CURRICULUM VITAE
Born, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
2009 MFA
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2001 BFA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
GRANTS, AWARDS + FELLOWSHIPS
2020 FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
New York, New York
2020 Relief Fund for L.A. County Visual Artists
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, California
2020 Artist Relief
United States Artists
Chicago, Illinois
2020 Workshop Grant
Jim Henson Foundation
Long Island City, New York
2018 Emergency Grant
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
New York, New York
2017 Richard E. Sherwood Award Finalist
Center Theatre Group
Los Angeles, California
2015 C.O.L.A. Master Artist Fellowship
LA Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles California
2015 Project Grant
Jim Henson Foundation
Long Island City, New York
2014 Artist Resource for Completion Grant
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, CA
2014 Seed Grant
Jim Henson Foundation
Long Island City, New York
2014 Funding
Anna Sosenko Assist Trust
New York, New York
2014 Durfee Foundation Matching Fund
Hatchfund
Omaha, Nebraska
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 (In)/Animate Objects
Automata
Los Angeles, California
2016 (In)Animate Objects
City of Los Angeles
Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2004 Puppet Trash
AS220
Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Finnochio: The Holiday Classic
Dirt Palace
Olneyville, Rhode Island
2003 Side Effects
Ocean Coffee Roasters Providence
Rhode Island
2001 Strings Attached
Gallery 2
Chicago, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Love +/or Fear
Freewaves
Los Angeles, California
2019 Didn’t You Know What
You Were Carrying On Your Back?
Rosalux
Berlin, Germany
2019 Stuck Together:
Simone Gad, Marsian De Lellis, & Debra Broz
Track 16
Los Angeles, California
2018 Reunion
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles, California
2017 Automata Benefit Auction
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2017 Irrational Exhibitions 10
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles, California
2017 COLA20
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2016 Bernie and the Revolution
Fachapatoto
Los Angeles, California
2016 Irrational Exhibitions 9
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles, California
2015 Art Bern
Future Studios
Los Angeles, California
2014 Silent Auction
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2009No Strings Attached
Gallery at Avalon Island
Orlando, Florida
2008 Great Small Works 8th International
Temporary Toy Theater Museum
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Brooklyn, New York
2007 Handmade Puppet Dreams
Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana, California
2007 Puppets On The Wall
Acorn Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2006 Art in Motion:
Invitational Exhibition of Puppetry
Guilford Art Center
Guilford, Connecticut
2005 Great Small Works 7th International
Temporary Toy Theater Museum
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Brooklyn, New York
2004 Spiral
Sand Point Magnuson Park
Seattle, Washington
2004 Sunny Side Up Silent Auction
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts
2004 Wham Bam Trans!
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2004 Rhode Island School of Design
Staff Exhibition
Woods Gerry Gallery
Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Rhode Island School of Design
Staff Exhibit
Woods Gerry Gallery
Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Art Beat
Biltmore Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Harm Reduction Art Room
Sheridan Seattle Hotel, Seattle
Washington
2002 Strings Attached
Tealuxe
Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Month of Meow-Meow
Wayland Square Starbucks
Providence, Rhode Island
2001 2001 Space Odyssey
Gallery 2
Chicago, Illinois
1998 Day of Beauty and Ritual
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1997 Hybrid
Gallery 2
Chicago, Illinois
1997 Wig Show
Gallery 2
Chicago, Illinois
1996 2.72%
Gallery X
Chicago, Illinois
1996 Fresh
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1995 Book Unbound
Gallery X
Chicago, Illinois
1995 FYP Exhibition
Betty Rymer Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1995 Cheap Art
Betty Rymer Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1994 Breaking the Silence
Arlington Street Space
Boston, Massachusetts
1994 Assorted Cracker Jack Prizes
Studio For Interrelated Media
Boston, Massachusetts
1993August Studios
Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
PERFORMANCE ART
2019 Model Killer (excerpt)
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles California
2018 The Feeder
Dougherty Arts Center
Austin, Texas
2018 Object of Her Affection
LAX Festival, 6th Edition
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2018 The Feeder
Dynasty Typewriter
Los Angeles, California
2017 Model Killer (excerpt)
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2016 The Feeder
Echo Theatre Company
Beady Little Eyes Slam
Portland, Oregon
2016 Model Killer (private reading)
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2015 The Feeder
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2014 Object of Her Affection
New Original Works Festival
REDCAT
