Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo)
Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo)
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
Im Volksgarten
Postfach 1636
8750 Glarus
Switzerland
6 June – 22 August 2021
Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Plague (detail), 2019, soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (colour, no sound). Courtesy of the artist. Photograph: CE