About me
Born in Lima, Peru, Gisella Stapleton is a London-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores female interiority, cultural memory and belonging. Working across painting, mixed media, embroidery and muralism, she examines the relationship between our inner landscapes and the natural world, reimagining inherited visual languages through contemporary figuration.
The female figure lies at the centre of Stapleton’s practice, not as portraiture, but as a vessel for interior experience. Her figures inhabit moments of contemplation, transition and self-determination, while botanical forms, birds, seeds and other elements of the natural world operate as extensions of their emotional landscapes. Through these relationships, her work considers how identity is shaped by what we inherit, the environments we inhabit and the connections we form.
Drawing on her Peruvian and Latin American heritage, Stapleton brings together geometric abstraction, colour and references to Andean textile traditions. Acrylic painting is increasingly combined with hand embroidery, recycled jute and fragments of Aguayo textile, creating layered surfaces in which painting and textile practices coexist. Rather than reproducing traditional motifs, she fragments and reinterprets them, approaching cultural inheritance as something living: carried across places and generations and continually transformed through experience.
Since relocating to London in 2011, Stapleton has developed a parallel public art practice centred on place, cultural identity and collective experience. Her large-scale commissions include the Paddington mural at Southbank’s Sutton Walk for StudioCanal and Visit London, as well as public works for Elmbridge Council, the University of Roehampton, Latin Elephant and Southwark Council, among others.
In 2025, Stapleton was invited as Artist in Residence at Kew Gardens, creating murals, large-scale paintings and hand-painted ceramic works for the internationally celebrated Orchid Festival. Drawing on Peruvian biodiversity, traditional dance and ancestral pattern-making, the project brought together many of the concerns that continue to shape her studio and public practice. She has also contributed to The Big Egg Hunt London, commissioned by Elephant Family and exhibited on the Strand.
Gisella Stapleton lives and works in London.
The female figure lies at the centre of Stapleton’s practice, not as portraiture, but as a vessel for interior experience. Her figures inhabit moments of contemplation, transition and self-determination, while botanical forms, birds, seeds and other elements of the natural world operate as extensions of their emotional landscapes. Through these relationships, her work considers how identity is shaped by what we inherit, the environments we inhabit and the connections we form.
Drawing on her Peruvian and Latin American heritage, Stapleton brings together geometric abstraction, colour and references to Andean textile traditions. Acrylic painting is increasingly combined with hand embroidery, recycled jute and fragments of Aguayo textile, creating layered surfaces in which painting and textile practices coexist. Rather than reproducing traditional motifs, she fragments and reinterprets them, approaching cultural inheritance as something living: carried across places and generations and continually transformed through experience.
Since relocating to London in 2011, Stapleton has developed a parallel public art practice centred on place, cultural identity and collective experience. Her large-scale commissions include the Paddington mural at Southbank’s Sutton Walk for StudioCanal and Visit London, as well as public works for Elmbridge Council, the University of Roehampton, Latin Elephant and Southwark Council, among others.
In 2025, Stapleton was invited as Artist in Residence at Kew Gardens, creating murals, large-scale paintings and hand-painted ceramic works for the internationally celebrated Orchid Festival. Drawing on Peruvian biodiversity, traditional dance and ancestral pattern-making, the project brought together many of the concerns that continue to shape her studio and public practice. She has also contributed to The Big Egg Hunt London, commissioned by Elephant Family and exhibited on the Strand.
Gisella Stapleton lives and works in London.
Exhibitions, murals and collaborations
Art Collaboration for "Festa Junina" at Amazónico, London. June 2026
Solo Exhibition, "The Sound of her", Paladar, London. FRom 1st 0f March to 11th of July 2026
Mural painting in collaboration at Gail's, Surbiton. November 2025
Mural painting at Veena & The Moon. September 2025
Mural painting at Kingston Street Art Festival. August 2025
Mural commission at Vital Village, Thames Ditton, June 2025
Street exhibition of her sculpture "Warmi" located at the Strand, London as part of The Big Egg Hunt, 24th of March until the 27th of April.