at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2014 Object of Her Affection (workshop) Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2014 Object of Her Affection (excerpt)
Bootleg
Los Angeles, California
2014 A Letter to R
To Whom It May Concern
at Rafas Lounge
Los Angeles, California
2013 Object of Her Affection (excerpt)
Fall Studio
REDCAT
at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2013 Object of Her Affection (excerpt)
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Fullerton, California
2013 Object of Her Affection (reading)
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2013 Object of Her Affection (excerpt)
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2012 Object of Her Affection (reading)
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2012 Object of Her Affection (reading)
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2011 Web Of Mystery
Animal Cracker Conspiracy
San Diego, California
2011 Web Of Mystery
Rachel Rosenthal Company
Los Angeles, California
2011 Web Of Mystery
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2011 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
14Karat Cabaret
Transmodern
Baltimore, Maryland
2011 Post Dramatic Performance Cabaret
Nafe Katter
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
2011 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
International Festival of Animated Objects
Calgary, Alberta
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
Gallery at Avalon Island
Orlando, Florida
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
The Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2010 Dawn of The Apocalypse
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
Blue Gene’s Pub
Waterford, Connecticut
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Brooklyn, New York
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
Orlando Fringe
Orlando, Florida
2010 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
Banners and Cranks
Links Hall
Chicago, Illinois
2010 Bride of Wildenstein
Velaslavasay Panorama
Los Angeles, California
2009 Bride of Wildenstein
New Orleans Fringe
New Orleans, Louisiana
2009 Bride of Wildenstein
Cameo
Orlando, Florida
2009 Bride of Wildenstein
Gallery at Avalon Island
Orlando, Florida
2009 Bride of Wildenstein:
Stuffed + Mounted (excerpt)
The Tank
New York, New York
2009 Bride of Wildenstein:
Pump that Pussy (excerpt)
Performance Laboratory
for Objects + Puppets (PLOP)
Olympia, Washington
2009 Bride of Wildenstein:
Pump that Pussy (excerpt)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Bride of Wildenstein (excerpts)
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2009 Bride of Wildenstein (excerpts)
REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2009 Bride of Wildenstein
California Institute for the Arts
Valencia, California
2008 Growing Up Linda:
Fudgie’s Death (excerpt)
REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2008 Growing Up Linda
Venue 13
Edinburgh, Scotland
2008Growing Up Linda
California Institute for the Arts
Valencia, California
2007Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Space Ark
Pasadena, California
2007 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Exquisite Acts + Everyday Rebellions Valencia, California
2006 Rango Tango
Revolving Museum
Lowell, Massachusetts
2006 Rango Tango
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2006 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Judson Church
New York, New York
2006 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
The Carriage House
Providence, Rhode Island
2005 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Theatre for the New City
New York, New York
2005 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Return of the Itching Man
Boston, Massachusetts
2005 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Blood from a Turnip
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
2005 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Mad Cow
Orlando, Florida
2005 Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma (excerpt)
Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2005 The Adventures Of Michael Jackson
and the Animals of Neverland Ranch
Performance Studies International
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
2004 The Adventures Of Michael Jackson
and the Animals of Neverland Ranch
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
2004 The Adventures Of Michael Jackson
and the Animals of Neverland Ranch
The Gamm
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2004 Growing Up Linda:
Linda’s First Trip (excerpt)
Idiot Box
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2004 Growing Up Linda:
Linda’s First Trip (excerpt)
Blood from a Turnip
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Puppet Runway
Blood from a Turnip
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Mutation
Runway Earth II
The Arcade
Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Mutation
Make Your Own Fashion,
Make Your Own Government
Dirt Palace
Olneyville, Rhode Island
1998 Apocalypse
Feast of Fools
Big Chicks
Chicago, Illinois
1998 Toy Factory
Medusa’s The Mission
Elgin, Illinois
1998 Date Rape:
The American Classic
Poop Studios
Chicago, Illinois
1998 Spin the Bottle
Day of Beauty + Ritual
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1997 Heavy Petting
Time Arts Evening
Gallery 2
Chicago, Illinois
1997 Summer Solstice Ritual
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, U.S.A.
