Jibz Cameron
# 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.

Her performance art has been called "outrageously smart, grotesque and innovative" by The New Yorker 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.

## 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.

### 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.

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.

## Notable works

### Video

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

### Performance

* Weirdo Night, November 7th, 2021, Zebulon LA
* Weirdo Night, December 5th, 2021
* Weirdo Night - April 21st, 2022, The Bell House
* Weirdo Night, June 5th, 2022 at Zebulon
* Weirdo Night, October 2nd, 2022, Zebulon
* Weirdo Night, Dec 4, 2022 - Zebulon
* Weirdo Night at the Bell House, Feb 2nd, 2023

## Accolades

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

