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Vivek Shraya Biography

Vivek Shraya (born February 15, 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian musician, short story writer, and visual artist. She spent many years building her career in Toronto, Ontario and currently lives in Calgary, Alberta working as assistant professor in creative writing at University of Calgary.

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Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.

Age, Book, Children, Possibilities, Potential, Reveal

I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity. "

Acceptance, Differences, Diversity, Glib, Supposed

Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.

First Love, Firsts, Journey, Love, Music

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

Entering, Hate, Hatred, Writing

If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

Art, Sanctioned, Travels, Way, White, Witnessed

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

Ability, Art, Artist, Exciting, Reveal

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

Art, Artist, Separate, Sometimes

I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.

Already, Canada, Election, Inspire, Worry

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.

Art, Further, Mean, Messages, Project

As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically and emotionally challenging, there is ultimately something a bit comfortable about making art in the comfort of your own home.

Art, Believe, Comfort, Home, Ultimately

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

Art, Gender, Made, Protagonists, Written

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

Book, Incorporate, Music, Reading, Singing

My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.

Art, Body, Careers, Feels, Like

My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.

Intention, Strategy, Write, Writing

Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was this heartache that pushed me to explore other artistic avenues, like writing and filmmaking, and I ultimately feel most at home in a multidisciplinary environment.

Avenues, Connected, Heartache, Home, Ultimately, Writing

Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my first albums.

Aesthetics, Albums, Art, Fact, Including, Strong

Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early age.

Book, Children, Creativity, Dialogue, Early

I recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a girl. I said yes. Another child commented that I had a deep voice. I responded: "Can girls have deep voices?" There was a pause and then the group responded, "Yes!"

Children, Girl, Group, Ottawa, Reading, Voice

I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.

Opportunity, Sentiment, Thinking, White

I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?

Art, Audiences, Financially, Foundation, Responsibility, Support

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