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Kathy D'Onofrio

Kathy D’Onofrio creates narrative art environments populated by imagined animals, aliens and mythic figures. Burning Man’s archive credits her across 2016–2019 and 2022–2025, including A RAT’s Nest, The Aliens of Calais, Anostraca and Not Now. Crystal Cat Thedral is expressly co-credited to D’Onofrio and The Cat Thedral Crew. A separate first-person account by Harlan Emil Gruber identifies her papier-mâché figures within his collaborative 11: 55 Reformation Portal in 2015; that contribution is not sole authorship of the whole portal. The archive’s character stories are artistic descriptions rather than verified scientific or supernatural claims. Current studio location is unconfirmed: the two 2025 entries list different hometowns. The linked artist reference is the event organizer’s archive, not a personal website; dimensions of her standalone works remain unstated.

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installation, figurative sculpture, papier-mâché
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Documented disciplines include installation, figurative sculpture, papier-mâché.

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