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madame harlequin, inspired by the commedia del arte character 

(the arlequin or alrecchino), is an entertainer, artist, and cuddling witch.

with her visual art as a gateway to the dream dimensions,

she saunters along the fine lines of multiple realities. 

she infuses play, humor, love and spirituality 

into highly detailed, analog / hand-cut collages. 

her work seeks to dissolve boundaries and 

present micro to macro exploration beyond 

indoctrinated social standards like 

beauty, religion and politics ~ while cultivating spaces for 

vulnerability and emotional exploration.

she arranges and rearranges image placement until it satisfies her 

lust for an aggregate of layered and intertwining vignettes. 

she uses surrealist elements

to explore the human psyche, 

especially how the mind navigates 

the intimacy between unconditional love,

metaphysical vision, manifestation, sexuality and romance. 

perpetually inspired by her delicate sensitivity 

and the vast balance of the joshua tree hi-desert, 

madame explores and implements unusual harmony 

like rage and peace, luxury and poverty, and pain and pleasure. 

rooted in the hi-desert and blooming with over 

three decades of training and creative devotion, madame harlequin invites 

guests, fans and audiences into connection through 

music, movement, sacred touch, mystical play, truth and beauty.

background + experience:

madame harlequin (b. liesl clouse) holds a ba in film from 

nc state university where she also studied 

acting, modern dance (company member), 

choreography, and vocal techniques.

trained from age 3 in onstage acting and dance, 

she recently studied for two years with joseph pearlman acting academy, 

and she completed summer watson's professional vocal academy.

she toured nationally and performed her 

original music in various intimate nyc venues. 

she has played the joshua tree music festival multiple times and 

often performs in hi desert venues and events.

madame harlequin’s visual art was published in 

mad gleam’s 2020 post mortem magazine (under liesl). 

hi desert artists gallery's "over the line" is currently 

displaying her piece, "erotic sahasrara, highest vibration." 

it is her first public exhibit.