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Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman • my chromosomes • my genitalia • the sex I was assigned at birth do not determine my gender • they do not make me any less of a woman • OUR EXISTENCE AS TRANS WOMEN • TRANS PEOPLE • IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE • WE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS LESS THAN • WE DESERVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HEALTHCARE • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HOUSING • WE DESERVE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARM OR DEATH • WE DESERVE TO BE OURSELVES • WE DESERVE TO LAVISH IN WHO WE ARE • and we deserve equity not just equality • I learned from my Trancestors • to not shrink in the face of violence • erasure • discrimination • for so many trans people • our starting line is not the same as our cis counterparts • this should be acknowledged and accounted for • there’s a reason we aren’t in many slightly older art history books • there’s a reason I never felt mirrored when studying art • we were never let into any of these spaces (not that long ago) • with Sylvia Rivera as my guiding light • I will demand what I deserve • I will be vocal • I won’t be stepped on • I am a Puerto Rican Japanese Indigenous Trans Woman • I am made in the image of a higher spirit/entity • my body was shaped • molded • and my existence is art • (as are the other trans people on this planet) • it’s quite frankly a miracle that I’m here today • a brain tumor survivor • a rape survivor • a survivor of all that went against me • and every obstacle • my presence • is in this sculpture • performing in my absence • I am a woman • and no one can ever take that from me (this is my body being handed over to many people • to be used • to be sold • to be exhibited • to be exchanged • and this is not lost on me • it’s apart of the work) • Hahom, 2026
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman • my chromosomes • my genitalia • the sex I was assigned at birth do not determine my gender • they do not make me any less of a woman • OUR EXISTENCE AS TRANS WOMEN • TRANS PEOPLE • IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE • WE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS LESS THAN • WE DESERVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HEALTHCARE • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HOUSING • WE DESERVE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARM OR DEATH • WE DESERVE TO BE OURSELVES • WE DESERVE TO LAVISH IN WHO WE ARE • and we deserve equity not just equality • I learned from my Trancestors • to not shrink in the face of violence • erasure • discrimination • for so many trans people • our starting line is not the same as our cis counterparts • this should be acknowledged and accounted for • there’s a reason we aren’t in many slightly older art history books • there’s a reason I never felt mirrored when studying art • we were never let into any of these spaces (not that long ago) • with Sylvia Rivera as my guiding light • I will demand what I deserve • I will be vocal • I won’t be stepped on • I am a Puerto Rican Japanese Indigenous Trans Woman • I am made in the image of a higher spirit/entity • my body was shaped • molded • and my existence is art • (as are the other trans people on this planet) • it’s quite frankly a miracle that I’m here today • a brain tumor survivor • a rape survivor • a survivor of all that went against me • and every obstacle • my presence • is in this sculpture • performing in my absence • I am a woman • and no one can ever take that from me (this is my body being handed over to many people • to be used • to be sold • to be exhibited • to be exchanged • and this is not lost on me • it’s apart of the work) • Hahom, 2026
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman • my chromosomes • my genitalia • the sex I was assigned at birth do not determine my gender • they do not make me any less of a woman • OUR EXISTENCE AS TRANS WOMEN • TRANS PEOPLE • IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE • WE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS LESS THAN • WE DESERVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HEALTHCARE • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HOUSING • WE DESERVE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARM OR DEATH • WE DESERVE TO BE OURSELVES • WE DESERVE TO LAVISH IN WHO WE ARE • and we deserve equity not just equality • I learned from my Trancestors • to not shrink in the face of violence • erasure • discrimination • for so many trans people • our starting line is not the same as our cis counterparts • this should be acknowledged and accounted for • there’s a reason we aren’t in many slightly older art history books • there’s a reason I never felt mirrored when studying art • we were never let into any of these spaces (not that long ago) • with Sylvia Rivera as my guiding light • I will demand what I deserve • I will be vocal • I won’t be stepped on • I am a Puerto Rican Japanese Indigenous Trans Woman • I am made in the image of a higher spirit/entity • my body was shaped • molded • and my existence is art • (as are the other trans people on this planet) • it’s quite frankly a miracle that I’m here today • a brain tumor survivor • a rape survivor • a survivor of all that went against me • and every obstacle • my presence • is in this sculpture • performing in my absence • I am a woman • and no one can ever take that from me (this is my body being handed over to many people • to be used • to be sold • to be exhibited • to be exchanged • and this is not lost on me • it’s apart of the work) • Hahom, 2026