1997 Feet
Faeries to the Rescue
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1996 Sound Mind / Sound Body
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
VIDEO ART
2013 The Gunman
Glenn or Glenda?
Standard ToyKraft
Brooklyn, New York
2009 Jackson’s Private Zoo
Not Humanly Possible
Salvage Vanguard
Austin, Texas
2007 Jackson’s Private Zoo
California Institute of the Abnormal Arts North Hollywood, California
2006 Jackson’s Private Zoo
Fledgling Festival
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
2005 Jackson’s Private Zoo
Puppet Anarchy
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
1998 King of Pop’s New Clothes
Gender Trash + Other Cookies
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
1997 King of Pop’s New Clothes,
Out of Control Track
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
1994 What is Your Gender?
Time Arts Extravaganza
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
CURATORIAL
2019 REDCAT Studio
Roy and Edna Disney Calarts Theatre
Los Angeles, California
Performance Artists: Ironstone + Jordi, Kite, Jenna Moroni, Davia Spain, Kayla Tange, and Kristina Wong, curated with Sebastian Hernandez
2010 Puppets from The Edge
Gallery at Avalon Island
Orlando, Florida
Performance Artists: April Tennyson, Curtiss Mitchel, Edna Bland, Hannah Miller, Jessica Earley, John DiDonna, Kathy Sohar, Neil Bernard, Tom Blasco, Tony Ley
2009 Handmade Puppet Dreams, Volume 4
International touring film series: Cape Town South Africa; Calgary, Alberta; San Diego, California; Conway, Arkansas; Providence, Rhode Island; North Bethesda, Maryland; Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; New York, New York; Waterford, Connecticut; Portland, Maine
Filmmakers: Anney Fresh, Anthony Seck, Carl, Knickerbocker, Christy Kane, Frankie Cordero, Jeanne Stern, Jerrold Ripenour, Leat Klingman, Martin P. Robinson, Paul Andrejco, Richard Mansfield, Rob Saunders
2007 Puppets from The Edge
Mad Cow,
Orlando, Florida
2006 Puppets from The Edge
Mad Cow
Orlando, Florida
Performance Artists: Shitty Bedford, Omnipresent Toychest, Harmony McChesney, Gary Alexander, Mark Baratelli, Wavy Davy, Kevin Huey, Tom Blasco, James Donmoyer, Scotty Shoemaker, Elaine Corbitt
2006 Blood from a Turnip: May 19
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Evan O’Television, Geoff Nosach, David Higgins, Christopher Johnson
2006 Blood from a Turnip: April 14 – Film Edition
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Filmmakers: Paul Zaloom, Janie Geiser, Jonny Clockworks, Laura Heit, Karen Leo, Jeff Sias, Steve Johnson, Tony Giordano, Seamus Walsh, Mark Caballero, Jo Dery, Maria Dyer, Christina Spangler
2006 Puppets at Night,
Puppet Showplace
Brookline, Massachusetts
Performance Artists: Jonny Clockworks, Ceili Clemens, Emmy Bean, Dramaton Theatre, Kristen McClean, Sara Frechette, Jim Sedgwick
2006 Blood from a Turnip: February 17
Perishable
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Jonny Clockworks, Ceili Clemens, Emmy Bean, Dramaton Theatre, Kristen McClean, Sara Frechette, Jim Sedgwick
2006 Blood from a Turnip: January 20
Perishable, Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Peter Deffet, Vanessa Gilbert, Bonnie Duncan, Marsian De Lellis
2005 Blood from a Turnip: November 18
Perishable, Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Lady Miss Iris, Marya Errin Jones, Evan O’Television, Dan Goldrick
2005-2016
The Puppet Slam Network
Online + International Network
2005 Blood from a Turnip: May 20
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Jim Napolitano, Jessica Crandal, Dan Goldrick, Leslie Wicks, Matt Everett
2005 Blood from a Turnip: March 18 – Film Edition
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Filmmakers: Kara Walker, Nancy Andrews, Tim Lagasse, Xander Marro, Dennis Hylnsky, Plushie Schwartz Does Fire Island
2005 Blood from a Turnip: January 28
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: David Hanbury, Joan Merwyn, Jeanne Del Giudice, Jess Da Silva, Sara Moore
2004 Blood from a Turnip: November 19
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Bonnie Duncan, Liz Joyce + Tim Lagasse, Jenine Bressner, Marya Errin Jones
2004 Blood from a Turnip: October 15
Perishable,
Providence, Rhode Island
Performance Artists: Adam Gerstacov, Marya Errin Jones, Marsian De Lellis
2003 No Mercy: The Art of Pippin Roe
Tealuxe
Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Strings Attached
Tealuxe
Providence, Rhode Island
Visual Artists: Mrs. Isabel Icon, Skunk Posse, Donna Andreozzi, Cynthia Ross-Meeks, Brittany Taylor, Pippin Roe, Janell Baptista
1998 GenderTrash + Other Cookies
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
Video Artists: Larry Steiger, Gregg Bordowitz, Jeanine Oleson, John Di Stefano, Ayanna U’Dongo, Matt Bucy, Eugene Shandor, Gwynedd, P. Siemer, Snatchleen, Fausto Ferños, Jim Jackson
1998 Day of Beauty + Ritual
Randolph Street Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
Visual Artists: Greer Lankton, Geoffey Mac, Juba Kalamka
Performance Artists: JoJo Baby, Nette E. Brenner, Brett Mc Williams, Nettles, Murray McKay, Kim Olesen + Trevor Martin, Pickles Oskowitz, The Chicago Radical Faeries
1996 Speak Easy: December 13
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
Performance Artists: Anna Brown, Pamella Miller, Maureen Seaton
1996 Speak Easy: December 7
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
Performance Artists: The Aluminum Group, Doug Stapleton + Beth Tanner, Paul McComas
1996 Speak Easy: December 6
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
Performance Artists: Matthew Goulish, Iris Moore, Byron Stewart, Elizabeth Salvia, Robert Wynkoop
