(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth] at the Pacific Design Center, March 14-30 2025

(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], 2025

My installation, (In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], will debut at the Pacific Design Center as part of Queering Digital, curated by Steve Galindo and Jamison Edgar. The opening reception will take place on March 14, 2025, from 6–9 PM, with the exhibition running from March 14 to March 30.

While I have exhibited these dolls before, this format foregrounds the process of decay—an unraveling I’ve previously witnessed only in the privacy of my studio. By bringing this breakdown into public view, the work invites audiences to engage with cycles of deterioration and renewal as they unfold in real time. A time-lapse video, captured over the 17-day exhibition, adds another layer, offering an accelerated glimpse into the subtle, continuous shifts that occur as the dolls decompose and change.

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Elemental Animism: A Ritualistic Opera (De)/Constructs the World (ESSAY)

The Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival published one of my essays on Book of Mountains and Seas, an opera composed by Huang Ruo with puppetry by Basil Twist. Read Elemental Animisim: (De)/Constructing the World in the festival archives.

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Model Killer at LAX Festival

photo: Richard Termine

Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, I will be presenting episode one from Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups at Automata in Los Angeles as part of the Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival. A disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator transforms herself into a blood thirsty serial killer in this noir walk-through puppetry experience that uses fragments of dollhouses as staging areas. Space is limited to 12 participants at a time. Get tickets.

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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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24700 Automata Residency

On July 9th, 2020, 24700, news from California Institute for the Arts blog announced my individual artist residency Automata to develop Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-ups.

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Stuck Together – Closing Reception

On Saturday, May 11th, there was a closing reception for Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz 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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