Angelina Mirabito is an Italo-Australian contemporary abstract artist based in Melbourne. Her practice is distinguished by its textured, emotive use of colour, applied primarily with palette knives to canvas and walls. Through this process, she creates works that shift the atmosphere of both private and public spaces.

Her academic background, including a PhD in the therapeutic value of creative writing, informs her self-taught visual art practice. Through painting, Mirabito translates emotion into form, using colour to resolve and transform internal states. Each work is a dialogue between chaos and resolution, becoming complete only when it offers a sense of stillness and peace to contemplate.

Mirabito has exhibited widely across Melbourne and beyond. Key solo exhibitions include Elastic Heart (Docklands Library, 2024), Dignity (Art2ArtSpace, 2024), Transience (Ladder Art Space, 2023), and Embers (Romulus Folio Gallery, 2025). Her group exhibitions include the Biennale of Colour & Light (West End Art Space, 2024), Merri-bek Summer Show: (Be)Longing (Counihan Gallery, 2024), the Feel Good Art Prize (Quadrant Gallery, Finalist, 2025), and the Albert Park Art Show (People’s Choice Nominee, 2024).

In 2025, Mirabito’s practice was featured in NGV’s Melbourne Design Week (Art of Surface) and at major fairs including the Melbourne Design Show, the Décor + Design Show, and the Affordable Art Fair. Preparing for the Embers exhibition also marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration with acclaimed interior designer Mark Alexander, with whom she continues to explore new ways of merging art and design.

She is the current artist in residence at Romulus Folio Gallery at The Gladstone, supported by The Gladstone and FB Ideas, and is represented non-exclusively by Le Grange Gallery.

My practice explores the intersection of abstraction, emotion, and the subconscious, revealing connections I often only understand in retrospect. Each work unfolds through process, intuition, and materiality; meaning arises not through premeditated design but through the act of painting itself.

I am drawn to the tension between structure and fluidity, control and release. This reflects my lived experience of autism, trauma, and the challenges of navigating a world often misaligned with my inner rhythms. For me, art is more than expression: it is a way of thinking, surviving, and breaking through barriers, both personal and systemic.

Since a significant functional seizure reshaped how I process language and perception, painting has become my primary mode of articulation. Colour, texture, and form allow me to engage with ideas and emotions that lie beyond words. My work does not seek to provide answers but to uncover possibilities, fragments of understanding that shift and evolve over time.

In addition to my studio practice, I collaborate with Mark Alexander on projects that bring painting and design into dialogue. This ongoing partnership expands my practice into new contexts, allowing my work to evolve in scale, resonance, and impact.