Jessie Askinazi is a New York City and South Florida-based multidisciplinary creative.
She works across photography, poetry, performance, mixed media, curatorial projects, and creative direction. Her work inhabits the space between conscious and unconscious states, revealing hidden emotional landscapes. Through oneiric and dreampunk frameworks, she interrogates persona and self-limiting perceptions, opening pathways toward transformation. Jessie’s practice unfolds through an ongoing dialogue with the arts and letters, rejecting straightforward storytelling in favor of experimental collage—where meaning emerges through fragmentation rather than linear narrative. She received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Interdisciplinary Studies from Florida Atlantic University, with a primary concentration in English and secondary concentrations in Communications and Gender Studies. She graduated summa cum laude and served as Co–Editor-in-Chief of the university’s literary magazine, Coastlines.
01. sonic voyager with an ever-growing archive of spotify playlists. ˙ᵕ˙ especially loves shoegaze, dreampop, post-punk, goth rock, hyperpop, and folk.
02. celluloid junkie, equally at home on the criterion channel or in a local independent theater. influenced by a wide range of filmmakers and movements & draws particular inspiration from surrealism, david lynch, dogma 95, the french new wave, minimalism, and italian giallo cinema. check out her letterboxd.
03. style blends kawaii, j-fashion, harajuku culture, and asian character design with avant-garde, conceptual fashion and couture. influenced by the manga and anime NANA, my aesthetic exists at the intersection of femininity and alternative punk. she also loves french type.
04. collects: costume jewelry, asian plushies and figures, crystals and minerals, art books, stickers, objets d’art from her travels, and treasures from vintage shops, flea markets, and independent makers. •ﻌ•
05. loves cats, dogs, bows, tamagotchi, rainbows, clowns, traveling alone through europe, wallpaper, big sunglasses, pee-wee herman, intricate korean nail art, french pastries, drag queens, oracle decks, dome homes, kirtan, and the east village in NYC.
favorites:
• color: pink
• flower: cherry blossom
• song: bachelorette- björk
• record: souvlaki- slowdive
• nonfiction book: the chronology of water- lidia yuknavitch
• fiction book: the waves- virginia woolf
• poetry collection: ariel- sylvia plath, a little middle of the night- molly brodak
• book store: unnameable books
• tv series: my so-called life, arrested development
• movie: valerie and her week of wonders, everything by david lynch
• anime: spirited away, paprika, angel’s egg
• comedian: maria bamford, norm macdonald, chris fleming, patti harrison
• fashion brands: alexander mcqueen, yohji yamamoto, simone rocha, vivienne westwood, comme des garçons, undercover
• food: sushi
• snack: taro boba
• holiday: halloween
• perfume: anotinette poisson "bien aimée"
• restaurant: mokonuts, kanoyama, black walnut, mai kai
• crystal: himalayan quartz with chlorite inclusions
• character: my melody, peko-chan, usahana, sylveon, violetchi
• illustrator: sunone bird, iscreamcolour
• shop: the broken arm, poemo, about glamour, the frankie shop, landline, tokio 7, john derian, astier de villatte, axs design,
• season: spring
• bakery: boulangerie utopie, proof, hive
• place: canal st. martin
• artist: carravagio, yoshitomo nara, francisco goya, francis bacon, audrey kawasaki
• toy designer: skull panda, nommi
