Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)
Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
June 6 – August 22, 2021
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

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Brain on Estrogen, progesterone, spironolactone, Truvada, Advil and Marijuana, 2018Cow brain, marijuana leaf, progesterone, estrogen, spironolactone, prep and pain killers

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Liberty (Liberté), 2017Costume, mask, plastic torch (performance)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Liberty (Liberté), 2017Costume, mask, plastic torch (performance)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)MRI scans from having a brain tumor removed in 2010 (documents from having brain cancer), 2010–2021MRI Scans

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro 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), 2018Impact hammer, crowbar, axe, concrete cutter, 2 gas bottles, lighter

Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Plague (Detail), 2019Soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (color, no sound)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Plague (Detail), 2019Soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (color, no sound)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Plague (Detail), 2019Soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (color, no sound)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Plague (Detail), 2019Soil, mannequins, white cloth, latex mask, fabric cowl, taxidermy rats, photo wallpaper, video projection (color, no sound)

Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Untitled (Perfect Lovers)(Green), 2017A pair of green synchronized clocks

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Dad’s Ashes (Carlos Andres Olivo), 2020Real human ashes

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Eggs in pantyhose (Yama Chaahan’s reversed egg), 2019Pantyhose, eggs

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Treponema pallidum (Syphilis), 2018Glass, treponema pallidum, Bresser Erudite microscope

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Get tested today. (Lass dich heute testen.), 2018Public campaign in Zurich


Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Andrew Olivo 6.7.89-6.7.18 (detail), 2018Grass, real human bones, gravestone

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Andrew Olivo 6.7.89-6.7.18 (detail), 2018Grass, real human bones, gravestone

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Executive Order 9066 (Soul Consoling Tower), 2019Photo wallpaper, vinyl, inkjet prints, wooden frames, sound, speakers

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Executive Order 9066 (Soul Consoling Tower) (detail), 2019Photo wallpaper, vinyl, inkjet prints, wooden frames, sound, speakers

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Executive Order 9066 (Soul Consoling Tower), 2019Photo wallpaper, vinyl, inkjet prints, wooden frames, sound, speakers

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Executive Order 9066 (Soul Consoling Tower), 2019Photo wallpaper, vinyl, inkjet prints, wooden frames, sound, speakers

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro 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), 2017Television show prop

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Sex and Gender and the Lack Thereof (Differences), 201830 customized tiles


Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Sex and Gender and the Lack Thereof (Differences), 201830 customized tiles

Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Public shower (shower is available to be used), 2016
Performance, shower (public shower participant)


Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Trigger (Stoeger) (permanently disabled by Kwon Pan), 2019Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Inflatable Earth, 2011Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019Video projection (HD, color, sound), LED light box, tinted Toyota Corolla window, custom jacket, polished metal, mirror, public poster campaign

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019Video projection (HD, color, sound), LED light box, tinted Toyota Corolla window, custom jacket, polished metal, mirror, public poster campaign

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman), 2019Video projection (HD, color, sound), LED light box, tinted Toyota Corolla window, custom jacket, polished metal, mirror, public poster campaign

Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Human Bones in an Ikea Bag (blue) (yellow) (green), 2016Real human bones, Ikea bag

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Portable voting booth used in the 2000 Bush/Gore United States presidential election in Broward County, Florida, 2018Voting booth from Florida (presidential election 2000)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Flag Burning Kit (collaboration with Ren Light Pan), 2019, Glass cooking tray, grill, cotton fabric, rubbing alcohol, lighter or matches

Installation view, Kunsthaus Glarus

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Barriers (Stanchions), 2017Barriers, cardboard, vinyl

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Barriers (Stanchions) (detail), 2017Barriers, cardboard, vinyl

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Estrogen on wall, 2017/2018Three estrogen pills fixed to the wall

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Coffin, 2019Wooden coffin

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Aircraft emergency oxygen system (“In the event of emergency, put your oxygen mask on first.”), 2018Two emergency oxygen masks

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Smith and Wesson Model 10 permanently disabled by Gunsmith Kats, California, 2018Gun trigger (ongoing series permanently disabling used guns)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Security, 2012Security domes (4 quarter-circle mirrors, 1 hemispherical mirror)

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Shit and Piss, 2019ToiToi toilet

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Eating(Choices) (Judith, Otto, Jade), 2019Zweifel 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

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Eating(Choices) (Judith, Otto, Jade) 2019Zweifel 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, beerGrave (Hole), 2019Grave holeShit and Piss, 2019ToiToi toilet

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)Brain on Estrogen, progesterone, spironolactone, Truvada, Advil and Marijuana, 2018Cow brain, marijuana leaf, progesterone, estrogen, spironolactone, prep and pain killers💘, 2016Pig heart, blue arrow