Twysted Miyake-Mugler

© 2026. Photo Brianna Blank.

Canada

Twysted Miyake-Mugler is a house founder, house father, teacher, activist, advocate and emissary of Canadian ballroom. Founder of the kiki house of Siriano, and Canadian/Midwest Father of the Iconic New York-based House of Miyake-Mugler, he’s competed, walked, hosted and taught across North America throughout his voguing career stretching over a decade. Twysted is also the founder of the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance and a consultant for the MTL Kiki Ballroom Alliance & Capital City Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Ottawa), organizations that work towards introducing youth to ballroom culture in safe space, alcohol-free environments, including workshop nights at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Montréal’s Never Apart and the University of Ottawa. Other work includes his involvement with the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, disseminating information and building networks amongst QPOC people. His presence in Toronto’s queer and Canadian ballroom scenes is foundational – the work of a true pioneer.

Artists

Documentation

Performance

Performance
Our Bodies Keeping Scores

A curatorial project by Jess Dobkin.

With: Germaine Liu, Juma Pariri, Juru, Karen Finley, Leslie Ting, María de Lourdes Santana Arcos, n:u (melissandre varin), Sara Baron-Goodman, Tamar Carter-King, Twysted Miyake-Mugler

Writing

Engagements

SCREENING: This is Ballroom

Our Bodies Keeping Scores Screening

Documentary, 2024
In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of colour recreate Ballroom culture on their own terms.
Creatives Anonymous with Karen Finley

Facilitated by Karen Finley, Creatives Anonymous are open meetings for artists who feel that their lives have been affected by art making, the art world, and the troubles of maintaining a creative life and career.

LIMITED SPACE
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Grief, Loss and Creative Transformation: Writing Workshop with Karen Finley

Join us for this once-in-a-lifetime workshop opportunity to engage with artist Karen Finley around the practice of writing.

LIMITED SPACE
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Series

Books & Ephemera

FADO Performance Art Centre
445-401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5V 3A8

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Artist Orange

Just as a performance artist uses their body as their medium, this is a fragrance composed entirely of the orange tree: fruit, leaves, bark, roots, and flowers. Artist Orange performs itself.

Top Notes

neroli, blood orange

Middle Notes

fresh orange juice, petit grain

Base Notes

orange twig, orange seed