BLOG – Gabrielle Senza

20Feb 2026 by Lab Chief No Comments

London-Shortlisted Artist Presents In/Visibility Lab Event in Great Barrington

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGreat Barrington Artist Explores Visibility and Belonging Through In/Visibility Lab Performance Lecture GREAT BARRINGTON — Multidisciplinary artist and researcher Gabrielle Senza will present I MUST BE INVISIBLE, an intimate performance lecture and participatory workshop on Sunday, February 22 at Studio Lab Eleven. The event is part of the ongoing In/Visibility Lab, a creative research platform exploring who and what is seen, ignored, or rendered invisible in contemporary life. Blending storytelling, music, guided reflection, and facilitated dialogue, I MUST BE INVISIBLE invites participants to explore personal and collective experiences of visibility, belonging, and presence. Senza will be joined by Dan Ruderman as Lead Lab Technician. The work has been presented internationally in conferences, cultural spaces, and small-group settings, and is designed to foster thoughtful conversation in an increasingly fragmented…

24Feb 2025 by Lab Chief No Comments

How Co-Working Power Hours Transformed My Workweek

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For many years, I struggled with time management. I would diligently block off hours in my calendar for important tasks—the ones I knew I needed to get done but kept putting off. And yet, time and time again, I’d ignore those scheduled blocks. I barely noticed when I skipped them, but I felt the weight of those unfinished tasks piling up. Then I spotted a pattern. While I routinely missed solo work sessions, I never missed a scheduled meeting or collaborative session with other people. If someone was expecting me to show up, I showed up—100% of the time. That realization sparked an idea: What if I created a space where I wasn’t working alone? Enter: Weekday Morning Co-Working Power Hours. The concept was simple: I invited a few friends…

11Sep 2024 by Lab Chief No Comments

Stitching the World Back Together: Reflecting on 9/11

Drawing, Work on Paper, Writing

September 11, 2001, is a date forever etched into our collective consciousness. That morning, as I, like millions of people around the world, watched the devastation unfold in real-time, I felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness. We were in shock, experiencing the raw edges of fear and sorrow. As an artist, when words fail me, my hands take over. In the days that followed the attacks, I found myself gravitating towards materials I didn't typically use in my work—heavy watercolor paper and a needle threaded with red. The two pieces that emerged from that time were made from torn pieces of paper, stitched back together with red thread. It felt as though my ancestors were guiding me, as if they knew I needed this small, meditative task. It became a…

26Jun 2024 by Lab Chief No Comments

Artist Talks About Experience on Antarctic Glacier

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Berkshire Artist Talks About Experience on Antarctic Glacier “A Prayer for Antarctica” trance performance by Gabrielle Senza at Neko Harbor, Antarctica, 2022. Video still by Dan Ruderman. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW MARLBOROUGH, MA: Crawling on a glacier in a long white gown may sound like a scene in a bizarre dream, but for artist Gabrielle Senza, it was a sobering reality. In 2022, American artist, Gabrielle Senza found herself performing “A Prayer for Antarctica” in a trance state at Neko Harbor in Antarctica as nearby ice shelves collapsed into the sea. Possessed by a dress that has mysteriously urged her to perform many strange and unusual acts since the mid-eighties, Gabrielle calls this long white gown, Terra Luna. The artist states, “While I can’t claim to understand Terra Luna, I have learned to trust…

03May 2024 by Lab Chief No Comments

Co-Working Power Hours for Creatives!

Community, Studio Update

Are you tired of working remotely by yourself? Wish you had people around who are also working remotely? Or maybe, like me, you get distracted easily and lose track of time as you mindlessly scroll through social media or attempt to empty your inbox, rather than doing the thing you had intended to do? One of the only reliable ways I've found that gets me out of this rut, is having the responsibility to show up for other human beings at a certain time and in a certain place. So to accomplish this, I've come up with a solution: Co-Working Power Hours for Creatives! We meet 9-11AM EST Monday through Friday via Zoom.To start, during the first 15 minutes of each session, we share our intentions, then we mute our…

22Nov 2023 by Lab Chief No Comments

Own a Museum Collectible

Artist Book

I am thrilled to announce that my limited edition artist book, Amore e Roma: The Red Under the City of Rome is now available at 2 amazing bookstores specializing in rare editions! You can find Amore e Roma in stock at Familiar Trees in Great Barrington and at MASS MoCA’s Research & Development (R&D) Store. The book is based on the series of over 200 red paintings I made while living in Rome in 1997-98. It's included in the special collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney ~ and now you can add it to your collection! Edition of 30. Each book is signed, numbered, and hand-tied with red satin ribbon. (See full description below.) USD $450

14May 2023 by Lab Chief No Comments

Prayer for Antarctica

Performance, Photography

Trance performance stills from the Long Slow Crawl in Antarctica. GABRIELLE SENZA Prayer for Antarctica, Neko Harbour, 18 March 2022. Performance still #1734. Image credit Dan Ruderman GABRIELLE SENZA Prayer for Antarctica, Neko Harbour, 18 March 2022. Performance Still #1728. Image credit Dan Ruderman

12Mar 2023 by Lab Chief 2 Comments

[VIDEO] Antarctica: Wow It’s Now 2022 Expedition

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https://videopress.com/v/WR9PKKKX?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Here's a short video produced by the Daybreaker Team that gives a peek at what this magical experience was like. The depth of gratitude I have for having the privilege of joining these amazing humans on this mission, is simply beyond words. - gs

12Oct 2022 by Lab Chief No Comments

Sculpted iceberg portrait

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New prints coming soon! This is one of my favorite icebergs from our trip in March.

31Dec 2020 by Lab Chief No Comments

YEAR-END STUDIO UPDATE | Witnessing the Invisible on a Grand Scale: How 2020 Brought Everything Into Sharp Focus

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Gabrielle Senza, video still from work in progress. Hello, Dear One ~I’ve missed you.I’ve worried about you.And have thought about you often.What has this year been like for you?What changes have occurred in your life?What challenges, silver linings, or discoveries have you encountered?What losses have you endured?Most of all, I want to know, are you well?Are you happy? Are you safe?Last January, I was beginning my thesis on the phenomenon of social and physical invisibility, when a deadly invisible virus began circling the globe. COVID-19 not only halted life as we knew it, the worldwide pause also revealed the invisible pandemic of racism to many who had not yet noticed - or refused to acknowledge it.Suddenly (and finally) everybody was willing to talk about the impacts of implicit systems of…