1996 Speak Easy: November 22
Open Word Slip of the Tongue
N.A.M.E. Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
RELATED WORK
2017 Dave Made A Maze
Puppeteer, Builder
Independent film
Director, Bill Watterson
2016 Gender Is A Construct, Do-Si-Do
Associate Producer
Online video
Funny or Die
2015 Puppet Up! Uncensored
Puppet Improviser
Improv Performance
Jim Henson Company
2015 Transparent
Background Actor
Television Series
Writer/Producer,
Jill Soloway
2014 Speed Police
Puppeteer
Commercial Series
Producer Hornet Animation
2013 Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun – the Musical
Puppet Designer, Performer
Live Performance
Writer, Julie Brown
2013 Uncabaret
Performer
Live Performance
Writer, Julie Brown
2013 Julie & Maria Witchhunters
Performer
Live Performance
iOWest
2012 Teddy Bears
Fabricator
Television Commercial
Honda
2012 Improvatorium: The Next Generation
Performer
Improv Performance
Director, Jayne Entwistle
2012 Not Alone
Puppeteer
Music Video
Director, Trish Sie
Music, Ben Taylor,
2011 Wake Up Your Weird
Puppeteer
Performance
Writer, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
2010 Exhibit A
Actor
Performance
Director,
Susan Simpson
2009 Reptile Under the Flowers
Puppeteer / Builder
Dioramic Installation
Director, Janie Geiser
2008 Stuck at Sea
Puppeteer
Music Video
Director,
Toben Seymour
2007 Winter Windows
Puppeteer
Music Video
Director, Cat Solen
Music, Sea Wolf
2007 Lead Feet and Nothing Upstairs, Puppeteer, Performance, Director SusanSimpson
2007 Beyond the Beyond
Puppeteer, Actor
Performance
Director,
Paul Zaloom
2007 Off the Map + Into the Murk: Spelunking into Puppetry
Host, Screening
Links Hall,
Chicago, Illinois
2005 Spider’s Wheels
Puppeteer/Fabricator
Dioramic Installation
Director, Janie Geiser
2004 Pussy On the House
Actor / Puppet Designer
Performance
Writer,
Ryan Landry
2004 Whose Afraid of the Virgin Mary?
Puppeteer / Designer
Performance
Writer,
Ryan Landry
1999 Back to School
Designer
Store Window
Level
Chicago, Illinois
1996 Volumen
Performer
Contemporary Art Installation
Artist, Ann Hamilton
Art Institute of Chicago,
PUBLICATIONS
2019 De Lellis, Marsian. Model Killer: Giant Crimes and Tiny CoverUps, Los Angeles, California, Performance Text.
2015 De Lellis, Marsian. The Feeder, Waterford, Connecticut, Performance Text.
2015 De Lellis, Marsian. “Why Puppetry?”, HowlRound, Emerson College Blog, August 31, 2015. Guest Blog.
2013 De Lellis, Marsian. Object of Her Affection, Los Angeles, California, Performance Text.
2012 De Lellis, Marsian. “Uncanny Valley of the Dolls: An Interview with Allison de Fren on ‘The Mechanical Bride’”, Puppetry International, UNIMA-USA, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall/Winter 2012, Issue #32: 19-21. Magazine Interview.
2012 De Lellis, Marsian. “The War on Glitter”, Feast of Fun, Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 2012, Guest Blog.
