Echos Exhibition - Opening Night

Echoes Exhibition

October 10th – November 3rd, 2025

Romulus Folio Gallery, Tower B Lobby

55 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

Opening Night:

Romulus Folio is proud to present Echoes, opening 10th October – 5-7pm.

"Echoes" is a captivating exhibition featuring the works of Arabella Strachan, Lynda Sterns, and Fiona Johnston. Together, their diverse practices resonate like overlapping voices, exploring memory, presence, and transformation. The exhibition invites viewers to experience the reverberations of individual expression converging into a shared, resonant dialogue.

Artists include:

Arabella Strachan

Arabella is a Melbourne based artist whose textile based practice applies contemporary and traditional rug making techniques and other craft processes, exploring patterns and motifs that are imbued with personal meaning, emotion and hidden desire, reflecting the larger human experience. Arabella's background in textile design and love of pattern and embellishment, influence the composition of each work with a desire to create tactile and luxurious works that are a playful mixture of colour and touchable surface.

Fiona Johnston

Fiona expresses her creativity through watercolours, acrylics, textures and monoprints, cultivating an abstract style. Her art studio serves as a sanctuary for experimentation, where she strives to create light, depth, and contrast in her loose compositions.
Inspiration for her creations comes from various aspects of life, including family, personal experiences, travel, gallery visits, interactions with other artists, and the beauty of nature. Fiona's warm and vibrant colour palette reflects the beauty she observes in her surroundings.

Lynda Sterns

Painting regularly has become a passion since starting a small business painting children's room decor 18 years ago. In recent years the balance has shifted to allow more time to learn and practice my contemporary painting. I am drawn to darker tones and as a keen cook love to paint snapshots of culinary moments. This in turn has lead to a fascination in hands and portraiture.

Exhibition Details

Echoes Exhibition

Romulus Folio Gallery at The Gladstone, 55 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

October 10 – November 3, 2025

Opening Night: Friday, October 10, 5–7pm

Join us for an evening of art, connection, and community.

The exhibition and all events are designed to be inclusive and welcoming to all visitors.

• Wheelchair accessible• Low-sensory / relaxed environment• Seating available• Accessible bathroom

The exhibition and all events are designed to be inclusive and welcoming to all visitors.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Low-sensory / relaxed environment
• Seating available
• Accessible bathroom

Host or Publisher Angelina Mirabito