Keavan Yazdani

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Keavan Yazdani
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Born (1993-05-18) May 18, 1993 (age 31)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Visual artist, songwriter

Keavan Yazdani is a Grammy-nominated Canadian songwriter and multidisciplinary visual artist. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Yazdani was born in Toronto, Ontario. He was born to a Persian father, and a Filipino mother. [2] He has worked with artists such as Daniel Caesar, Justin Bieber, Koffee, River Tiber, H.E.R., Brandy Norwood and Sean Leon. [4] He is the founder of, Joaquina, a creative outlet for his design. [5]

Videography

Music videos

As director:

Documentary

As director:

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2022Won ASCAP Pop Music Awards Most Performed Songs Peaches [6]
Nominated Grammy Awards Song of the Year [7]
Nominated Album of the Year Justice
2020Nominated Juno Award Album Artwork of the Year Case Study 01 [8]
Won Prism Prize Audience AwardCyanide (Remix) [9]
2019NominatedPrism PrizePrism Prize Best Part [10]
2018WonPrism PrizeAudience Award Freudian [11]
NominatedJuno AwardAlbum Artwork of the year [12]

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