Page Person - I'M NOT A WITCH AT ALL

In I’M NOT A WITCH AT ALL, Page Person asks: why do so many transgender women feel like they had been persecuted in the Salem witch trials in a previous lifetime? Person recounts how decades of painting herself green and cosplaying as a witch led her to coming out as trans. Taking us on a journey of self acceptance - through an art practice that started in an isolation of nightmarish fantasy to a reality based in community, beauty, and a sprinkling of shade- Person's story is filled with comedy, tragedy and raucous audience participation. Features costumed movement by Karlo Jacobs and stage assistance by Devra Golden.

I’M NOT A WITCH AT ALL is a vulnerable foray into the personal history of an artist coming to terms with being trans. With laughs and gags along the way, we are given an intimate glimpse into a long and slow coming out process. Page Person’s work is about finding self acceptance and redirecting the course of one’s life to suit the person we know ourselves to be in our heart - even when society tells us it is not OK. Drawing from a 30 year career as an artist with a deep secret, Person asks: at what point do we start living for ourselves? Ever since moving to Los Angeles in 1997 they took every possible opportunity to paint themselves green and cosplay as the Wicked Witch of the West, the only public outlet they could find to express their femininity before discovering the DTLA drag scene and medical transition. Their story deals with loss, creativity and the joys and perils of living authentically.

Page Person (M. Page Greene, 1972, Atlanta) is a visual and performing artist based in Los Angeles. Their work has been exhibited in galleries including Peres Projects, Stuart Shave/Modern Art and Deitch Projects; and museums such as the Hammer Museum, The New Museum, DESTE Foundation, Kunsthalle Schirn, and Kunsthalle Vien. Person’s work has been reviewed in Artforum, Frieze, The New York Times, The Believer, Artillery, Flash Art, The Wall Street Journal and the Village Voice. They have taught at the University of California Los Angeles, Art by DTLA Proud and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Their work is in the permanent collections of the Hammer Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Frank Cohen Collection, DESTE Foundation and the Luckman Gallery of Los Angeles City College. Person has performed at the Hammer Museum, the Broad Museum, LAXART, Glasslands, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Human Resources, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, and in queer nightlife spaces throughout Los Angeles. In September 2024 they will present a new body of paintings at Noon Projects.