Phenzwaan is a multi award winning Writer, Performance Poet and internationally recognised Spoken Word Recording Artist.

Regarded by many as one of the best all-round spoken word artists of his generation, any individual or collective organisation would be hard pressed to find a sphere within the genre that has not been influenced by the success of his work. Phenzwaan is undisputedly one of the most prominent names in spoken word and poetry.

Also known as Phoenix James, he is a multi-talented award winning male model and aspiring actor.

**AWARDS HISTORY**

Hackney Empire Award - Best Performance
Farrago Zoo Award - Best London Poet
Dr. Martens Poetry Prize Award - Best Poetry Performance
Dr. Martens Poetry Prize Award - Best Writer
Farrago Zoo Award - Best Slam Poetry Performance
Farrago Zoo Award - Seasonal Slam Champion
International Library of Poetry - Editor's Choice Award
Soul Baby Live Award - Best Spoken Word Artist
Soul Baby Live Award - Most Votes Over All Categories
Fashion TV Award - Best Male Model
BEFFTA Award - Best Spoken Word Artist/Poet

**Other Award Nominations**

Black Enterprise Award
Men and Women of Merit Award
Bermuda UG Music Award - Best Spoken Word Artist

**TOUR HISTORY**

Alchemy Fluid Tour - Egypt
The X Press Tour - UK
We Will Survive Tour - Barbados
United Music Kingdom Tour - Budapest, Hungary
UG Music Tour - Bermuda
Solidified Tour - UK - 17 cities
Last Future Now Tour - France, Belgium, Amsterdam
Fire & Divinity Tour - UK

**CD RELEASES**

The A.R.T.I.S.T
Meditations of a Cosmic Wordsmith
We Will Survive
Phenzwaan LIVE @ The Spitz
Inevitable Mystique
Like a Phoenix
Alchemy Fluid Vol: 1
Alchemy Fluid Vol: 2
Solidified

**BOOKS**

To Whom It May Concern
Fire & Divinity

**Other Releases**
The Undressed & Wild Observations, Sexual Exploits & Philosophical Meanderings of Phoenix James

**NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE FEATURES**

The Guardian
Evening Telegraph
The Voice
New Nation
Fader Magazine
Calabash Magazine
AIRR Magazine
Claudio Magazine
Sable Lit Mag
Poetry Scotland Magazine
Create 24:7

**TELEVISION & RADIO APPEARANCES**

BBC Three Television
Channel 4 Television
Original Black Entertainment Television
Bright Entertainment Network Television
Fashion TV
Soultrain Alternative Breakfast Show
BBC Radio One
Choice FM Radio
BBC 1xtra Radio
BBC Radio Suffolk
Fusion FM Radio
Hot 96 FM Radio
Connexion FM Radio
Jazz Poetry Cafe Radio
Colourful Radio
PlayVybz Radio
Power 95 Radio
Homegrown Radio Show
Tilos Radio
Sierra Leone Radio
Life Conversations Radio
Poetry Is... FM Radio
Life FM Radio
Gap Radio
Rhythm FM Radio
Wireless FM Radio
Re-Apply Show
SKFM Radio
Resonance FM Radio
Genesis FM

**ORGANISED EVENTS & SHOWCASES**

Verbalized Mindz
Men of Wordz Urban Poetry Convention
Women of Wordz Urban Poetry Convention
PeppaMint Sundayz
Lyrical Lucidity
Indelible Ink
Sumthin' 2 Die 4
Get Lyrical
Spoken Word Live & Unplugged
Fashion Romance