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman • my chromosomes • my genitalia • the sex I was assigned at birth do not determine my gender • they do not make me any less of a woman • OUR EXISTENCE AS TRANS WOMEN • TRANS PEOPLE • IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE • WE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS LESS THAN • WE DESERVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HEALTHCARE • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HOUSING • WE DESERVE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARM OR DEATH • WE DESERVE TO BE OURSELVES • WE DESERVE TO LAVISH IN WHO WE ARE • and we deserve equity not just equality • I learned from my Trancestors • to not shrink in the face of violence • erasure • discrimination • for so many trans people • our starting line is not the same as our cis counterparts • this should be acknowledged and accounted for • there’s a reason we aren’t in many slightly older art history books • there’s a reason I never felt mirrored when studying art • we were never let into any of these spaces (not that long ago) • with Sylvia Rivera as my guiding light • I will demand what I deserve • I will be vocal • I won’t be stepped on • I am a Puerto Rican Japanese Indigenous Trans Woman • I am made in the image of a higher spirit/entity • my body was shaped • molded • and my existence is art • (as are the other trans people on this planet) • it’s quite frankly a miracle that I’m here today • a brain tumor survivor • a rape survivor • a survivor of all that went against me • and every obstacle • my presence • is in this sculpture • performing in my absence • I am a woman • and no one can ever take that from me (this is my body being handed over to many people • to be used • to be sold • to be exhibited • to be exchanged • and this is not lost on me • it’s apart of the work) • Hahom, 2026
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman • my chromosomes • my genitalia • the sex I was assigned at birth do not determine my gender • they do not make me any less of a woman • OUR EXISTENCE AS TRANS WOMEN • TRANS PEOPLE • IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE • WE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS LESS THAN • WE DESERVE RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HEALTHCARE • WE DESERVE TO HAVE HOUSING • WE DESERVE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARM OR DEATH • WE DESERVE TO BE OURSELVES • WE DESERVE TO LAVISH IN WHO WE ARE • and we deserve equity not just equality • I learned from my Trancestors • to not shrink in the face of violence • erasure • discrimination • for so many trans people • our starting line is not the same as our cis counterparts • this should be acknowledged and accounted for • there’s a reason we aren’t in many slightly older art history books • there’s a reason I never felt mirrored when studying art • we were never let into any of these spaces (not that long ago) • with Sylvia Rivera as my guiding light • I will demand what I deserve • I will be vocal • I won’t be stepped on • I am a Puerto Rican Japanese Indigenous Trans Woman • I am made in the image of a higher spirit/entity • my body was shaped • molded • and my existence is art • (as are the other trans people on this planet) • it’s quite frankly a miracle that I’m here today • a brain tumor survivor • a rape survivor • a survivor of all that went against me • and every obstacle • my presence • is in this sculpture • performing in my absence • I am a woman • and no one can ever take that from me (this is my body being handed over to many people • to be used • to be sold • to be exhibited • to be exchanged • and this is not lost on me • it’s apart of the work) • Hahom, 2026

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)

Please do not abbreviate or shorten this title • it is just as important as the work itself • This work is evidence • a mark • that I fought • through my expression • through my voice • through my protests • for people to acknowledge • that I am a woman •, 2026
Bronze cast, engraved brass plinth
190 x 60 x 60 cm
74 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs

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