UC Berkeley Art Practice
Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley

Jasmine Nyende MFA '25

Headshot of Jasmine Nyende

Jasmine Nyende, MFA β€˜25

Email: nyende_jasmine@berkeley.edu

Jasmine Nyende is an artist and musician from Los Angeles, CA. Her work explores how patterning in punk, astrology, poetry and craft can become healing collaborative modalities in our  communities. She is an astrologer rooted in the planet Saturn’s legacy told through African American culture, lead vocalist for the Black queer punk band FUCK U PAY US! and has a textile practice creating assemblage art from repurposed and recycled materials.

Photo of Jasmine singing on stage while playing guitar

Photo of Jasmine singing on stage while playing guitar

Photo of a necklace made of shells strewn across rocks

Photo of a necklace made of shells strewn across rocks