Thanks to Michelle Fierro and Rachel X for the photos and videos at the LACMA/Jeffrey Deitch Art Parade on June 20, 2026. I created Paper Person in 2009 from 1-Day of Harvard Westlake High School paper trash. (A distant relative of my Paper Person at the California Science Center made from 2009 Earth Day trash.)
Special thanks to Artist Andrea Bowers and MOCA's Environmental + Sustainability Strategist Kelsey Shell for including me in the parade group, Honoring Earth. Extreme special thanks to family members Ken Marchionno and Zöe Patiño for lifting the 18' sculpture.
The sculpture was originally exhibited at the HW school gallery, Skirball Museum, California African American Museum, Kennedy Museum of Art, Laband Gallery at LMU, CSU Fresno, Ronald H Silverman Fine Arts Gallery at CSULA, and in my heart.
Video courtesy Rachel X Hobreigh
Paper Person (2010) in the Collection of the California Science Center
The predecessor to both of the Paper Person sculptures is the 2008 suspended garment persona titled, Resuscitation.
The sculpture is made from a rug removed from the trash dumpster (as seen in the framed photograph she is holding). The artwork was created through a commission from the Scrap Gallery in Indio, California for the exhibition, Dia de los Muertos.
