Sequinette Jaynesfield, often referred to simply as Sequinette,[1] is an American female-to-female drag performer and avant-garde filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York. She also works as a make-up artist and stylist for herself and other performers. She is the founder of the Coney Island Sweetheart Pet Pageant, an alternative beauty pageant for pets that raises funds for various animal welfare charities.
Sequinette Jaynesfield | |
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| Education | San Francisco Art Institute (MFA) |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Website | https://www.sequinette.com/ |
Career
editIn 2009, Sequinette starred in Michelle Handelman's 2011 video installation, Dorian, a cinematic perfume, alongside Armen Ra, playing the titular character.[2][3]
In 2011, Sequinette starred in Unleashed by Garo, a reality television series with Garo Sparo on Sundance Channel, in which she portrayed herself[4]
Sequinette later expanded into analog filmmaking working with 16mm and super 8 film, processing film herself in many cases, and hand-painting directly onto the negative. She has created several short films, including Queen Down (co-directed with NYC artist Heather Acs), Rack Focus, Cello Screen Test, Lifestyles of the Bitchin' Famous, Good Queen, and Broken: Battle of the Goddesses. Her films have screened in New York, San Francisco, and Austin.
In 2020, Squinette earned an Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute.[5] Later that year, her film Good Queen was selected to feature in a video art projection in Times Square as part of San Francisco Art Institute's 150th anniversary celebration.[6]
Awards and nominations
editIn 2008, Sequinette competed in and won Murray Hill's eighth annual Miss Lez Pageant at the Zipper Factory in New York.[7][8] In 2012, she was crowned Miss Drag Coney Island.[9]
References
edit- ^ "World Famous *BOB*'s Coney Island Drag Race—Brooklyn - Burlesque Beat".
- ^ "Art in Review". The New York Times. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Michelle Handelman". Arthouse at the Jones Center. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Series". sundancechannel.com.
- ^ "MFA EXHIBITION 2020". San Francisco Art Institute. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "San Francisco Art Institute Marks 150th Anniversary with Video Art Projection in Times Square | SFAI".
- ^ "Theater Mania – Murray Hills 8th Annual Miss Lez Pageant". Theater Mania. n.d. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ Love, Becca (15 July 2008). "Miss Lez Pageant '08". Go Magazine. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "POSTPONED: Then & Now: A Legacy of Filmmaking at SFAI (Panel Discussion) | SFAI".