Author: hausofmarsian

As an interdisciplinary artist and writer who constructs installations and time-based visual narratives that memorialize obsessional lives, I draw inspiration from offbeat characters whose private manias become public fodder for tabloids and reality television. In my practice, I combine dolls, artificial figures, performing objects, and elaborate costumes to investigate contemporary forms of animism, death, sexuality, and addiction. I am fascinated by the negotiation of personal identity – a repetition of a repetition for which there is no original – in an ever-shifting landscape of technologies that can drastically alter and re-map the body.

Riot Material (review)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Art, Debra Broz, Dolls, Gallery, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Press, Sculpture, Track 16


On April 8, 2019, Genie Davis reviewed Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz in “Stuck Together Repurposes And Becomes Richly Subversive” for Riot Material.

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How We Got Stuck Together

Posted on by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Animism, Art, Artist Talk, Automata, Biopic, Comedy, Debra Broz, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, Serial Killers, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Track 16, Violence
Detail from (In)/Animate Objects Panel #1, 2019,  photo: Track 16

Whether it’s disintegrating dolls, mutant ceramic bunnies, or rescue animal pinups, the artists of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz, playfully handcraft responses to mass-produced objects and images charged with autobiographical fragments. Join me on a virtual tour, where we can survey the work for context… Continue reading “How We Got Stuck Together” →

24700 (Blog)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Art, Automata, Biopic, CalArts, Comedy, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Track 16, Violence

On March 29, 2019, 24700, News from California Institute of the Arts featured my D+R Residency at Automata for Model Killer in their blog article by Katie Dunham.

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Artist Talk, Track 16 (Los Angeles)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in LA, Los Angeles
Marsian De Lellis, “(In)/Animate Objects Panel No. 1”, Photo Track 16

I will be part of an artist talk at Track 16 on Thursday, April 11th at 7PM with Debra Broz and Simone Gad in conjunction with our exhibition, Stuck Together . We will be joined by curator, artist, and agitator, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario who will moderate.

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