ABOUT

The Yaz Collective is the creative brainchild of Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary artist Yazmeen Mirgoli, aka YAZ. A performance and visual artist, singer/songwriter, director, filmmaker, costume/clothing designer, writer, photographer, and producer, YAZ's work has been featured globally in print, editorials, advertising, live events, music videos, and film since 2013, and has amassed over 1,000,000 views on her YouTube channel YAZ X MUSIC. 

In 2018, YAZ graduated with honors from UCLA, earning a major in Communications, and a minor in Film, TV, and Digital Media with a concentration in directing from the university's renowned School of Theater, Film and Television. 

In 2019, she launched her production company Yaz Media and began her work in the realm of social impact entertainment, most notably through collaborations with artist and Oscar history-maker Kelly Mantle, and through her work with Library of Congress archived platform WERRRK.com.

 In October 2020, YAZ released her debut EP, Eternity, featuring the lead single, "Judgement."  Along with the EP, YAZ released the Eternity capsule collection through her design label Yaz Mania to rave reviews.

In February 2022, YAZ released her debut album, Inferno, featuring the singles “Lust” and “Heresy” to critical acclaim. In addition to the album, YAZ released her directorial debut, "Heresy", the music video for the record’s second single. Self-directed and produced, "Heresy" is a rallying cry against the demonization of empowered female sexuality, that reimagines the story of Lilith and Eve in the Garden of Eden through the lens of female autonomy and agency.

In March 2024, YAZ released her second album, Persephone. The record features the singles “Pomegranates,” and “Abduction.” Along with the album, she released a self-directed and produced visualizer for the record’s first single “Pomegranates” and her self-directed and produced short film, Abduction for the record’s second single.
 

In April 2024, YAZ released her debut short film, Abduction. Inspired by her real-life experience of being unlawfully institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital at age 15, Abduction intertwines the mythology of Persephone’s journey of self-actualization from the archetypal innocent maiden to the queen of Hades with YAZ's own experiences in the psychiatric hospital to explore the themes of the loss of innocence, individuation, resurrection, and rebirth through the lens of bondage, BDSM, and forced submission on a societal level. 

Abduction is now available to watch on the official YAZ X Music YouTube Channel, and will be screened at art and film festivals domestically and internationally throughout the 2024-2025 festival season, including Seattle's acclaimed Erotic Art Festival from April 26-28, 2024. 

Persephone is now available to stream and purchase on all digital music platforms globally. For more on the world of Persephone and YAZ's other work, please explore The Yaz Collective website, and connect with YAZ's social media.