
Misa Kelly, aka ʻIolani Puʻu
Wounded Healer Alchemy
How the Creative Process Became the Journey
Exhibitions

installed at the Lourve as a part of the Museum Project. Photo by Stephen Kelly
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2019
Glen Dallas Gallery: God is a Woman, Group Show
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2018
Shared shows as a part of the Van Gogh Project in Santa Barbara and New York under the auspices of "Leilani & Miele."
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2014 - solo
Yoga Soup as a part of NECTAR: The Art of Healing
Santa Barbara, CA
2013 -solo
Center for Performance Research
Brooklyn, NY
installed with tape, clothes pins, photography and spectator games/participation
2012 -solo
ContraMASS Galerie
Vienna, AUSTRIA
installed with dance improvisation, tape, clothes pins and projections
Exhibiting my work is no longer a priority for me and my inner/external/unified sense of whole self. I am grounding into some fresh mediums and want to be free to simply play. With that said, in recent years, I have been fortunate to find a way to get the expression out there in the context of the work that flows through me as a producer/organizer/choreographer/dancer.
It was my opportunity to come out of the closet so to speak and be a voice on behalf of survivors of extreme trauma and those who are healing from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and conditions that may go with (DID, depression, anxiety/panic.) It took a lot of courage to be visible in this way for me, and I know that having the courage to speak my truth through the work was an important part in overcoming the past and reclaiming my freedom.
My first solo show was in Vienna, followed by a solo show in Brooklyn, and then one in Santa Barbara.
I would like to have an artist retrospective in Europe, in that I am genetically mostly european. Sort of a desire to connect with a deeper sense of home.
Performances
oh goodness... the list is way, way, way too long.
Europe: Slovenia, Turkey, Austria, Franee
United States: California, Connecticut, New York
Productions & Co-Productions
The Alma Karlin Project - Alma.Sama
ADaPT Festival Series
Affinity Series
Affinity Festival
Project Minty
The HIVE Series
The TURF Series
3 Cities: 3 Choreographers
Glorious Beings Concert
Stephen Kelly in Concert
SonneBlauma Master Class Series
SonneBlauma Studio Showing Series
ArtBark Studio Showing Series
The Minty Project
NECTAR Series (contribution of production skills)
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