Workshop for Queer Youth: Finding Your Drag Identity with Gabriel Dharmoo

Gabriel Dharmoo

Gabriel Dharmoo is a composer, vocalist, improviser, drag artist, interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Montréal – Tio’Tia:Ke – Mooniyang (Canada). His works have been performed in Canada, the U.S.A, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Singapore and South Africa. He has received many awards for his compositions, such as the Canada Council for the Arts Jules Léger Prize for his chamber work Wanmansho (2017) and the Conseil Québécois de la Musique Opus Award for his opera À chaque ventre son monstre (2018). He recently released Vestiges d’une fable (2024), an album of his chamber music in collaboration with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra . As a vocalist and interdisciplinary artist, his career has led him to travel internationally, notably with his solo show Anthropologies imaginaires which was awarded at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival (2015) and the SummerWorks Performance Festival (2016).

The new solo show Bijuriya is the culmination of their drag persona Bijuriya’s work as a performance artist and musician; after having been active on social media (@bijuriya.drag) and the local drag scene in Montréal since 2019.

Gabriel Dharmoo holds a PhD in research-creation from the Individualized Program of Concordia University.