Vivek Shraya

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Black and white studio portrait of Vivek Shraya evocative of classic hollywood cinema. She is a South Asian person with tumbling slightly curly hair. She wears a bindi, a chunky earring, and a blazer.

Black and white studio portrait of Vivek Shraya evocative of classic hollywood cinema. She is a South Asian person with tumbling slightly curly hair. She wears a bindi, a chunky earring, and a blazer.

Job title
musician   writer   visual artist  
Identity categories
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trans   queer   artist of colour   Indian  
Places of practice

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Born

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1981)

Images
Black and white studio portrait of Vivek Shraya evocative of classic hollywood cinema. She is a South Asian person with tumbling slightly curly hair. She wears a bindi, a chunky earring, and a blazer.
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Biography

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her album Part-Time Woman was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, and her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is also the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books, which supports emerging BIPOC writers.

A seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Vivek was a Pride Toronto Grand Marshal and has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene. She is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and is currently adapting her debut play, How to Fail as a Popstar, for television with CBC.

vivekshraya.com is the digital archive for a living trans artist of colour, featuring her music, writing, visual art, theatrical and film works, from 2002 to present.

Vivek Shraya. “About,” n.d. https://vivekshraya.com/about/.
Filmography