Roshan James and Tara Butler performing Chaos and Wonder at Aki Studio, Toronto, December 2025

exploring identity, cosmology, and entanglement

Chaos and wonder.

Large-scale mixed media works, poetry and performance. Nationally exhibited. Internationally collected.

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Publisher
ECW Press
Grants
Canada Council · OAC
Exhibitions
KWAG · Homer Watson · AGP
Press
CBC · The FOLD · Open Book
Upcoming
Homer Watson · Spring 2027
Live performance

Chaos & Wonder

Blending spoken word and an original soundtrack by Roshan James with contemporary choreography and dance by Tara Butler. A meditation on language, movement, and [...]

Recently performed at Lumen 2025, City of Waterloo. Touring 2025–2027.

Poetry & Sound — Roshan James Choreography & Dance — Tara Butler Videography — S-Quire Johnson, S-Quire Media
Pink Moon by Roshan James — poetry, ECW Press 2023
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Pink Moon

In Pink Moon, street-style, deep contemplation, and natural curiosity converge at the intersection of anti-oppression, climate action, social justice, a[...]

Published by ECW Press, Toronto. September 2023.

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Bio

Roshan James (she/her/elle) is a Tibetan-Indian multidisciplinary artist, poet, musician, and award-winning business leader. She explores questions and themes of ide[...]

Education

  • Honours BA, English — York University, summa cum laude
  • English Literature & Economics — Queen's University
  • English Literature & Philosophy — Centre for Medieval Studies, U of T
  • Grade 8 Piano — Royal Conservatory of Music

Grants & Awards

  • 2024–25 OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators × 2
  • 2024 OAC Exhibition Assistance — KWAG
  • 2023 KW Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year — Arts & Culture nominee
  • 2023 OAC Exhibition Assistance — Gallery Stratford
  • 2023 Canada Council for the Arts — Vocal training, Emm Gryner
  • 2022 Region of Waterloo Arts Fund — Peaceful Gathering Mural & AR Gallery

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2024–25 SOS III — Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
  • 2024 'Adream and adrift, the cosmic egg' — 10C Guelph
  • 2024–25 City of Waterloo Group Exhibition
  • 2023–24 Homer Watson House & Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 2023–24 Art Gallery of Peterborough — seams & strata
  • 2023 Peaceful Gathering Mural & AR Gallery — Downtown Kitchener
  • 2022 Akasha — Mind's Eye Studio & Art Gallery

Publications & Performances

  • 2025 Chaos & Wonder — Lumen 2025, City of Waterloo
  • 2024 Pink Moon Paint Night — The FOLD, Brampton
  • 2024 Power of the Pen panel — The FOLD, Kitchener Public Library
  • 2023 Pink Moon — ECW Press, Toronto
  • 2022 'Warm Love' — Digital EP & Mixtape
  • 2020 Breaking — poetry collection

Community

  • Board of Governors — Starling Community Services (2021–25)
  • Board of Directors — CAFKA (2022–24)
  • Member — Forest City Gallery, London ON
  • Member — CAFKA, Kitchener ON
Original works

Acquisitions

Large-scale mixed media works held in private collections across Canada and internationally. Browse and purchase throug[...]

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Media

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Contact

Whether you're interested in acquisitions, exhibitions, commissions, performances, or collaborations — Roshan would love to hear from you.

PO Box 5, Newton, ON

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Land Acknowledgement

I acknowledge that I am a settler on Turtle Island which is colonially known as Canada. I work and live on land that is part of the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaab[...] Map of Ontario Treaties and Reserves →