Art residence and exhibition at The Orchid Festival, Kew Gardens, February - March 2025
The design of Paddington mural at Sutton Walk, Southbank, London. Commissioned by STUDIO CANAL and VISIT LONDON, a mural that celebrates Paddington as a multicultural icon and a symbol of the diversity in London. 2024
Solo Exhibition in Thames Ditton, The Limping Fox, 2024
The Other Art Fair June-July 2023
The Other Art Fair 9-12 March 2023
Art Motive, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Amano Museum, Lima, Peru 15 - 23 December 2022
Polygon Exhibition, The Factory, 1-10 December 2022
The Other Art Fair 13- 16 October 2022
Group Exhibition, The Limping Fox, Thames Ditton, 6th October - December 2022
Community mural unveiling. Celebrating Elephant, 1 Elephant Road, 24th September 2022
This is a mural I painted representing the diversity of the area, commissioned by Latin Elephant and the Council of Southwark, London
The Other Art Fair 30 - 2 July 2022
The Divine Feminine. 12-31 March 2022
Exhibition "Utopia" exploring the relationship between nature and women. Ecofeminism Festival. 7-17 October 2021
BLAW Editions, Blaze Image Gallery, Notting Hill, BLAW Editions (Bora Latin American Women Artists Editions Project) is a collaborative project created by Bora Girls Their goal is to exhibit editions of Latin American Women artists to dialogue with the local community and to strengthen their presence in the British art market
22 May-20 June. 2021
Voices of Earth, Virtual Art Exhibition, 12 June to 12 July. The Exhibition portrays the eternal beauty and quality of nature while reflecting on humans’ dependency, abuse and destruction of it through time. 2021
Via Arts Prize, Finalist artists Exhibition, November 2020. Exhibition organised by the Embassy of Brazil in London, in partnership with ACALASP (Cultural Attachés of Latin America, supported by Instituto Cervantes and People's Palace Projects.
Dulwich Festival, Open Art House. May. East Dulwich Picturehouse. 2020
Rainforest Community Artwork. Commissioned by The Latin American House and Borough of Brent. 25th 0f January 2020. The Rainforest Theme has been chosen by the community to raised raise awareness on rainforest protection and climate action in the community.
Mural painting in Elephant and Castle for Latin Elephant fundraising event. November 2019. This mural has been thought and created with the purpose of contributing to the empowerment of the Latin American community in London, as a symbol that unifies, identifies and strengthens the community.
Dulwich Festival, Open Art House. 12-13 May & 19-20 May 2019
"Still We rise" (Showcasing female artists), The light house, East London. February 2018
Yo Mujer/About Woman, Ronda Barcelona Gallery, Barcelona, 6th to 24th of April. 2017
Her Story. Travel Performance about contemporary women heroes (Dance, live music and art) in California. 1st show 11th of March 2017
Solo Exhibition. Coya Mayfair, London. From December 2016 to September 2017
"About beauties and Fauves" solo exhibition at Acklam Village, Portobello Road, London 24 June 3 July, 2016
KALEIDOSCOPE Solo Exhibition at The Cumberland Hotel, London. November-December, 2015
Open Art Spaces of Kensington and Fulham, 9-18 October, Faron Sutaria Notting Hill Gate 2015
"Batersea Art Station" group exhibition at Battersea Arts Centre, 25-27 October 2015
Group, Swiss Cottage Gallery Exhibition. Hampstead, London
Group, “A point of view”, Vibe Gallery, London.
Group, “Art in Mind”, The Brick Lane Gallery, London.
Group, 2011, “Theatre and Art Street Festival” Spain
Group, 2009, Colectivo Artistico, Cultural Centre Bailarín Vicente Escudero, Spain
Group, 2008, Colectivo Artistico, Cultural Centre Zona Sur, Spain
Group, 2007, “I Art Exhibition for the Promotion of Equality”, University of Valladolid. Spain
Group, 2006, “Arte Joven”, Traveling exhibition around Castilla y León. Spain
Solo Exhibition, "The Sound of her", Paladar, London. FRom 1st 0f March to 11th of July 2026
Mural painting in collaboration at Gail's, Surbiton. November 2025
Mural painting at Veena & The Moon. September 2025
Mural painting at Kingston Street Art Festival. August 2025
Mural commission at Vital Village, Thames Ditton, June 2025
Street exhibition of her sculpture "Warmi" located at the Strand, London as part of The Big Egg Hunt, 24th of March until the 27th of April.
