Gallery and Open Studio Practice at The Gladstone
Photo by Scott Ross
Romulus Folio Gallery | South Melbourne
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.
L–R: Scott Ross, Manager, Videographer & Photographer; Dr Angelina Mirabito Interdisciplinary Artist, Curator & Creative Director, and Joseph Mirabito, Deputy Director, Romulus Folio Gallery. | Photo by Tim Dennis.
Romulus Folio is led by:
Angelina Mirabito, PhD
Interdisciplinary Artist, Creative Director & Curator
Scott Ross
Gallery Manager, Videographer & Photographer
Joseph Mirabito
Deputy Director and Chief Commercial Officer
Together, the leadership team shapes the gallery’s curatorial program, operational delivery and long-term strategic development.
Romulus Folio Gallery functions as an independent contemporary exhibition platform embedded within a residential development. The gallery presents a structured exhibition program and public engagement initiatives while maintaining professional installation standards, spatial clarity and conceptual discipline.
In parallel with her curatorial leadership, Angelina Mirabito is Artist in Residence at Romulus Folio, developing a research-led body of sculptural relief painting within the gallery environment.
The following videos present the gallery model and studio practice in sequence.
Romulus Folio Gallery
This video by Scott Ross introduces Romulus Folio Gallery at The Gladstone and documents the spatial and curatorial strategy developed for Prototypes, February 2026.
For Prototypes, the gallery was reconfigured to establish a structured dialogue between fibre practice, light-based sculptural work and material object design. Architectural columns were activated as vertical anchors within the space. A central impact wall established curatorial focus and spatial grounding. Sightlines were calibrated to guide movement while preserving breathing space around each work.
The exhibition presented Kasia Dudkiewicz, Arabella Strachan and Lucia Medina, examining material experimentation and early-stage design thinking across textile, light-based and object-based practices.
Prototypes concludes on 1 March 2026.
From 4 to 28 March 2026, Romulus Folio Gallery presents FUSION, featuring Mark Alexander, continuing the gallery’s exploration of material dialogue and cross-disciplinary practice.
Romulus Folio Gallery demonstrates how a gallery operating at the intersection of contemporary art, design and myth can function within an urban renewal context while maintaining curatorial direction, installation precision and institutional ambition.
Open Studio
Angelina Mirabito | Artist in Residence
This video by Scott Ross documents the open studio of Angelina Mirabito at Romulus Folio Gallery.
Operating within the gallery environment, the open studio allows sculptural relief paintings to be encountered at multiple stages of development, from completed large-scale works to works in active construction.
The work is constructed through layered mixed-media surface compounds and acrylic, building high-relief structures through palette knife application, brushwork, compression and accumulation. Recessed planes and raised structural edges establish architectural containment and generate spatial tension within each composition.
Luminescent pigments and metallic accents activate subtle shifts in light and depth as the viewer moves around the work.
Current works in progress form part of the First Aett series, a research-led body of sculptural relief painting investigating architectural abstraction through the symbolic framework of the first eight runes of the Elder Futhark.
Romulus Folio Gallery
55 Gladstone Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Australia
Gallery Hours
Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 7pm
Saturday to Sunday 12pm to 5pm
contact@romulusfolio.com.au
Instagram @romulus_folio
From left: Scott Ross (Manager, Romulus Folio Gallery); Cr Alex Makin (Mayor, City of Port Phillip); and Dr Angelina Mirabito (Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence & Creative Director, Romulus Folio Gallery). | Photo by Tim Dennis.