2012 De Lellis, Marsian. “Trendpocalypse 2012”,
Feast of Fun, Chicago, Illinois, January 13, 2012. Guest Blog.
2012 De Lellis, Marsian. 2011: Year of The Glitter Bomb”, Feast of Fun, Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 2012. Guest Blog.
2011 De Lellis, Marsian. Marsian’s Glossary of Tips & Trends for 2011, Feast of Fun, Chicago, Illinois, January 28, 2011. Guest Blog.
2009 De Lellis, Marsian + P.J. Mc Whiskers. Bride of Wildenstein –The Musical, Los Angeles, California, Performance Text.
2008 De Lellis, Marsian + P.J. Mc Whiskers. Growing Up Linda, Los Angeles, California, Performance Text.
2005 Vaccaro, Jeanne, editor. “Finnochio: The Holiday Classic”, Women & Performance: A Journal Of Feminist Theory, New York University Press, New York, New York, Volume 14: 2, Issue 28: 89-92. Photo Novella.
2002 Marsian De Lellis. “To Do List”, The Archeology of the Recent Future, Vol 2. Olneyville, Rhode Island, Dirt Palace Press: 12. Illustration.
1997 Ferños, Fausto, “F-Stop Photo Essay: Glamour in America”, FNews Magazine, Chicago, Illinois, May 1997. Photographs.
1996 De Lellis, Marsian. “Is there life on Any of the Other Planets?”, WLUW 88.7 FM, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, December, 1996. Sound Broadcast.
1996 Maybeline. “My Man Hit Me And It Felt Like A Kiss”, Chicago, Illinois, 1996: 25, 27, Zine Photographs.
1996 Frederick, Ella. “Cockwoman: a Nina Zine”, Chicago, Illinois, 1996: Front + Back Cover, 7-8. 1996. Zine Photographs.
1996 De Lellis, Marsian. “Susan Stryker: on hormones, transsexualbody art, and testicle hacky sacks.”, FNews Magazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1996: 18-19. Interview.
1995 “Looking for Land Art”, Fnews Magazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, September 1995: 13-20. Photo Essay.
1993 De Lellis, Marsian. “How Community Support For Gay & Lesbian Youth! Rally October 13 At The State House”, In Newsweekly, New England, October 11 1993. Op-Ed.
PUBLICATIONS + EXHIBITION CATALOGS
2017 COLA20 Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California: 19, 85, 111-115. Exhibition Catalog.
2016 de Fren, Allison. COLA 2016 – City of Los Angeles IndividualArtist Fellowships, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, May 15, 2016: 18-23. Exhibition Catalog.
2015 Dennie, Sean. Who’s the Puppet Now?, Calgary Animated Objects Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2015: 69, 86. Photo Book.
2007 Kuppers, Petra. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007: 28-31, 32, 34. Book.
2001 School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 2001-2002 Undergraduate Catalog, Admissions & Publications SAIC, Chicago, Illinois, Fall 2001: 47. Catalog.
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Three Weeks, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 18, 2008. Web.
