Erum Naz Khan is a performance artist based in Toronto, Canada.
Erum is chasing frequencies that infuse multidisciplinary practices that awaken the mythic into contemporary lyricism. Committed to collaboration as a core artistic ethos, they seek to honour the varying worlds and pedagogies created by those who are in a room together, forever elevating a collective mess emerging fully from the heart.
Erum holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, where they studied Sociology, Cinema Studies, and Professional Writing & Communication. Recently they were the Artistic Associate at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, a literary artist-in-residence at The Atlantic Centre for the Arts, and a selected playwright for the 2025 National Playwrights Retreat at Caravan Theatre. Erum has been a recipient of the Urjo Kareda Research grant through Tarragon Theatre, Buddies Queer Emerging Artist Award, a playwright with Nightwood Theatre’s Write From The Hip program, a co-facilitator of the Emerging Creators Unit at the Paprika Festival, and a selected artist for the inaugural edition of the Loughborough Lake Writer's Retreat with Crow’s Theatre and Mongrel Media. Their play NOOR, with original music by LAL and Anwar Khurshid, was presented at The Aga Khan Museum.
Erum’s short films have premiered at The Toronto Queer Film Festival, Breakthroughs Festival, The Toronto Independent Film Festival and The Rendezvous with Madness Festival.
Much of their community-engaged work is underscored by a commitment to create space for youth to access and engage with the arts.
Erum is chasing frequencies that infuse multidisciplinary practices that awaken the mythic into contemporary lyricism. Committed to collaboration as a core artistic ethos, they seek to honour the varying worlds and pedagogies created by those who are in a room together, forever elevating a collective mess emerging fully from the heart.
Erum holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, where they studied Sociology, Cinema Studies, and Professional Writing & Communication. Recently they were the Artistic Associate at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, a literary artist-in-residence at The Atlantic Centre for the Arts, and a selected playwright for the 2025 National Playwrights Retreat at Caravan Theatre. Erum has been a recipient of the Urjo Kareda Research grant through Tarragon Theatre, Buddies Queer Emerging Artist Award, a playwright with Nightwood Theatre’s Write From The Hip program, a co-facilitator of the Emerging Creators Unit at the Paprika Festival, and a selected artist for the inaugural edition of the Loughborough Lake Writer's Retreat with Crow’s Theatre and Mongrel Media. Their play NOOR, with original music by LAL and Anwar Khurshid, was presented at The Aga Khan Museum.
Erum’s short films have premiered at The Toronto Queer Film Festival, Breakthroughs Festival, The Toronto Independent Film Festival and The Rendezvous with Madness Festival.
Much of their community-engaged work is underscored by a commitment to create space for youth to access and engage with the arts.