Vin Seaman (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, stand-up comedian, drag performer (LOL McFiercen), and cultural strategist whose work blends comedy, performance, writing, and visual media to explore queer identity, drag culture, and community care. For two decades, Vin has been an active force within the San Francisco Bay Area arts ecosystem—as an artist, grantmaker, technical assistance provider, advocate, and organizer.

Their creative work has been presented nationally and internationally at The Stud, Brava, Oasis, El Rio, CounterPulse, the de Young, Salesforce Tower, Frameline, the Tank NYC, the Austin International Drag Festival, SATELLITE ART SHOW Miami, the National Queer Arts Festival, Stockholm’s Stolt Scenkonst, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Yale School of the Arts.

As a cultural worker, Vin has consulted with organizations including the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, the Luggage Store Gallery, Dance/USA, and more. They have been featured on Shondaland and Vice.com, were an inaugural Association for Performing Arts Professionals Leadership Fellow, and are the recipient of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Award (2017), Theatre Bay Area Legacy Award (2019), and a 2022 CALI Catalyst Award.

Vin is also the founder and director of Diamond Wave and creator of the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival, an international hub for nonbinary performance and joy.