Kayva Yang

Kayva Yang is a movement-based performance artist, photographer, researcher, and freelance presenter. Her work on stage or in nature biomes explores the interconnections of body to nature intimacy, regeneration, and state management technologies. In her current projects, Lost 40 and Elastic Elm, Yang investigates extraction, interiority, and indigeneity within a boreal forest and a city boulevard. She is a 2020 Create Change Fellow of the Laundromat Project and recipient of grant award from Jerome Foundation and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Her completed project, Body in Flora (2016) was exhibited at New York University Kimmel Center and performed at Intermedia Arts and Southern Theater in Minneapolis. She also dances for artists Jill Sigman/ thinkdance and dustin maxwell and formerly for Pramila Vasudevan/ Aniccha Arts and Dr. Ananya Chatterjea/ Ananya Dance Theatre. She holds an M.A. in Art and Public Policy from New York University.

  • Artists of Color Council (AoCC)
  • AoCC
  • Artists of Color Council
Portrait of Kayva Yang looking int the camera. She has dark hair in a bob haircut and wears a dark colored top. She looks into the camera with a smile. Photo courtesy of the artist.
ID: Portrait of Kayva Yang looking int the camera. She has dark hair in a bob haircut and wears a dark colored top. She looks into the camera with a smile. Photo courtesy of the artist.