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
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Lumen Festival
performing with Lesbian Underground for Kala Lolo
Atlantic Salt Company, 2016
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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
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Art Fund Grantee
for NYSAI Press
Staten Island Arts, 2017
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DCA Premier Grantee
Staten Island Arts, 2016
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Excellence in the Arts Award
for Yeti
Staten Island Arts, 2015