Barbara, 2014-Edition 1/5 Photograph

Born and raised in Italy, Gisella Sorrentino decided to dedicate her life to photography after receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Gisella studied at the International Center of Photography (NYC) and at Scuola Romana di Fotografia (Rome). She also interned several years as a teacher assistant in the darkroom and in the studio at the International Center of Photography. In New York City, she has gained experience as an assistant photographer for various artists and photographers. Having studied dance since she was a child, it was very natural for Sorrentino to start to document performers and dancers on and off the stage. Through this “physical” experience, movement and rhythm became a language to express herself photographically. In the series Self Portraits and the ongoing series Bodies in Space, the motion of the body in time and space becomes an instrument to express her feelings and the relation with the outside world. Gisella exhibited her solo show "Bodies in Space" in 2012 at La Casa Internazionale delle Donne, an established women’s institution in Rome (Italy) and in 2014 at WIX Lounge in NYC.In 2015, she received a grant from chashama art organization to show her photo work and installation "Transitory" at the gallery 461 in Harlem, NYC. She has also exhibited her works in different group exhibitions including: WIA Expo-Warsaw International Art Expo at Gallery DAP1 & DAP2 (OWZPAP), (Warsaw, 2015); Nuovi Yorkers at NOoSPHERE Arts (NY, 2014); The Posthuman Conference at University of Roma Tre (Rome, 2013); IDA Gran Gala` at Teatro Alighieri (Ravenna, Italy 2013), Nord Art 2011 at Kunst in the Carlshutte (Budelsdorf, Germany 2011), in occasion of the presentation of the Instant Book Event: Italian Artist in New York at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (Brooklyn, 2009), Blow Up at Bromfield Gallery (Boston, 2008) and Her Humanity at Casa Frela Gallery (NYC, 2007).