Jenno Snyder is a Staten Island-based queer experimental composer, multi-instrumentalist, and intermedia artist. Her latest album, Too North, was released by Worry Records (2018). Formerly under the name God II, she released three EPs: Crazz (2017), Infinite Feedback Lute (Lost Notes Media, 2017), and Death After Life (Captain Crook Records, 2016). Previously, she was known for her work with Staten Island-based band Yeti, as composer and bassist. She is founder and editor of the Staten Island based literary press, NYSAI Press, and co-producer of Queer Van Kult: an experimental performance, installation, and music event showcasing queer artistry in Staten Island, NY.
She holds a BA in Physics and Philosophy from New York University.
Exhibitions
Staten Island Unlimited
for photography documenting the Staten Island DIY music scene
Alice Austen House, 2016
Lumen Festival
performing with Lesbian Underground for Kala Lolo
Atlantic Salt Company, 2016
Lumen Festival
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 2015
Publications
"Worse"
chapbook
2014
The Gallatin Review
"ties"
Volume 29, Spring 2014
West 10th
"laypeople"
Issue No. 7, 2013-2014
West 10th
"The Prospect of Fuk"
Issue No. 6, 2012-2013
Awards
DCA Premier Grantee
for The No Album: Explorations in Queer Identity
Staten Island Arts, 2019
Art Fund Grantee
for NYSAI Press
Staten Island Arts, 2017
DCA Premier Grantee
Staten Island Arts, 2016
Excellence in the Arts Award
for Yeti
Staten Island Arts, 2015