ART EXHIBITION: I AM Nina

ART EXHIBITION – I AM Nina

Presented by Funhaus Factory, this special retrospective exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creative journey of Nina Angelo OAM through an eclectic collection of original artworks spanning years of personal expression, experimentation and resilience. Alongside Nina’s own works, the exhibition features a collection of artworks created about her, as well as treasured everyday objects and collectibles from her private archive — together forming an intimate portrait of a remarkable life shaped by creativity, memory and survival. Losing all her belongings twice to house fires, the exhibition is both an insight into her domestic history and a powerful reflection on identity, loss and endurance.

The opening night event invites audiences into an intimate evening of art, storytelling and performance. The exhibition launch begins with a live on-stage conversation between Nina and Wilfred Roach (author and performer), celebrating the release of her new book, ‘I AM Nina’. The evening will include poetry readings from the newly released publication, audience Q&A, and an immersive live musical performance by composer Yantra de Vilder, whose atmospheric soundscapes will accompany the night’s reflections on art, memory and transformation.

Nina Angelo OAM is an artist, storyteller, and gatherer of stories whose work has flowed across communities, cultures, and generations for more than fifty years. Born in Athens, Greece, to parents who survived the Holocaust, and arriving in Australia as a child, her life and art are deeply woven with themes of memory, resilience, belonging, and transformation.

From the studios of the National Art School to remote communities, Pacific islands, festivals, and healing spaces, Nina has spent her life creating beauty from lived experience — using textiles, colour, story, and human connection as instruments of healing and celebration.

Her work has been honoured with the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) and the Edna Ryan Feminist Award, recognising her lifelong commitment to empowering communities and uplifting women’s voices through the arts.

Today, Nina continues to inspire through her intuitive art, memoir, poetry, public speaking, and workshops, inviting others to journey “from a Rock to a HeART Place” — where creativity becomes remembrance, healing, and home.

Her newly released poetry collection is called ‘I AM Nina’.

This is an all ages exhibition (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult). FREE entry,
If you're driving, street parking and public parking is available in Baker St car park (enter via Erina St near Gosford hotel and ground floor parking is free)

Please note at this time the basement gallery is accessible only via stairs which is 8 stairs to platform and then 6 more steps to the basement.
At this time we are seeking to apply for a infrastructure grant for the $97k lift from ground floor to basement.

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