Art residence and exhibition at The Orchid Festival, Kew Gardens, February - March 2025
The design of Paddington mural at Sutton Walk, Southbank, London. Commissioned by STUDIO CANAL and VISIT LONDON, a mural that celebrates Paddington as a multicultural icon and a symbol of the diversity in London. 2024
Solo Exhibition in Thames Ditton, The Limping Fox, 2024
The Other Art Fair June-July 2023
The Other Art Fair 9-12 March 2023
Art Motive, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Amano Museum, Lima, Peru 15 - 23 December 2022
Polygon Exhibition, The Factory, 1-10 December 2022
The Other Art Fair 13- 16 October 2022
Group Exhibition, The Limping Fox, Thames Ditton, 6th October - December 2022
Community mural unveiling. Celebrating Elephant, 1 Elephant Road, 24th September 2022
This is a mural I painted representing the diversity of the area, commissioned by Latin Elephant and the Council of Southwark, London
The Other Art Fair 30 - 2 July 2022
The Divine Feminine. 12-31 March 2022
Exhibition "Utopia" exploring the relationship between nature and women. Ecofeminism Festival. 7-17 October 2021
BLAW Editions, Blaze Image Gallery, Notting Hill, BLAW Editions (Bora Latin American Women Artists Editions Project) is a collaborative project created by Bora Girls Their goal is to exhibit editions of Latin American Women artists to dialogue with the local community and to strengthen their presence in the British art market
22 May-20 June. 2021
Voices of Earth, Virtual Art Exhibition, 12 June to 12 July. The Exhibition portrays the eternal beauty and quality of nature while reflecting on humans’ dependency, abuse and destruction of it through time. 2021
Via Arts Prize, Finalist artists Exhibition, November 2020. Exhibition organised by the Embassy of Brazil in London, in partnership with ACALASP (Cultural Attachés of Latin America, supported by Instituto Cervantes and People's Palace Projects.
Dulwich Festival, Open Art House. May. East Dulwich Picturehouse. 2020
Rainforest Community Artwork. Commissioned by The Latin American House and Borough of Brent. 25th 0f January 2020. The Rainforest Theme has been chosen by the community to raised raise awareness on rainforest protection and climate action in the community.
Mural painting in Elephant and Castle for Latin Elephant fundraising event. November 2019. This mural has been thought and created with the purpose of contributing to the empowerment of the Latin American community in London, as a symbol that unifies, identifies and strengthens the community.
Dulwich Festival, Open Art House. 12-13 May & 19-20 May 2019
"Still We rise" (Showcasing female artists), The light house, East London. February 2018
Yo Mujer/About Woman, Ronda Barcelona Gallery, Barcelona, 6th to 24th of April. 2017
Her Story. Travel Performance about contemporary women heroes (Dance, live music and art) in California. 1st show 11th of March 2017
Solo Exhibition. Coya Mayfair, London. From December 2016 to September 2017
"About beauties and Fauves" solo exhibition at Acklam Village, Portobello Road, London 24 June 3 July, 2016
KALEIDOSCOPE Solo Exhibition at The Cumberland Hotel, London. November-December, 2015
Open Art Spaces of Kensington and Fulham, 9-18 October, Faron Sutaria Notting Hill Gate 2015
"Batersea Art Station" group exhibition at Battersea Arts Centre, 25-27 October 2015
Group, Swiss Cottage Gallery Exhibition. Hampstead, London
Group, “A point of view”, Vibe Gallery, London.
Group, “Art in Mind”, The Brick Lane Gallery, London.
Group, 2011, “Theatre and Art Street Festival” Spain
Group, 2009, Colectivo Artistico, Cultural Centre Bailarín Vicente Escudero, Spain
Group, 2008, Colectivo Artistico, Cultural Centre Zona Sur, Spain
Group, 2007, “I Art Exhibition for the Promotion of Equality”, University of Valladolid. Spain
Group, 2006, “Arte Joven”, Traveling exhibition around Castilla y León. Spain
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