CHEYANNE ZADIA GIVENS (b.1991, Baltimore, MD) is an interdisciplinary creator, musician and director from West Baltimore, Maryland. Her works include visual and performance art, poetry, composing, filmmaking, conceptual design, and curatorial practice. The basis of her work speaks to perspective, memorials of black culture, social relativity, spirituality, and the merging of sub-cultures.

Her middle name, Zadia, doubles as her stage moniker. Her performances range from large… more