Raj Gill // Vancouver //
Raj is committed to and passionate about human interaction and creative community-building through theatrical interventions and play. He is driven to ease individual suffering by sharing the underlying primordial delight that surrounds our interwoven existence. His background in sound art and telematic happenings over long distance networks, physical theatre, movement/dance, clown, and design, have led to numerous multidisciplinary performances in various traditional and nontraditional settings.
Raj is the founder of the Wheel of Time Gallery and the Temporary Frames Project. As Artistic Director, he is fascinated by experimental community building through chance encounters. He is a co-founder of Vancouver’s multidisciplinary performance collective: The Co.nstrained Crea.tions Collec.Tive; gathering interested artists from different disciplines into the exploration of constrained improvisations. He also co-founded the Grandma’s Palace art collective; hosting music, shows, shadow puppetry jams, clowns jams, and live-streaming events. Raj helps run a monthly variety show at the critically-acclaimed Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret.
Raj holds a Degree in Communication and Culture with a minor in German from the University of Calgary. He worked under the Canada research chair of telemedia arts, Dr. Kenneth Fields at the Syneme Lab in the University of Calgary. Raj has completed physical theatre training at the London School of Performing arts and has extensive training with the legendary movement/clown teacher David MacMurray Smith. He has also studied under world renowned teachers, Mary Overlie, Thomas Prattki, Nathaniel Justiniano, and Deanna Fletcher. Raj’s works have been presented and supported by United Nations New York, Happening Festival, Musicacoustica Festival Beijing, Victoria Fringe Festival and Glenbow Museum, Richmond Art Gallery.