2008 Ireland, Eoghain, “Five Stars.” Edinburgh Fringe Website, Edinburgh Scotland, August 9, 2008. Web.
2007 Ferños, Fausto, and Mark Felion. “It Came from Marsian”, Feast of Fools, Chicago, Illinois, January 17, 2007: Episode 461. Podcast Interview
2007 Ferños, Fausto, and Mark Felion. “Baby Can Dance”, Feast of Fools, Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 2007: Episode 622. Podcast Interview
2007 Ferños, Fausto, and Mark Felion. “Future Imperfect”, Feast of Fools, Chicago, Illinois, January 16, 2007: Episode 460. Podcast Interview
2006 Ferños, Fausto, and Mark Felion. “Life on Marsian”, Feast of Fools, Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 2006: Episode 395. Podcast Interview
2006 DJ Madameb. “Spoiler Alert.” BSR 88.1 FM, Providence, Rhode Island, September 6, 2006. Radio Broadcast.
2006 Burke, Judy. “Guilford Art Center exhibit offers chance to seemarionettes as the works of art they are.” New Haven Registrar, New Haven, Connecticut, April 8, 2006: E1. Print.
2006 Ferños, Fausto, and Mark Felion. “Tips & Trends for 2006”, Feast of Fools, Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2006: Episode#216. Podcast Interview
2005 Stawicki Azam, Melanie. “Art in the Shadows.” Daytona Beach News Journal, Daytona, Florida, October 27, 2005: E1, E3. Print.
2001 “An Evening with Young Artists.” The Chicago Journal, Volume I, Number 25, Chicago, Illinois, April 5, 2001: Cover, 10. Print.
2000 “Students have hand in puppetry creations.”
Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 2000: 10. Print.
1998 Smith, Jason. “A Very Faerie Spring.” Windy City Times, Chicago, Illinois, Volume13, Number 29, March 26, 1998: Cover, 55. Print.
1994 Winfrey, Oprah. “Trying to Survive as a Gay Teen.” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Studios, Kingworld, Chicago, Illinois, October 24 1994: Segments 1 + 7. Television Broadcast.
1994 Gant, Alison, David La Fontaine. “Gay and Lesbian Youth – Making History.” Governor’s Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth, Boston, Massachusetts, September, 1994. Broadcast.
1994 Katz, Nancie L., “Students Changed the Law – United for Gay, Lesbian Rights.” Newsday, Long Island, New York, February 3, 1994: 25. Print.
1994 “Gay rights for high school students.” The Group, WGBH Boston, Massachusetts, January 3, 1994. Broadcast.
1994 Boyce, Ed. “Students Celebrate Passage of New Rights Law.” In Newsweekly, Boston, Massachusetts, Volume III. Issue 18, January 2, 1994. Print.
1993 Muther, Christopher. “They Did It! Gay and Lesbian Students and Their Supporters Went for Broke In 1993 – and Won.” Bay Windows, Boston, Massachusetts, Vol. 12, No 1, December 23, 1993 – January 5, 1994: Cover, 3, 14, 16. Print.
1993 Ryan-Vollmar, Susan. “BHS Senior Lobbies for Landmark Bill.”Belmont Citizen Herald, Belmont, Massachusetts, December 16, 1993: 1, 13A. Print.
1993 “First Protection.” Ten O’Clock News, WLVI Channel 56, Boston, Massachusetts, December 10, 1993. Broadcast.
1993 Briggs, Fred. “It’s the Law.” NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, NBC, New York, New York, December 10, 1993. Broadcast.
1993 Williams, Jack. “First In the Nation: Gay Students.” Nightly News, WBZ-TV Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, December 10, 1993. Broadcast.
1993 Muther, Christopher. “Student rights bill gets legislative approval,now awaits Weld’s anticipated signature.” Bay Windows, Boston, Massachusetts,
Vol 2, No 50, December 9 – 15, 1993: Cover, 4. Print.
1993 Rimer, Sara. “Gay Rights Law For Schools Advances in Massachusetts.” New York Times, New York, New York, December 8, 1993: A18. Print.
1993 “Teens Lobby Beacon Hill.” Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, October 14, 1993. Print.
