Gisella Rose is the “Pain Proof Artiste” performance artist originally from South Africa, now located in New Jersey. With her exquisite blending together of sideshow arts, dance and hook suspension, she is a provocative juxtaposition. Pairing the delicate and the fierce, she commands your attention as her performance not only delights your eyes and imagination, it also questions the viewer on their strength, grace, and what it is to not only transcend pain but to transmute it. Gisella blends together a perfect mix of creativity that is both shocking and beautiful.
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Her skill sets include: Human PinCushion, Glass Walking, Bed of Nails, Body Suspension, Mental Flossing and performing “Sideshow En Pointe” which, is something that she is known for. Also performing her exclusive acts such as “Pierced En Pointe”, “Bloody Pointes”, “En Pointe to Glass” and “Bubbling through Me”.
STAR CITY TATTOO EXPO
Sideshow + Suspension [2016]
The Centennial Banquet Center – Ft. Bliss El Paso, Texas.
THE SOUTHERN SIDESHOW HOOTENANNY
Performed “Bloody Pointe’s” [2016]
The Innovator’s Show – Cafe Istanbul NOLA – New Orleans, LA.
SCARLIT ARTESQUE
Producer + Performer |2013 – current|
Monthly at Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
VISIONARY TATTOO ARTS FESTIVAL
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015|
Sideshow + Suspension
Asbury Park, NJ
BOOZE & TATTOOS FESTIVAL
November 2014
Sideshow + Suspension
Theatre of Living Arts, Philly
Wildwood Tattoo Arts Festival
2014 + 2015
Sideshow
Wildwood Convention Center, NJ
ZAMORA “The Torture King” Show
21 March 2015
Suspension Performance
The First Banana, Philadelphia
The Amazing Traveling Circus Sideshow
29 May 2015
Sideshow
Roxy & Dukes, Dunellen NJ
4th Annual “Beard + Stache Bash”
11 April 2015
Sideshow + Suspension Performances
Asbury Lanes, Asbury NJ
NJ BURLESQUE FESTIVAL SHOWCASE
Halloween Edition October ‘2014
Sideshow + Suspension
Roxy & Dukes, Dunellen NJ
BIZARRO BIZARRO SIDESHOW
9 May 2015
Sideshow Performance
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
PHILADELPHIA TATTOO ARTS EXPO
February 2015 + 2016
Sideshow Performances
Philadelphia Convention Center
JANE’S ADDICTION
15 May 2015
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Reggie Bugmuncher
Starland Ballroom, NJ
16 May 2015
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Asha Lo
The Electric Factory, Philadelphia
12 CBGB FESTIVAL – October 2014
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Marlo Marquise
Times Square, NYC
INKEDOUT NJ TATTOO EXPO
2012 – 2013
Sideshow + Suspension Performance
Meadowlands Expo Center, NJ
HELL’S KITCHEN LOUNGE “WAREHOUSE HALLOWEEN EVENTS”
October 2014 “FREAKSHOW FIREHOUSE” | Suspension & Sideshow
October 2013 “INFERNO” | Suspension & Sideshow
October 2012 “OUTBREAK” | Suspension & Sideshow
Von Gutenberg & Lady J Present IRONBOUND UNDERGROUND Fetish Party
2014
Suspension Performance
DEADFLOWERS: SMOKIN’ GUN REVUE
2013 – 2015
Sideshow Performances
Philadelphia
LEATHERSTRIP TOUR, PHILLY APPEARANCE
2013
Suspension Performance
Asylum 13, PA
BRICK CITY BURLESQUE
2013 Halloween + Christmas Editions
2014 Halloween Edition
Sideshow Performances
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
VAUDEVILLE with Porcelain, Ann Artist, Eden TheGarden
2013
Sideshow + Suspension Performances
The Voyeur, Philadelphia
ASCENSION SUSPENSION & MISGUIDED YOUTH SUSPENSIONS
Villain Arts BALTIMORE Tattoo Convention
2011, 2013 and 2014
