Dolls – hausofmarsian

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

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object/Fetish, Pacific Design Center, Tim Lagasse, WEHO Arts and Culture

(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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Real Doll, Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark

Posted on November 17, 2024November 18, 2024 by hausofmarsian in Body Modification, Copenhagen, Dolls, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Live Arts Denmark, Marsian De Lellis, Performance Art, Plastic Surgery, Raggedy Ann to Real Doll, Tim Lagasse

Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, 2024, I will perform Raggedy Ann to Real Doll with Tim Lagasse at the Arken Museum of Contemporary Art. Real Doll is an immersive body horror experience in which one of America’s most beloved dolls will go under the knife. Witness-participants can step into the role of nurse, observing or aiding in the operating room as they wish.

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Jim Henson Foundation (Support)

Posted on January 22, 2020February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

On January 22, 2020, the Jim Henson Foundation announced its 2020 awards, including a workshop grant for Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups. In Model Killer, a disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator builds dioramas of “unsolved” murders, only for it to be revealed that she’s a serial killer.

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(In)/Animate Objects – Attempt to Raise Hell (opening)

Posted on November 10, 2019December 26, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

“Attempt to Raise Hell”, Track 16’s 25th anniversary exhibition opened Saturday, November 16th from 7PM to 10PM. The exhibition featured 50 artists from Track 16’s past and present, including select dolls from the “(In)/Animate Objects” collection. The exhibition ran until Thursday December 26th, 2019.

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Model Killer, American Puppetry Today, The Photography of Richard Termine, Charleville-Mézières

Posted on September 8, 2019December 25, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Figurines, Guilford, CT, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Violence

From September 20th-29th, 2019, a photograph from Model Killer will be part of American Puppetry Today, The Photography of Richard Termine in Charleville-Mézières, France.

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Stuck Together – Closing Reception

Posted on May 10, 2019December 25, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Debra Broz, Dolls, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Simone Gad, Track 16

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)

Posted on April 8, 2019July 15, 2019 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 April 8, 2019May 22, 2022 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 March 29, 2019July 15, 2019 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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Stuck Together at Track 16

Posted on March 5, 2019January 31, 2020 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Animism, Art, Dolls, LA, Los Angeles

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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