Cellista is a Las Vegas–based aerial cellist and composer, widely recognized as the first artist to develop a sustained touring practice of performing original works for cello in the air on static trapeze and other aerial apparatus.

Her narrative multimedia “stage poems” merge surrealism, political inquiry, and genre-defying performance. She toured her self-produced and directed one-woman aerial cello work Élégie nationally and in the UK from 2023–24 to critical acclaim. In 2021, she premiered original compositions at Lincoln Center in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic and the Howard Zinn Education Committee.

Her interdisciplinary exhibition The End of Time, created alongside visual artist Barron Storey, and her immersive stage poem Pariah further established her as a boundary-crossing voice in contemporary performance.

She performed in a custom production at the Mayfair Supper Club at the Bellagio. Cellista has toured internationally, contributed music to film and television, and appeared on projects including Will & Grace and Better Things. A former chapter governor of the Recording Academy and San Jose arts commissioner, she holds a master’s degree from Berklee College of Music and is the founding artistic director of House of Cellista, a micro-arts center supporting artists and affordable housing initiatives.