Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo) at Kunsthaus Glarus

Artist: Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo)

Exhibition title: 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

Venue: Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland

Date: June 6 – August 22, 2021

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Kunsthaus Glarus

Note: Exhibition booklet is available here

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, 2021, installation view. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Brain on Estrogen, progesterone, spironolactone, Truvada, Advil and Marijuana, 2018, Cow brain, marijuana leaf, progesterone, estrogen, spironolactone, prep and pain killers / 💘, 2016, Pig heart, blue arrow, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), 💘, 2016, Pig heart, blue arrow, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Liberty (Liberté), 2017, Costume, mask, plastic torch (performance), Courtesy of the Whitney’s collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and private collection. Photo: Stefan Burger

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), MRI scans from having a brain tumor removed in 2010 (documents from having brain cancer), 2010–2021, MRI Scans, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Curry, 2016, Resin, dye, plastic, Courtesy Zabludowicz Collection. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Plague (detail), 2019, Soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (color, no sound), Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), American Flags (Burned)(Ashes)(Urn), 2019, Ashes, copper urn, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Eating(Choices) (Judith, Otto, Jade), 2019, Zweifel Natur Chips, Ovomaltine chocolate, Pizza, Penne al Arrabiata, Coca Cola, champagne, Zweifel Popcorn, Airwaves chewing gum, Sabich, Piadina, Milk, Coca Cola, waffle, omelet with salad on a plate, chips, Coca Cola, beer / Grave (Hole), 2019, Grave hole / Shit and Piss, 2019, ToiToi toilet, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Shit and Piss, 2019, ToiToi toilet, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Objects with the Potential to Destroy this Room (Blum & Poe, 2727 S. La Cienega Boulevard Los Angeles, California) (California Coalition for Women Prisoners Benefit Auction – August 18th 2018), 2018, Impact hammer, crowbar, axe, concrete cutter, 2 gas bottles, lighter, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Treponema pallidum (Syphilis), 2018, Glass, treponema pallidum, Bresser Erudite microscope, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Eggs in pantyhose (Yama Chaahan’s reversed egg), 2019, Pantyhose, eggs, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Untitled (Perfect Lovers)(Green), 2017, a pair of green synchronized clocks, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Dad’s Ashes (Carlos Andres Olivo), 2020, Real human ashes, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Andrew Olivo 6.7.89-6.7.18, 2018, Grass, real human bones, gravestone, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Andrew Olivo 6.7.89-6.7.18 (detail), 2018, Grass, real human bones, gravestone, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Andrew Olivo 6.7.89-6.7.18, 2018, Grass, real human bones, gravestone, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Estrogen on wall, 2017/2018, 3 estrogen pills fixed to the wall, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Portable voting booth used in the 2000 Bush/Gore United States presidential election in Broward County, Florida, 2018, Voting booth from Florida (presidential election 2000), Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Aircraft emergency oxygen system (“In the event of emergency, put your oxygen mask on first.”), 2018, 2 emergency oxygen masks, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Trigger (Savage) (permanently disabled by Kwon Pan), 2019, Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns), Courtesy the artist and Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Smith and Wesson Model 10 permanently disabled by Gunsmith Kats, California, 2018, Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns), Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Flag Burning Kit (collaboration with Ren Light Pan), 2019, Glass cooking tray, grill, cotton fabric, rubbing alcohol, lighter or matches, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Untitled (Purell) 2011-2021 (in honor of David Hammons’ The Holy Bible: Old Testament • anti bacterial gel dispenser available for use before touching the piece), 2011–2021, Purell dispenser, sanitizing foam, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Coffin, 2019, Wooden coffin, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Barriers (Stanchions), 2017, Barriers, cardboard, vinyl, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Barriers (Stanchions) (detail), 2017, Barriers, cardboard, vinyl, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Barriers (Stanchions), 2017, Barriers, cardboard, vinyl, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Barriers (Stanchions) (detail), 2017, Barriers, cardboard, vinyl, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Executive Order 9066 (Soul Consoling Tower), 2019, Photo wallpaper, vinyl, inkjet prints, wooden frames, sound, speakers, Courtesy the artist and Queer Thoughts, New York. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Human Bones in an Ikea Bag (blue) (yellow) (green), 2016, Real human bones, Ikea bag, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Security, 2012, Security domes (4 quarter-circle mirrors, 1 hemispherical mirror), Courtesy the artist and Queer Thoughts, New York. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Untitled (portrait of the artist with no brain) (portrait of the artist after brain surgery) (Sylar (Zachary Quinto) brutally kills Isaac Mendez) (Heroes tv show prop) (Duane Hanson–murdered artist) (pre transition title), 2017, Television show prop, Courtesy of Nunzia & Vittorio Gaddi Collection. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Sex and Gender and the Lack Thereof (Differences), 2018, 30 customized tiles, Sammlung Glarner Kunstverein. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Public shower (shower is available to be used), 2016, Performance, shower (public shower participant), Courtesy the artist and Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo: Stefan Burger

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Trigger (Hopkins & Allen) (permanently disabled by Kwon Pan), 2019, Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns), Courtesy the artist and Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Trigger (Stoeger) (permanently disabled by Kwon Pan), 2019, Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns), Courtesy the artist and Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Trigger (Uberti) (permanently disabled by Kwon Pan), 2019, Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns), Courtesy the artist and Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), My Vagina, 2019, Oil on canvas, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Inflatable Earth, 2011, Plastic fabric, Courtesy the artist. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Inflatable Earth, 2011, Plastic fabric, Courtesy the artist / Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019, Video projection (HD, color, sound), LED light box, tinted Toyota Corolla window, custom jacket, polished metal, mirror, public advertisement, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019, Video projection (HD, color, sound), LED light box, tinted Toyota Corolla window, custom jacket, polished metal, mirror, public advertisement, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin. Photo: CE

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Lion, 2015, Performance, lion mascot costume, Courtesy the artist. Photo: Stefan Burger

Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), Get tested today. (Lass dich heute testen.), 2018, Public advertisement in Zurich, Courtesy the artist, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin and Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich. Photo: CT