Selected Exhibitions - Galerie Francesca Pia

2024

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), La Biennale die Venezia, Venice
April 20 – November 24, 2024

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Electric Dress (Atsuko Tanaka)*, 2023, LED-dress made from textile and plastic, draped on mannequin, 12 lithium-ion batteries in cases in textile pockets, Madrix programmed micro SD-card, 81 × 66 × 63 cm. Photo: Andrea Avezzù

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Electric Dress (Atsuko Tanaka)* (detail), 2023, LED-dress made from textile and plastic, draped on mannequin, 12 lithium-ion batteries in cases in textile pockets, Madrix programmed micro SD-card, 81 × 66 × 63 cm. Photo: Cedric Mussano

Performance, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *My heart is beating as I lip sync to this song*, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2024

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), A sculpture for Trans Women A sculpture for the Non-Binary Femmes A sculpture for Two-Spirit People • I am a woman. I don’t care what you think • (Transphobia is everywhere and everyone is susceptible to enacting it at any moment) (Unlearn the transphobia brewing within) I am a Trans Women. I am a Two-Spirit Person. I am a Woman. This is for my sisters and siblings everywhere. History erased many of us but we are still here. I will fight for our rights until the day I die. Exile me and I’ll keep fighting, 2022, Bronze cast on engraved brass base, Ed. of 5, 190 x 60 x 60 cm

Performance, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Make-Up Application for A sculpture for Trans Women A sculpture for the Non-Binary Femmes A sculpture for Two-Spirit People • I am a woman. I don’t care what you think • (Transphobia is everywhere and everyone is susceptible to enacting it at any moment) (Unlearn the transphobia brewing within) I am a Trans Women. I am a Two-Spirit Person. I am a Woman. This is for my sisters and siblings everywhere. History erased many of us but we are still here. I will fight for our rights until the day I die. Exile me and I’ll keep fighting, 2022, Bronze cast on engraved brass base, Ed. of 5, 190 x 60 x 60 cm

Performance, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *The Hommage to Ana Mendieta (“On Giving Life”) and Marina Abramovic (“Nude with Skeleton”)*, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2024

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
March 15 – June 9, 2024

Installation view, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, 2024. Photo: Ohno Ryusuke

Installation view, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, 2024. Photo: Masahito Yamamoto

2023

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Nothing New, New Museum, New York
October 12, 2023 – January 14, 2024

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Survival Preparations (Dedicated to Carlos Olivo) (My Father) (RIP) (green)*, 2023, Museum café, green supplies for endurance performance

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *monitor (monitoring existence)(observation)(camera system)(security)(camming)(live)(live stream)(streaming)*, 2023, Two Logitech Brio 4K ultra HD webcams, gaming computer, laptop, and personal mobile device

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Resistance Flag of Borikén*, 2023; *Taíno Flag*, 2023; *Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag*, 2023, UV ink on polyester fabrics

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Higashimokoto Shibazakura Park Torii Gate (Moss Phlox Pink)*, 2023, PVC

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *transitioning screen (transitioning glass)(transparency) (changing opacity)(public view)(privacy)(censoring)(online/offline)*, 2023, Adhesive switchable Smart Glass film

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *MRI scans from having a brain tumor removed in 2010*, (documents from having brain cancer), 2010–2021, Reproductions of the artist’s MRI scans, deadname redacted

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), plants to ward off seizures (post brain tumor removal) plants to ward off evil spirits (cleansing of a space) (shintoism) (the indigenous religion of japan) plants to ward off pain, anxiety and depression (green) (sacred)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), PULSE, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
September 21 – October 28, 2023

Press release

Installation view, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *PULSE*, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, 2023. Photo: Cedric Mussano

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Latin Night June 11th 2016 (Pulse Nightclub Flyer)*, 2023, Injekt print on paper, signed by the artist, white aluminum frame, Ed. of (+ 1 AP), 50 x 40 cm

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Backstage Vanity Mirror (Pulse)*, 2023, Cosmetic table made of melamine-coated MDF, pull-out drawer with three storage compartments, 3-piece folding mirror with LED-lighting, lipstick on mirror, Dior Forever Liquid 820 lipstick, stool, 157 x 90 x 42 cm

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Backstage Vanity Mirror (Pulse)* (Detail), 2023, Cosmetic table made of melamine-coated MDF, pull-out drawer with three storage compartments, 3-piece folding mirror with LED-lighting, lipstick on mirror, Dior Forever Liquid 820 lipstick, stool, 157 x 90 x 42 cm

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Bouncer*, 2023, Black upholstered chrome bar stool with footrest, three PULSE logo stickers, flashlight attached to chain, performance (optional), 85.5 x 42 x 42 cm

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Bouncer* (Detail), 2023, Black upholstered chrome bar stool with footrest, three PULSE logo stickers, flashlight attached to chain, performance (optional), 85.5 x 42 x 42 cm

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Pulse (Sturtevant)*, 2023, Printed PULSE logo billboard paper pasted on wall, Dimensions variable

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Pulse (Sturtevant)* (Detail), 2023, Printed PULSE logo billboard paper pasted on wall, Dimensions variable

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Spectrum of Color (Window)*, 2023, Printed self-adhesive film in Progress Pride colors (light blue, pink, white, brown, black, red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, purple), Dimensions variable

Opening Performance *My heart is beating as I lip sync to this song* by Lara Dâmaso for Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *PULSE*, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, 2023

2022

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), A sculpture for Trans Women A sculpture for the Non-Binary Femmes A sculpture for Two-Spirit People • I am a woman. I don’t care what you think • (Transphobia is everywhere and everyone is susceptible to enacting it at any moment) (Unlearn the transphobia brewing within) I am a Trans Women. I am a Two-Spirit Person. I am a Woman. This is for my sisters and siblings everywhere. History erased many of us but we are still here. I will fight for our rights until the day I die. Exile me and I’ll keep fighting.

Sculptural Installation & Performance, Art Basel Parcours, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, 2022
June 13–19, 2022

Performance, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Art Basel Parcours, 2022. Courtesy of Art Basel

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Toby’s Prize, MoCa, Cleveland
January 28 – June 5, 2022

Installation view, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Toby's Prize*, MoCa, Cleveland, 2022. Photo: Field Studio

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles
April 16 – May 21, 2022

Installation view, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), *Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)*, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, 2022. Photo: Paul Salveson

2021

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), I’m Jade. I’m a trans woman trans womxn trans femme two spirit human being. Life feels long even though it hasn’t been all that long. A brain tumor surgically removed, getting divorced, losing my dad, brain tumor resurgence scare, starting hormone replacement therapy, experiencing sexual assault and rape multiple times and coming out as a woman. This exhibition is a roller coaster of the emotions feelings but also thoughts connections that happened over this span of time... only a little more than a decade. This exhibition covers the span of Puppies Puppies to Jade. It’s hard to get up each morning. My heart aches but I’m happy to be a woman. I’ll try my best to enjoy life even though society makes it difficult. From dust to dust I am but a speck on this planet and I wonder how to use this short life of mine. Trying not to let my trauma take over but still be kind to yourself Jade. This is the end of a decade • a new way of working coming soon. Sincerely, Jade Kuriki Olivo

Kunsthaus Glarus
June 6 – August 22, 2021