A Curated Encounter · Estúdio Omer Gilony · Lisbon, 2026
Art curation · Omer Gilony · Lisbon, Portugal · May 2026
Antique Plaster Female Torso Sculpture, Europe, mid-20th century — curated by VV Interior Home · Valeria Viollaz. Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon, 2026. Photography · Irina Boersma
There are encounters that cannot be planned. They can only be recognised — in the moment they happen, in the quality of what is exchanged, in the feeling that something real and lasting has just taken place.
This is one of those encounters.
Omer Gilony is a creative director, set designer, and floral artist whose work is known internationally for its depth, its emotional intelligence, and its rare capacity to transform a space into a living story. Based in Lisbon, her practice — which she defines as curated nostalgia — is rooted in a fascination with historical periods, the art of craftsmanship, and the belief that beauty is not invented but remembered. She does not decorate. She narrates.
When Omer opened the doors of her new studio in Lisbon on May 8, 2026, it was not simply an inauguration. It was the culmination of years of work, vision, and dedication — a space built with the same meticulous attention she brings to every project she creates for others. Stone floors, raw plaster walls, an arched niche, a draped silk curtain, flowers placed with the precision of someone who understands that a single stem can change the mood of an entire room. Every detail in the studio speaks of a person who does not distinguish between living and creating.
Valeria Viollaz travelled from Lucerne to Lisbon — on the same day, there and back — to personally deliver a piece from the VV Interior Home collection for the occasion: an antique plaster female torso sculpture, Europe, mid-20th century. A fragment of the human form. A study in time, texture, and silence. A piece that carries in its weathered surface decades of patina, of touch, of history — part artifact, part abstraction, entirely present.
Estúdio Omer Gilony — Lisbon, Portugal, 2026. Photography · Irina Boersma
The choice was not accidental. The torso found its place in the arched niche at the heart of the studio — surrounded by delicate wildflowers, held by the same raw plaster walls that define the space. It did not arrive as decoration. It arrived as recognition. A meeting of two sensibilities that share the same language: the conviction that an object does not merely occupy a space — it completes it.
Omer received this encounter with a generosity that is entirely her own. A table prepared with extraordinary care, a welcome of genuine warmth, a team that reflected the same integrity and refinement that defines everything she does. The gesture of that day — the flight, the delivery, the time shared — was not just worthwhile. It was necessary. Because some things can only be given in person.
Omer Gilony styling the inauguration table — Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon, May 8, 2026. Photography · Ricardo Sousa Nunes
Table still life — silver bird vessel, fritillaria, dates · Opening inauguration, Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon, May 8, 2026. Photography · Ricardo Sousa Nunes
Omer Gilony wearing Dior by Jonathan Anderson — Opening inauguration, Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon, May 8, 2026. Photography · Ricardo Sousa Nunes
On the day of her inauguration, Omer arrived wearing Dior by Jonathan Anderson — a choice as deliberate as every object in the room. The same attention she brings to a floral arrangement, a draped curtain, a curated niche, she brings to herself. A presence that completed the space.
Working alongside Omer Gilony is a privilege. Her sensitivity, her vision, and the way she holds space — for objects, for people, for beauty — is a reminder of why curation matters. Not as a profession, but as a way of being in the world.
The antique plaster female torso sculpture — curated by VV Interior Home — now belongs to Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon.
Draped silk curtain, arched niche and floral arrangement on marble pedestal — Estúdio Omer Gilony, Lisbon, May 8, 2026. Photography · Ricardo Sousa Nunes
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Curation: Valeria Viollaz · VV Interior Home Studio: Omer Gilony · Lisbon, Portugal Wardrobe: Dior by Jonathan Anderson Photography: Irina Boersma · Ricardo Sousa Nunes Opening Event: Estúdio Omer Gilony · May 8, 2026 Coordination · Viollaz Group