On May 24, 2025, the sixth edition of the collective art exhibition "AMBIENTARTI" - curated by Eva Amos and Art Space - will open its doors at the Museum of Art and Science in Via Quintino Sella 4, Milan.

The exhibition features works by numerous international artists, including "Ode to Women’s Labour" — the latest creation by artist Nika Nuova — which will be unveiled to the public for the first time. Through this work, the artist aims to highlight the often-overlooked value of women’s daily labour. Every day, women perform essential social tasks, yet society itself tends to marginalize and censor them: acts such as breastfeeding, or managing a household, are expected, taken for granted and often unacknowledged.

The large-scale embroidered panel is the result of the remarkable collaboration between the artist and over thirty women, from Milan and from other countries. It was a small collective daily effort: after creating a prototype of the final composition, the artist provided each participant with a complete and detailed kit, including instructions and all necessary materials to complete the assigned part, ensuring not a single stitch went missed. Cross-stitch, the technique chosen by the artist, is itself frequently considered a minor artistic style, if not merely a pastime. Every step is fundamental, but without any value in itself:  the final result is the crucial part. So it is women's daily work: tireless, methodical, repetitive, aimed to build something important for the future. Nika’s project serves as a powerful reminder: the most self-evident actions form the foundation of life, and women’s role often goes unnoticed until it is no longer there.

Women’s hands do not merely decorate, they uphold and actively contribute to the creation of a strong social framework. In the past, embroidery was an art form handed down from mother to daughter. For the artist, the entire social and cultural system—including the feminine one—needs to recover cohesion. Sometimes, women themselves hinder each other, as if emancipation and independence must necessarily involve solitude or competition. If the precise and meticulous work of each participant represents an individual gesture and a metaphor for the daily care women provide to their loved ones, then the artist’s process of stitching the fragments back together becomes a moment of synthesis that unites these female voices into a collective expression – symbolically seeking to heal all the deep fractures between women and across generations, and bridging the gap between tradition and contemporary world, too.