Bio

James Knott is a Toronto-based artist, member of the 7a*11d Toronto Performance Art Collective, and graduate of OCAD University, 

Their practice spans performance, music, and moving images, employing tactics of self-mythologizing as a means to bridge personal narratives into communal ones.

Lately their work has oscillated between more gesturally based performance actions, to highly ornate and layered video compositions and music, to explore themes of queer and trans identity, and how archetypes of femininity and masculinity can interrogate the politics of desire.

An alumnus of The Roundtable Residency and the Buddies In Bad Times Emerging Creators Unit, they’ve exhibited/performed at Xpace Cultural Centre, Trinity Square Video, the Toronto Feminist Art Conference, FADO Performance Art Centre,  the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, Montreal's Festival Phénomena, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. 

They've received project and grant funding from The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, The National Arts Centre, The Ontario Arts Council, and The Canada Council for the Arts.