Villain Arts PHILADELPHIA Tattoo Convention
2012 – 2015
Villain Arts WILDWOOD Tattoo Convention
2014
RED CARPET GRAVE
Burlesque performance with LaTara Suicide
Jhb, South Africa (2009)
ROCKFORD INDIE FESTIVAL
2009
Burlesque with LaTara Suicide
Johannesburg, South Africa
D-Tour Girls JHB Launch
2009
Burlesque and Sideshow Performances
The Black Dahlia, South Africa
illNino
“EPIDEMIA” 2012 – Album Cover Model & Featured in Music Video “My Depression”
Suspension Performance / Performance Art. Suspension Facilitated by Invisibleself and photography+filming by River Clark NYC
Johanna Warren
Song “My Storm” 2013 – Performer / Featured in Music Video
Flesh Pull Performance. Photography+filming by Gretchen Heinel
Michael Richard “Serial Artist”
The Hate Factor
“Sacrifice of Aphrodite” (Performance Art Installment)
Performer (Aphrodite)
HAMPTONS FILM FESTIVAL ‘2012
“Sacrifice of The Erotes” (performance art installment)
Performer (One of the Erotes)
Project Published in REBEL INK ‘2012 (6 page spread)
Flymachine Films
Project MorningStar (2009) – South Africa
Suspension Performance
Kult Without A Name (2009) – South Africa
Actress (Dead Girl)
Director: Grant Wheeler
Star Ledger
2013 NJ
Interviewed for + Featured in the “NJ Sideshow Revival” (print and video interview)
Sideshow + Suspension Performances documented at Visionary Tattoo Expo 2013. Interviewed & featured (online only). Both times by Reporter Lisa Rose
Sugar & Spikes Casting “Fashion Soiree”
Modeled for Sybil Vain Clothing | MUA: Asia Warner
2013
Grit ‘n Glory NYC
EMILY THE STRANGE (SA)
SA Fashion Week 2009
Promo Model with Tamara Sun
MAGAZINES / PUBLICATIONS
Freshly Inked
Philadelphia Tattoo Convention 2016 feature
Tattoo Kultur (SA)
Cover Model & Interview (2014)
Photography Credit: Kim Zier Photography
Gorgeous Freaks Magazine
Cover Model & Interview (2013)
Photography Credit: Kim Zier Photography | MUA: Riveted FX | Designer: PureVile Designs
SKIN Magazine (UK) www.playwithskin.com
Cover Model & Interview (2013)
Photography Credit: J. Isobel De Lisle Photography
Published and featured in various print and online publications. A few of these include:
UK’s Bizarre Magazine
Skin & Ink
Rebel Ink
Rabid Magazine
Goomah Magazine
Cynical Fashion Magazine
Freshly Inked
For a full list of publications that I have been featured in, please email me.
Credits for photoshoot work featured on this website:
Photographers:
Kim Zier Photography
J. Isoble De Lisle Photography
Gretchen Heinel Photography
Glenn Tuttle Photography
Garrett Matthew
Hatter Photography
Madness Photography
Swankorama
TaLamia Photography
Blue Box Pix
Royal Flush Photography
Andrew Koenig
River Clark
Strettograhy / Comic Crypt Theater
Joseph Rossetti (Lunchbox)
Walter Rodriguez Photography
Anilom Nor
Kat Attack Photography
Shadow Angelina Photography
Sammy Rivera Photography
John Forquer Photography
Make-Up Artists:
RivetHead FX Make-up Artistry
Brittany Diaz MUA Goddess
Melanie Zavarella
Asia Warner
Morgan Panter
Designers / Clothing:
Chained By Carrion
ALLOY Latex
PureVile Designs
Tom Banwell
Sybil Vain
John Ashford Shoes
A Night of LIVE! Performance Art
April 2012
with “The Psycho Cyborgs”
Sideshow Performance & Pierced Aneta VonCyborg on stage
The Blue Room, NJ
WOOFSTOCK – Annual Benefit
July 2014 + July 2015
Sideshow Performance
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
THE TORTURE GAMES
Short Horror Film
Directed by Mika Madness
Sideshow + Suspension [2016]
The Centennial Banquet Center – Ft. Bliss El Paso, Texas.
