Simone Gad (1947-2021)

I first became aware of Simone Gad running into her at art openings where she was often accompanied by Sheree Rose. I heard that Simone was a former child actor and outsider artist, but didn’t know her all that well. That all changed one day when Sean Meredith suggested we partner for an exhibition at Track 16.

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Riot Material (review)


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

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)

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)

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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Stuck Together at Track 16

Stuck Together: Simone Gad, Marsian De Lellis, + Debra Broz opens at Track 16 on Saturday, March 16th from 7-10PM. The exhibition features oozing dolls from my (In) Animate Objects collection, Debra Broz’s mutant ceramic bunnies, and Simone Gad’s rescue pinups.

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Sitelines

On December 2nd, 2018, Site Lines covered The Austin Puppet Incident in which I was performing The Feeder, a short tabletop puppetry piece about complicated relationship.

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Foundation for Contemporary Arts (support)

photo: Rafael Hernandez

On August 14, 2018, Object of Her Affection and its performances at Automata as part of LAX Festival became the recipient of The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

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(In)/Animate Objects triptych, Automata

(In)/Animate Objects triptych, 32"x13.16", 2017, Marsian De Lellis
(In)/Animate Objects triptych, 32″x13.16″, limited edition archival print, 2016

From December 10th-20th, “(In)/Animate Objects triptych”a limited edition photograph, was part of an auction for Automata.

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Fractured Atlas 2017

I am currently raising funds for the next iterations of Object of Her Affection and Model Killer. If you’d like to support my work you can make tax-deductible contributions through Fractured Atlas.

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