About
Carla creates structured botanical compositions, expressing herself through a vivid color palette inspired by both fauna and flora. Her work features expressive characters rendered in saturated tones and subtle, pale human expressions. She blends human emotion with abstract representations of the natural world.
Her butterflies symbolize the sensation of the beginnings of being in love, along with the anxiety it often brings — Alluding to the expression “butterflies in the stomach.”
Carla enjoys experimenting with patterns and combining pencil textures with paint, all while remaining rooted in her illustrative style.
Her felines represent men, while the ribbons that appear in many of her works symbolize attachment and emotional dependence.
Carla explores themes of love and loss in human relationships, drawn from her personal experiences.
She captures the emotion and sensitivity of everyday life. Her characters reflect introspection and deep thought—a poetic distortion of daily beauty.
Worked With
Hermès
ELLE Magazine
JONAK
Gormon
Anthropologie
Ancienne Belgique - AB Club
The Architectural Review
Exbititions
Group Exhibition / entitled « 320 » by Hypnolimit / Brussels, October 2023
Solo Exhibition / in « Ancienne Belgique » / Brussels, October 2023
Live painting & Group exhibition / « La Vallée » / Brussels, March 2024
Live painting & Solo exhibition / « Tipi » by La forestière / Brussels, May 2024
Live painting & Group exhibition / « La Vallée » / Brussels, June 2024
Group exhibition / « OXHOLM gallery » / Stockholm, 2024-25
Solo exhibition / « Ce qui pousse en nous » / Paris, August 2025
Solo exhibition / Carla Petelski pop up gallery / Brussels, April 2026
Agencies & Studios
Super Spicy / graphic design studio
VISTO / art consultant
NEXUS / publishing House
Bond & Grace / publishing House
Business Art Service / art consultant
SOHO art consulting / art consultant
Kalisher / art consultant
NOLO / art consultant
UNION art+design / art consultant