THE SOUTHERN SIDESHOW HOOTENANNY
Performed “Bloody Pointe’s” [2016]
The Innovator’s Show – Cafe Istanbul NOLA – New Orleans, LA.
SCARLIT ARTESQUE
Producer + Performer |2013 – current|
Monthly at Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
VISIONARY TATTOO ARTS FESTIVAL
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015|
Sideshow + Suspension
Asbury Park, NJ
BOOZE & TATTOOS FESTIVAL
November 2014
Sideshow + Suspension
Theatre of Living Arts, Philly
Wildwood Tattoo Arts Festival
2014 + 2015
Sideshow
Wildwood Convention Center, NJ
ZAMORA “The Torture King” Show
21 March 2015
Suspension Performance
The First Banana, Philadelphia
The Amazing Traveling Circus Sideshow
29 May 2015
Sideshow
Roxy & Dukes, Dunellen NJ
4th Annual “Beard + Stache Bash”
11 April 2015
Sideshow + Suspension Performances
Asbury Lanes, Asbury NJ
NJ BURLESQUE FESTIVAL SHOWCASE
Halloween Edition October ‘2014
Sideshow + Suspension
Roxy & Dukes, Dunellen NJ
BIZARRO BIZARRO SIDESHOW
9 May 2015
Sideshow Performance
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
PHILADELPHIA TATTOO ARTS EXPO
February 2015 + 2016
Sideshow Performances
Philadelphia Convention Center
JANE’S ADDICTION
15 May 2015
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Reggie Bugmuncher
Starland Ballroom, NJ
16 May 2015
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Asha Lo
The Electric Factory, Philadelphia
12 CBGB FESTIVAL – October 2014
Suspension performance with ASCENSION SUSPENSION during finale song “Stop” with fellow performer Marlo Marquise
Times Square, NYC
INKEDOUT NJ TATTOO EXPO
2012 – 2013
Sideshow + Suspension Performance
Meadowlands Expo Center, NJ
HELL’S KITCHEN LOUNGE “WAREHOUSE HALLOWEEN EVENTS”
October 2014 “FREAKSHOW FIREHOUSE” | Suspension & Sideshow
October 2013 “INFERNO” | Suspension & Sideshow
October 2012 “OUTBREAK” | Suspension & Sideshow
Von Gutenberg & Lady J Present IRONBOUND UNDERGROUND Fetish Party
2014
Suspension Performance
DEADFLOWERS: SMOKIN’ GUN REVUE
2013 – 2015
Sideshow Performances
Philadelphia
LEATHERSTRIP TOUR, PHILLY APPEARANCE
2013
Suspension Performance
Asylum 13, PA
BRICK CITY BURLESQUE
2013 Halloween + Christmas Editions
2014 Halloween Edition
Sideshow Performances
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
VAUDEVILLE with Porcelain, Ann Artist, Eden TheGarden
2013
Sideshow + Suspension Performances
The Voyeur, Philadelphia
ASCENSION SUSPENSION & MISGUIDED YOUTH SUSPENSIONS
Villain Arts BALTIMORE Tattoo Convention
2011, 2013 and 2014
Villain Arts PHILADELPHIA Tattoo Convention
2012 – 2015
Villain Arts WILDWOOD Tattoo Convention
2014
RED CARPET GRAVE
Burlesque performance with LaTara Suicide
Jhb, South Africa (2009)
ROCKFORD INDIE FESTIVAL
2009
Burlesque with LaTara Suicide
Johannesburg, South Africa
D-Tour Girls JHB Launch
2009
Burlesque and Sideshow Performances
The Black Dahlia, South Africa
“EPIDEMIA” 2012 – Album Cover Model & Featured in Music Video “My Depression”
Suspension Performance / Performance Art. Suspension Facilitated by Invisibleself and photography+filming by River Clark NYC
Johanna Warren
Song “My Storm” 2013 – Performer / Featured in Music Video
