Vivek Shraya Presents: New Models Album Preview Show
What are the new models, new frameworks, new approaches? Who are the new models, new archetypes, new leaders?
Join us for a sneak peek, immersive and meditative performance of 2024-25 QTRL Artist-in-Residence Vivek Shraya’s forthcoming 11th solo album New Models (out October 2025).
June 6, 2025, 7pm
East Common Room – Hart House
7 Hart House Cir, Toronto
All QTRL 2024-25 cohort members will receive an advance copy of the limited edition New Models vinyl!
This event is funded by the Queer and Trans Research Lab at the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies – University of Toronto
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion. A three-time Canadian Screen Award-winner, Vivek is the creator and writer of the CBC Gem Original Series How to Fail as a Popstar, which had its international premiere at Cannes. She was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize and has collaborated with musical icons Jann Arden, Peaches, and Jully Black. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” Vivek has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, a guest host on The Social and CBC’s q, and she is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation.