Organic structures, particularly floral morphologies and natural growth patterns, serve as recurring points of departure. Rather than direct representation, these references are distilled into essential gestures and volumes, allowing each piece to exist as a synthesis of observation and abstraction.

Vallese’s work operates within a fluid threshold between the functional and the sculptural. Objects often suggest utility while simultaneously resisting it, inviting a slower, more contemplative engagement. Through this ambiguity, she foregrounds the tactile presence of materials and the subtle tensions they embody—between fragility and endurance, weight and lightness, permanence and ephemerality.

Her practice is rooted in a sustained dialogue between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design methodologies. By engaging both hand-driven processes and industrial techniques, Vallese constructs a nuanced material vocabulary that bridges precision with imperfection. This interplay becomes a conceptual framework through which ideas of resilience, beauty, and vulnerability are explored—not as opposites, but as interdependent conditions.

Positioned between her South American heritage and the dynamic context of the Italian design scene, Vallese’s work reflects a transnational sensibility. It navigates cultural memory and present-day experimentation, articulating a distinct voice that is at once intimate and expansive. Through her objects, she proposes a form of quiet intensity—where material, form, and gesture converge into works that resonate with both physical immediacy and contemplative depth.