Gabriel Kittle-Cervine was born in mid-morning on a Wednesday, in the heart of October 1995, somewhere on the westside of Santa Cruz, California. From day one Gabe wanted to be immersed in the performing arts, starting dance at age 3 and theater shortly after that, followed quickly by an interest in writing.

In 2008, Gabe was among the Motion Pacific breaking students who got to perform at GaryFest in Watsonville, honoring the life and passing of local mentor, and a founding member of the Jabbawockeez Crew, Gary “Gee-One” Kendell. As a young actor and playwright, Gabe got to co-write and perform original work at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in Scotland at 16 years old.

After high school, Gabe briefly attended Emerson College in Boston, MA; Gabe ultimately chose to leave school to join his fellow poets in Santa Cruz who were developing a “philanthro-pup” called the Art Bar & Cafe, where Gabe worked until it closed down at the end of 2015. During this time, they also qualified for Santa Cruz’s National Poetry Slam Team in 2014 and 2015, competing at the competition in 2015.

A founding member of the late Word Church poetry mic in Santa Cruz between 2013-2019, hosting and organizing the space for well over half of those years, Gabe stepped back from recurring event programming in 2020, though is re-emerging in 2024 with new offerings for the public. Gabe has over a decade of experience producing and hosting Poetry Slams, Hip Hop jams, live music concerts, art markets, workshops and multi-media art exhibitions.

Gabe has two poetry publications from T*B*D*ink.; I Like Being Dead (2022), and a pocket book of his 4 part poem Blank Page Boy released in March of 2024. They also have numerous other chapbooks now out of print. Gabe is currently working on a new poetry manuscript, as well as their debut novel.

As a rhymesayer, under the moniker BlankMetaFour, they have released a handful of projects, including the Lost Boys movie inspired Wholly Crossed (2020), and the most recent Days End (2023), plus a handful of singles and collaborations, all under the umbrella of their production front T*B*D*ink. — today, Gabe is currently developing their first self-produced project, entitled Teeth, slated for release in early 2025, as well as other projects.

In education, Gabe has guest lectured or led workshops at Harbor High, UC Santa Cruz, Tannery Arts Center, CSU Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, as well as over a dozen venues in and around the city of Santa Cruz. In 2023, Gabe’s poem “the breaking” (from I Like Being Dead) was used for semantic study of gender identity within the 11the grade English curriculum at Pacific Collegiate School.

Gabe was trained by People’s Institute for Survival & Beyond in the practice of antiracism training, as well as many friends and teachers who’ve been generous enough to invite them into knowledge over the years. Beginning in 2020, they began building an online tool for white people to learn about the origins of race and racism called www.BetrayingWhiteness.org which is built to prime newcomers to the essential humanitarian work of undoing the oppressive racial constructs that keep us in conflict.

Currently, they live in the Live Oak neighborhood of Santa Cruz, working full time at Pacific Collegiate School, selling typewriter poems on the street most weekends Saturday, hosting workshops and readings for public as well as for private patrons. For inquiries regarding writing, performing, educational or ministerial services, visit the Bookings page.

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