s a r a m a p e l l i

 

 

 

i work with the energy of my dream & inner intuitional world to create visual art, dance and healing. Art is my rocket ship, it shoots me across brush & muscle.

 
p e r f o r m a n c e
04/02

Juice- Soul Motion (TM) Dancers : choreography by Barbara McIntyre of Portland OR
Blue sky concert/benefit for the Dance coalition of Portland
03/02

Source Channel : In Search of Our Lady of Guadeloupe : Prindle WA - Wildskil Studio
improv performance
sara mapelli and meshi chavez
2001 to present Performing Fire Spinning
04/01

Wildskil Studio : Prindle WA
Mending
 listening to the heart of the body as an intimate mountain
contact improv and duet solos.
Sara Mapelli and Meshi Chavez

 
1997-present

Dance at Body Moves in Portland OR with Vin martin and Meshi Chavez
2000-02

bus busting / trams formation : Portland OR
directed by Sara mapelli and Ted holdt
actionistic laughing on a public bus or tram with 20 participants creating contagious waves of laughter to flow through the transit system
7/01

Wildskil studio : Prindle WA
Bundles
bowing in blessed bliss you are my blessed be - a honoring experiformance in a large outdoor stone circle. In which each person was individually celebrated and honored. Created for 15 people
This performance followed a communion dance titled dancing the four directions lead by Meshi Chavez - the energy of this dance opened the door for the successful honoring ceremony. We consider these separate pieces a collaboration based on intuition.
7/00 Wildskil studio : Prindle WA
from stillness to hysterics - a all included piece working with subtle movement and silence to side splitting laughter
02/00

Source Channel : Sewing Together : Portland OR
directed by Seth Nehil
four person actionistic street performance consisting of sewing ourselves to each other
Sara Mapelli, Ted Holdt, Seth Nehil, & Palma Correl
07/92

Intermedia gallery : Minneapolis MN
took part in Karen Finley's work about AIDS
playing both a patient and a caretaker
e x i b i t i o n s / i n s t a l l a t i o n s
8/00

2000 West Seattle Nature Festival : West Seattle, Washington, entering molecular streams an installation by Ted Holdt, Michael Northam and Sara Mapelli.
05/95 Bona Kean Gallery : Portland OR
THE BOX- group show -Questioning what is a box functional to metaphorical
05/93

MCAD Gallery : Minneapolis, MN
 ELEPHANT TREE HOUSE - sculpture - free standing poured plaster in sewn canvas form
12' long x 18' high x 12'' - 6'' thick
05/93

Rougue Gallery : Minneapolis, MN
ME MYSELF AND MY KIDNEY - full body sculpture
ultralcal and abalone shell
04/92

Chetwynd Stapleton Gallery : Portland, Oregon, USA
THINKING OF THE NON-SIBLING - small acrylic collages of childhood visions

c u r r e n t
2002

Mix media visual artworks/performance : in collaboration with Meshi Chavez ( in process )
2000-present

Three Large Oil Painting Series Titled :
- A Vision Unfolding- Unzip Your Cocoon
- My Seven Spheres of Heaven and My Seven Spheres of Hell
visit some of my paintings at

03/93-present Hand built a Cordwood Home and Straw Bale Studio with Ted Holdt.: Portland OR The studio and land, now named WILDSKIL STUDIO - serves as an alternative space for of all kinds of artists to come and explore their own work and /or to perform. We host a large three day performance event every summer - all participants must perform. A large sunken circle was built especially for these events. Wildskil studio is located in the Columbia River Gorge. This powerful landscape intensifies the work that has been performed here.
1989-present Helping people heal through healing touch and energy refocusing.
1986-88

Mentors under Bill Papas
well known cartoon artist for the guardian in the UK
and for his water colored illustrations
09/92

MCAD Gallery : Minneapolis, MN
SPLIT POTATOES - died potatoes, free standing poured plaster in canvas forms 2 sculptures at 2' x 18'' each
p u b l i c a r t
04/02 Wenatchee Police Station : Wenatchee, WA
two large architectural fiberglass walls 12' x 30' - thirteen enameled glass metal combination wall paintings 16'' x 16'' each - one large lobby piece enameled glass and metal 12' x 4' to be installed in 2003 in collaboration with Liz Mapelli
04/01

Arbor School Amphitheater : Arbor School, Tualatin, OR.
Bottle Wall 80’ x 18’’
this project was created with the students (K-8th grades)
in collaboration with Ted Holdt
7/97 Terrestrial Sanctuary : Edmund's, WA
Aluminum and Paint 140'x20
collaborated with Liz Mapelli on Installing and fabrication
10/97

Tribute, OSU Corvallis, OR.
bronze, enameled glass and aluminum sheet, 26' x 26' collaborated with Liz Mapelli and Ted Holdt on Bronze 32' in length
8/96 Craig General Hospital : DALLAS, TEXAS
Interior installation in birthing room corridor (punctuated in wall, 9' X 40') in collaboration with Liz Mapelli
12/95

Huntington Residence : Prindle WA
Mosaic Wall, 100 sq. ft., ceramic, glass and stone
in collaboration with Ted Holdt
8/93

Rogue Bar and Grill : Minneapolis ,MN
Mosaic Bar, 300 sq. ft., ceramic, glass and assorted objects
c o m m u n i t y & a r t
02/02

Kows for Kids Project: Portland OR
Painted life size fiberglass cow - Collaboration with Ted Holdt and Liz Mapelli
a fundraiser for children
06/98 Worked with two different schools in San Francisco to make signs for the Schools Gardens. Ted and I worked together with the students in create colorful and textural signs. This project was with SLUG ( San Francisco League Of Urban Gardeners), who hired us to paint signs for their community gardens.
08/96 Mural at the Mission YMCA : San Francisco CA
This mural was designed and painted with 13 teenagers during the 1996 YMCA summer camp program
07/95

Art in the Park : Portland, Oregon
Collaborative painting for adults and children on huge floating canvas's hung between two large cedar trees in the woods
07/95 Art in the Park : Portland, Oregon
Collaborative painting for adults and children on huge floating canvas's hung between two large cedar trees in the woods
07/95 Art in the Park : Portland, Oregon
Collaborative painting for adults and children on huge floating canvas's hung between two large cedar trees in the woods
r e s i d e n c i e s / g r a n t s / t r a v e l
07/00 Traveled to China - Studied in a traditional teapot factory and designed tiles for a large tile factory. Also spent time with many contemporary Artists: Painters and Ceramists
03/97 Received a grant to design and implement a two and a half month art program for Skamania School, a public 1-8 grade located in Skamania Washington
04/98 Received a grant again to implement a two and a half month art program for Skamania School, a public 1-8 grade located in Skamania Washington. This includes a large 3 wall mural by the fifth a sixth grade class in the lunch room
1990-91

Received a grant to travel for one year through Europe India,Nepal Thailand and Indonesia
Bronze Casting Workshop, Katmandu, Nepal
Photography and architectural studies in India