Maria Lauenstein Denjongpa

Maria Denjongpa grew up in Massachusetts. She studied anthropology at Brown and spent much of her adult life teaching English in Sikkim (in the Eastern Himalayas). She began creating puppets and masks and spirit creatures out of paper mache in high school and has been making them ever since. Of her work, Maria says “I am interested in spirits—meaning the fears, joys, vulnerabilities and pride that reside in the bones of animals and people. I am curious what these spirits look like: their essential gestures and postures, their colors, patterns and shapes.”

Learn more about Maria: https://www.mariadenjongpa.com.