Gabrielle Civil

Gabrielle Civil is a black feminist performance artist, poet, and writer, originally from Detroit, MI. She has premiered over fifty original performances, most recently _My San Francisc_o (2024) and Black Weirdo School (Pop Up Critique) (2023), and her performance videos and stills have been exhibited internationally and online. Her latest performance memoir, IN & OUT OF PLACE (2024), encompasses her time making art as a Fulbright Fellow in Mexico. Her writing also appears in New Daughters of Africa, Kitchen Table Translation, Migrating Pedagogies, DanceNotes and A Mouth Holds Many Things. She teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. The aim of her work is to open up space.