Dynasty Handbag
Jibz Cameron is a performance/video artist and actor who lives and works in New York City. Her work as alter ego Dynasty Handbag has been seen such institutions as The New Museum NY, The Kitchen, DTW, MOMA PS1, Joe’s Pub, PS122, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, OUTFEST, SXSW Film Festival and Performa ’07, ’09, ’11 as well as many international dives both great and small. She has been heralded by the New York Times as “the funniest and most pitch perfect performance seen in years”. In addition to her work as Dynasty Handbag she has also been seen acting in work by The Wooster Group, The Residents, Theater of the 2 Headed Calf, Kalup Linzy, Susan Lori-Parks, among others. She also does stand up “comedy” and is featured in the web series’ Song of the Wild and Rods and Cones. She is an adjunct professor of Performance and Theater studies and Comedy Theory at TISCH NYU.
During November 2013, Jibz Cameron/Dynasty Handbag will be an artist “in residence” on Open Space.