1993 Aucoin, Don. “Student gay rights bill urged: 300 teen-agers rally to ban discrimination in high schools.” Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts,
October 14, 1993: 34. Print.
1993 Breslauer, Mary. “The One Year Anniversary Show.” One In Ten, 101.7 WFNX, Alston, Massachusetts, October 12, 1993: 34. Radio Broadcast.
1993 Burke, Trixi. “Gay and lesbian youth to hold rally on Beacon Hill.” In Newsweekly, Boston, Massachusetts, September 20, 1993, Print.
RESIDENCIES
2019
D+R Research Residency
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
2017
Artist in Residence,
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2014
Artist in Residence, REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2014
Artist in Residence,
Automata Performance Gallery
Los Angeles, California
SCHOLARSHIPS
2017
Walt Disney Company Fund
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2017
Alumni Fund
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2015
Quick Grant
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, California
2015
Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry Fund
Los Angeles, California
2015
Connecticut Guild of Puppetry Fund
Waterford, Connecticut,
2014
Quick Grant
Center for Cultural Innovation
Los Angeles, California,
2013
Alumni Travel Fund
Eugene O’Neill Theater
Waterford, Connecticut
2013
Terry + Taylor Fator Fund
Eugene O’Neill Center, Waterford, Connecticut
2012
Terry Fator Fund
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2011
Connecticut Guild of Puppetry Fund
Waterford, Connecticut,
2010
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Rachel Rosenthal Co.
Los Angeles, California
2010
The Matt Rineveld Memorial Fund
Jim Henson Foundation
Long Island City, New York
2009
Emerging Artist Fund
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2009
Special Project Fund
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2009
Interdisciplinary Project Grant
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2009
Student Council Fund California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2008
Scholarship for Foreign Study
UNIMA-USA
Atlanta, Georgia
2008
Office of The President
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2008
Interdisciplinary Project Grant
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2007
Emma Louise Warfield Memorial Scholarship Puppeteers of America Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006-2009
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship
California of the Arts
Valencia, California
2006
Kevin Clash Minority Fund
Eugene O’Neill Center
Waterford, Connecticut
2005
Associate Artist Scholarship
Atlantic Center for the Arts
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
1994-1996
Merit Scholarship
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
1996
Leadership… The Art of Creating Community
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
TEACHING + SPEAKING
2019
Artist Talk,
Track 16,
Los Angeles, California
2016
Artist Lecture,
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
2014
Teaching Artist In Residence,
Los Angeles LGBT Center Los Angeles, California
2012
Visiting Artist Lecture,
Eugene O’Neill Center,
Waterford, Connecticut
2011
Artist Lecture,
Transmodern Festival,
Baltimore, Maryland
2011
Visiting Artist Lecture,
Fiber Department,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
2011
Symposium and Panel,
Puppetry & Post Dramatic Performance,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
2011
Artist Lecture,
Calgary Animated Objects Society,
Calgary, Alberta
2010
Visiting Artist Lecture,
Undergraduate + Graduate seminar,
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2010
Visiting Artist Lecture,
Winnipeg Puppet Collective,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2009
Artist Presentation + Workshop Facilitator,
Georgia Tech,
Atlanta, Georgia
2008
Guest Teacher,
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California
2008
Teaching Assistant, Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2007
Workshop Facilitator, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2007
Teaching Assistant, Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
2004
Visiting Artist Lecture, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island
COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Archival Collection
Petra Kuppers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Private Collection
Dopesick, San Francisco, California, Private Collection
Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, Archives
Kate Bornstein, New York, NY, Private Collection
Radical Faerie House, Chicago, Illinois, Private Collection
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE + AFFILIATIONS
2014 Member, Contemporary Performance Network
2012-2015 Board of Directors,
UNIMA-USA
2011-2012 Board of Directors, Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
2005-2016
Co-Founder, Puppet Slam Network
2005 Teacher Certification, Yoga Alliance
2004-2018 Member, Puppeteers of America
2004-2006 Education Roster, Rhode Island State Counsel for the Arts
1996 Time Arts Committee Member, N.A.M.E. Gallery
1993-1994 Youth Outreach Coordinator, Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights, Boston, Massachusetts
