Romulus Folio Gallery is proud to announce that the gallery has been shortlisted in the Small Scale category of the 2026 City of Port Phillip Design and Development Awards, presented as part of Melbourne Design Week.

Architecture of Emotion features a painting series by Angelina Mirabito, inspired by The First Aett of the Elder Futhark. Within the gallery space, we encounter emotions that are bold, intense, and fluid, but also those that are restrained, gentle, and calm.

Romulus Folio Gallery is proud to present Architecture of Emotion, a major solo exhibition and immersive spatial installation by Angelina Mirabito, PhD, presented from 6–28 May 2026 at 55 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne.

A solo exhibition by Angelina Mirabito.

Architecture of Emotion marks the final exhibition of Romulus Folio Gallery at 55 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne, presented from 6 to 28 May 2026. This exhibition concludes the gallery’s formal exhibition program at 55 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne.

Inside Wonder opened on the evening of Friday, April 17, 2026, and concluded May 3rd, at a precise moment in the life of the gallery. The exhibition emerged at the edge of one year of continuous programming at Romulus Folio Gallery.

Inside Wonder at Romulus Folio creates an immersive exhibition experience featuring works by Xinzhi (Doris) Li, Usha Newland, and Mark Alexander. The exhibition invites viewers into a colourful sensory world, leading us to reconnect with wonder about emotions and thoughts that live deep within the self.

Curated by Angelina Mirabito, Inside Wonder is constructed as a spatial system in which painting is extended beyond the canvas and into an integrated field of perception. The exhibition operates through the alignment of artwork, architecture and intervention, establishing a continuous relationship between image, structure and viewer.

Inside Wonder marks one year of Romulus Folio Gallery at The Gladstone in South Melbourne. Over this time, the space has evolved into an active site for exhibition, testing how art, design and spatial experience can exist within the conditions of everyday life.

Inside Wonder marks one year of Romulus Folio Gallery at The Gladstone.

The exhibition has taken on a meaning far beyond what I first understood when I titled it. In many ways, it reflects the trajectory of the gallery itself. What began as a three month response to the need for an exhibition space during Melbourne Design Week in 2025 has unfolded into something sustained, layered and evolving.

Xinzhi Li

Romulus Folio Gallery, South Melbourne

Xinzhi Li’s painting operates at the threshold between image and sensation. Her work reconstructs the body through colour, fragmentation and flux.

On Friday 13 March 2026, Romulus Folio Gallery presented the opening of FUSION, an exhibition featuring the work of Mark Alexander, a highly regarded Australian luxury interior designer, artist and furniture manufacturer whose practice operates at the intersection of architecture, object and environment.

The FUSION exhibition at the Romulus Folio Gallery brings together the sculptural furniture design of Mark Alexander and the paintings of Angelina Mirabito, showcasing the intersection between art and design.

A curatorial essay by Angelina Mirabito exploring architecture, interior design and cultural activation within the Tower B lobby at The Gladstone in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend precinct.

Romulus Folio Gallery presents FUSION, an exhibition examining the convergence of contemporary art and spatial design through the immersive interior practice of luxury interior designer, bespoke furniture maker and sculptor Mark Alexander.

On Thursday evening, February 26, Romulus Folio Gallery hosted the first Romulus Salon at The Gladstone in South Melbourne. It was a thoughtful and generous beginning.

Romulus Folio Gallery operates at the intersection of contemporary art, design and myth. Located within The Gladstone in South Melbourne, in the Montague precinct of Fishermans Bend, and supported by Greystar, the gallery contributes to cultural presence within one of Melbourne’s largest urban renewal zones while maintaining independent artistic direction.

Artist Talk | Prototypes | Romulus Folio Gallery

During the opening of Prototypes on 13 February 2026, Romulus Folio Macedon Ranges based fibre artist Kasia Dudkiewicz, founder of Knotted by Hand. offered insight into the material intuition and structural sensitivity that define her fibre practice.

At the opening of Prototypes on the 13th of February 2026, artist Arabella Strachan spoke about her illuminated textile works and the material processes that shape them.

Strachan’s practice centres on the relationship between fibre, structure and internal radiance. Through hand weaving, tufting and carefully constructed frameworks, she creates textile forms that extend into space while maintaining architectural clarity. Illumination is integrated within the woven structure, allowing light to move through the surface and shape the surrounding environment.

Prototypes Opening Event

13 February 2026

The opening event for Prototypes was held at Romulus Folio Gallery on 13 February 2026. The exhibition presents work by Kasia Dudkiewicz, Lucia Medina, and Arabella Strachan within a spatial framework grounded in material inquiry and architectural activation.

Intergenerational Creative Practice at Romulus Folio

Romulus Folio hosted a children’s plaster flower pot painting workshop within the gallery environment as part of its monthly program of artist led engagement. The session was facilitated by Angelina Mirabito, ongoing Artist in Residence.