Cosmic Bird Official Barbara Parise

This is the artwork gallery of Barbara Parise (outsider artist active since 1980) also known as Lady U. Plush (1999 - 2011) and Cosmic Bird (2011— ).
She is an Italo-British multi-disciplinary
Visual/ aural creator, cosmic entrepreneur.

Currently not accepting unsolicited material, not interested in collaborations, prefer working solo and independently at my own pace and leisure.

Creative activities: Avant-garde composer, voice, screenwriter/writer/poet, film-maker director/ photographer, film/theatre director, muse, actress, dancer, performer, producer, editor, expert researcher, sound designer and art/ film curator, seasoned traveller.
Lecturer/ educator in various institutions, editor. Previously Content provider, event manager, art gallery vintage shop owner, film critic/curator, historian/consultant.

Favourite Themes: landscapes and nature without people in it. Animalia (especially Birds, Felines and Horses). Otherwordly and ancestral vibes. Supernatural and other invisible things. Fleeting life. Beyond mere details big pictures matter. Unpopular things, off the tourist tracks paths. The elements. Universe and other galaxies. Empty places and spaces. Purity.

Out: No uniforms, no wars, no weapons, no showbiz, no relig...

Trained at Goldsmiths College, University of London, Media Department, (Master of Arts: FEATURE FILM) with a previous BA degree in Film Studies from the DAMS (Disciplines of Art, Music,Theatre, Film History and analysis/critique) Media Department, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, University La Sapienza, Rome, parallel to practical film school at Lab Cinema, with additional screenwriting training at historical Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome, with late master guru Luigi Di Gianni- subsequently professionally trained in several mixed media artistic and enterpreneurial, linguistic disciplines; i.e. theatre acting, new media/ multimedia, graphic design, multidisciplinary art practice in UK (Goldsmiths, Westminster College, Westminster University, Kingsway, Kings College , LUX Center among others), previously training in Ireland, Spain, Paris, France, Italy and UK.


Please note:
Direct Message from the artist (me) with track record.
I am Not interested in bothersome anonymous unserious preposterous recycled image-based and self-serving slogans fake art or film sites/pages run by self-serving anonymous competitive narcissist armi mierda/river (no bambi at all) just a river of sorrow.
No deranged fanatic prostitutes/hoo...

Exhibits or released work to date:

Theatre Director Dancer/singer/performer for Children theatre Rome, 1984-1988

Poetry in the park, London 1986-87

Poetry nights/visual poetry: Testaccio, Trastevere, Rome 1992/94.

Video art and visual poems, analogue, VHS 1990-94

London Children Ballet - selection and documenting (filming, creative consulting) 1995

1998 published poems on Poems Of Light And Darkness (An anthology) - The Beehive Press, UK

1999 published poems on Water- An Anthology- The Beehive Press, UK

Brixton street shows South London and ROSCHARC proj, 1998-2000

Group show at The Old School/ Hastings 2007

2007-09
Group shows Hastings Arts Forum

Solo show screening/photos exhibition of 'The Air Catchers' own film, HAF, UK

Maisons Des Phantasmes, France

Masonic Hall, St Leonards On Sea/ Hastings shows and performance live events+art installations:
The Edict, The Challenge, Tea in the Garden, The Isms(filmed 2007-2009.)

Solo show/ screenings 'The Edict' and 'Grayson Perry's' doc at Electric Palace cinema, Hastings, UK

Screening as producer/director with Plush Productions of 'Grayson Perry documentary' on his touring exhibition at the DWLP, Bexhill, in collaboration with the Arts Council Of England. Electric Pal...