Jibz Cameron

Jibz Cameron is a performance, recording, and video artist most known for her work produced under the persona Dynasty Handbag, an alter ego created in 2001.[1]

Jibz Cameron
Born
Jibralia Cameron
NationalityAmerican
EducationSan Francisco Art Institute (1999)
Known forPerformance and video
Notable workDynasty Handbag
Awards2022 Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama & Performance Art
Websitehttp://www.dynastyhandbag.com

Her performance art has been called "outrageously smart, grotesque and innovative" by The New Yorker[2] and referred to as "[...] one of the most insanely funny, tone-perfect pieces of performance art I have seen in years" by Jennifer Dunning in The New York Times[3].

Career

Education

She has taught at universities as a visiting professor at California Institute of the Arts and an adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Exhibitions

Her performances and video works have been presented at prestigious venues and festivals including the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, The Kitchen in New York, REDCAT in Los Angeles, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The New Museum in New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Joe's Pub in New York, Performa in New York, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, SXSW in Austin, and others.[4][5][6][7][8]

Weirdo Night

Jibz Cameron currently resides in Los Angeles and hosts/produces Weirdo Night at Zebulon Cafe Concert in Elysian Valley. A 4-camera recorded version of Weirdo Night was selected for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.[9]

Past guest stars of Weirdo Night include: Joseph Keckler, Jack Black, Tanya Hayden, Kate Berlant, Puddles Pity Party, John Early, Mitra Jouhari, Xina Xurner, Sarah Squirm, River Ramirez, Francesca D’Uva, Anna Homler, emotional store, Christina Catherine Martinez, Isaac Eat My Ass Gotterer, Kristina Wong, Jerry Jergens, Marawa The Amazing, Naz Riahi, Wild Yawp, Rudy Blue Martinez, Nao Bustamante, Carrie Brownstein, Tashi Condolee, Hardcore Tina, Seth Bogart, Charles Galin, John C Rielly, Kathleen Hanna, Trap Girl, San-Cha, Maria Bamford, Cole Escola, eddy kwon, Jack Ferver, Holland Andrews, Illustrious Pearl, Svetlana Kitto, Meriem Benanni, Raphael Khouri, Candy Pain, Miss Barbie-Q, Lizzy Cooperman, Atsuko Okatsuka, Penis, Karen Tongson, Peter Kim, Sandy Smiles, CHRISTEENE, MINIVAN, and La Pregunta.[10]

Notable works

Video
  • Garbage Castle, 2019 Directed by Casey Rupp, Written by Jibz Cameron + Amanda Verwey, Produced by Starburns Ind.[11]
  • I Hate This Place, 2020 4:33 commissioned by the BROAD Museum[12]
  • Vat Do You Van For Bwekfas, 2016, 2:30 directed by Mariah Garnett, produced by Starburns Ind. for JASH TV[13]
  • The Quiet Storm, 2007, 09:00 min, directed by Hedia Maron, Written by Jibz Cameron[14]
  • FASCIST DICTATORSHIP MAKEUP TUTORIAL, 2016, 6:20 min[15]

Performance
  • Weirdo Night, November 7th, 2021, Zebulon LA[16]
  • Weirdo Night, December 5th, 2021[17]
  • Weirdo Night - April 21st, 2022, The Bell House[18]
  • Weirdo Night, June 5th, 2022 at Zebulon[19]
  • Weirdo Night, October 2nd, 2022, Zebulon[20]
  • Weirdo Night, Dec 4, 2022 - Zebulon[21]
  • Weirdo Night at the Bell House, Feb 2nd, 2023[22]

Accolades

Cameron received the 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama & Performance Art.[23]

References
  1. "Jibz Cameron". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  2. "Bushwig". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. Dunning, Jennifer (2008-01-07). "Fresh Tracks - Dance - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. Museum, The Andy Warhol. "Talks Back: A Screening Program - The Andy Warhol Museum". www.warhol.org. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  5. Davis, Samara. "Jibz Cameron talks about her new one-woman show and TV pilot". artforum.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  6. Velasco, David. "My Barbarian talks about "Double Agency" at LACMA". artforum.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  7. "Odd Jobs: Jibz Cameron/Dynasty Handbag". DAILY SERVING. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  8. "A Performance Artist's Absurd Anatomical Odyssey". Hyperallergic. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  9. Film Festival, Sundance. "2021 Sundance Film Festival: Full Program Announced". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  10. "Weirdo night". DYNASTY HANDBAG. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  11. Handbag, Dynasty (2019-04-04), Garbage Castle, 2019, retrieved 2023-04-25
  12. I Hate This Place | Dynasty Handbag's video performance, retrieved 2023-04-25
  13. Handbag, Dynasty (2016-06-30), Vat Do You Vahnt For Bwekfas?, retrieved 2023-04-25
  14. Handbag, Dynasty (2017-09-22), The Quiet Storm, 2007, retrieved 2023-04-25
  15. FASCIST DICTATORSHIP MAKEUP TUTORIAL, retrieved 2023-04-25
  16. Weirdo Night, November 7th, 2021, Zebulon LA, retrieved 2023-04-25
  17. Weirdo Night, December 5th, 2021, retrieved 2023-04-25
  18. Weirdo Night - April 21st, 2022, The Bell House, retrieved 2023-04-25
  19. Weirdo Night, June 5th, 2022 at Zebulon, retrieved 2023-04-25
  20. Weirdo Night, October 2nd, 2022, Zebulon, retrieved 2023-04-25
  21. Weirdo Night, Dec 4, 2022 - Zebulon, retrieved 2023-04-25
  22. Weirdo Night at the Bell House, Feb 2nd, 2023, retrieved 2023-04-25
  23. "Guggenheim Fellows - Jibz Cameron". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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