Serena Gabriels is an interdisciplinary artist working in the Boston area. Her work explores the subjects of mental health awareness and play. Using her own lived experience with mental illness, she creates work that visualizes feelings that many cannot put into words. By combining video and the use of her body as a canvas, she brings invisible sensations to light. It is her intention to communicate compassion for these experiences and convey the message that we are not alone.

Working at an elementary school, Serena engages her imagination daily to keep up with games of pretend and creativity. Through embracing her own wonder, she recognizes the importance of play for one's well being. She explores how to approach play as a “grown up”, with interactive performances and installations that engage the imaginative mind. 

Serena presented Primary Colors at the Midway gallery in the exhibition Register Disrupt Visionary in 2022. Working alongside Edward Monovich in his Dadabex series, she performed at Fog X Flow on the Emerald Necklace Conservancy in 2018. Her solo exhibition Mirror. was held at the Godine Gallery at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2019.

Website: serenagabriels.com

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