Flesh Pull Performance. Photography+filming by Gretchen Heinel
Michael Richard “Serial Artist”
The Hate Factor
“Sacrifice of Aphrodite” (Performance Art Installment)
Performer (Aphrodite)
HAMPTONS FILM FESTIVAL ‘2012
“Sacrifice of The Erotes” (performance art installment)
Performer (One of the Erotes)
Project Published in REBEL INK ‘2012 (6 page spread)
Flymachine Films
Project MorningStar (2009) – South Africa
Suspension Performance
Kult Without A Name (2009) – South Africa
Actress (Dead Girl)
Director: Grant Wheeler
Star Ledger
2013 NJ
Interviewed for + Featured in the “NJ Sideshow Revival” (print and video interview)
Sideshow + Suspension Performances documented at Visionary Tattoo Expo 2013. Interviewed & featured (online only). Both times by Reporter Lisa Rose
Sugar & Spikes Casting “Fashion Soiree”
Modeled for Sybil Vain Clothing | MUA: Asia Warner
2013
Grit ‘n Glory NYC
EMILY THE STRANGE (SA)
SA Fashion Week 2009
Promo Model with Tamara Sun
MAGAZINES / PUBLICATIONS
Freshly Inked
Philadelphia Tattoo Convention 2016 feature
Tattoo Kultur (SA)
Cover Model & Interview (2014)
Photography Credit: Kim Zier Photography
Gorgeous Freaks Magazine
Cover Model & Interview (2013)
Photography Credit: Kim Zier Photography | MUA: Riveted FX | Designer: PureVile Designs
SKIN Magazine (UK) www.playwithskin.com
Cover Model & Interview (2013)
Photography Credit: J. Isobel De Lisle Photography
Published and featured in various print and online publications. A few of these include:
UK’s Bizarre Magazine
Skin & Ink
Rebel Ink
Rabid Magazine
Goomah Magazine
Cynical Fashion Magazine
Freshly Inked
For a full list of publications that I have been featured in, please email me.
Credits for photoshoot work featured on this website:
Photographers:
Kim Zier Photography
J. Isoble De Lisle Photography
Gretchen Heinel Photography
Glenn Tuttle Photography
Garrett Matthew
Hatter Photography
Madness Photography
Swankorama
TaLamia Photography
Blue Box Pix
Royal Flush Photography
Andrew Koenig
River Clark
Strettograhy / Comic Crypt Theater
Joseph Rossetti (Lunchbox)
Walter Rodriguez Photography
Anilom Nor
Kat Attack Photography
Shadow Angelina Photography
Sammy Rivera Photography
John Forquer Photography
Make-Up Artists:
RivetHead FX Make-up Artistry
Brittany Diaz MUA Goddess
Melanie Zavarella
Asia Warner
Morgan Panter
Designers / Clothing:
Chained By Carrion
ALLOY Latex
PureVile Designs
Tom Banwell
Sybil Vain
John Ashford Shoes
A Night of LIVE! Performance Art
April 2012
with “The Psycho Cyborgs”
Sideshow Performance & Pierced Aneta VonCyborg on stage
The Blue Room, NJ
WOOFSTOCK – Annual Benefit
July 2014 + July 2015
Sideshow Performance
Hell’s Kitchen Lounge, NJ
THE TORTURE GAMES
Short Horror Film
Directed by Mika Madness
Gisella is an insured and trained professional performer. Available for various types of events including, festivals, conventions, variety shows, nightclubs, corporate gigs, birthday parties, music videos and photoshoots. Able to travel both locally and internationally. Please email for schedule availability. Please note that not all performance credits have been listed above.
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