NEVE
Terpsichorean Artist
they, them & he, she, him, her
![A multigender, multiracial person. S(He) has brown skin and dark eyes, short purple hair, and is wearing a red t-shirt. Positioned against a black background, NEVE’s face is tilted up and turned slightly off center, with a broad smile that shows NEVE’s two front teeth.](https://www.fordfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dff-2022-neve.jpg?w=710&h=710&crop=1)
NEVE (they/(s)he) is a Disabled, aesthetgender, multiracial, multidimensional dramatic terpsichorean femme artist. They are an Indigenous African living in Duwamish country and traveling wherever they have access/an invitation. (S)He is a 2020 Pina Bausch Fellow and a 2022 Arc Artist Fellow.
NEVE loves life, the delights and pains of love, the higher power inside us, the earth’s lullabies and war cries, drinking color, and dreaming with their queer family (especially their cat child, Caravaggio). They collaborate with fellow Seattle multidisciplinary artist Saira Barbaric as MouthWater. Visit him online at nevebebad.com, and on social media at @nevethoh.