Profile Details
- Country: Canada
- Province/State: Quebec
- City: Montreal
- How do you Identify?: Queer
- Age: 35
- Experience Level: Emerging
- Field of Work: Comedy Series, Commercials, and Music Videos
- Union: Non-Union
- Rep: Katrina Lopes
- Interested In: Directing TV For Hire, Directing Music Videos/Commercials, and Developing my own Film/TV/Digital Material
- Recent Credits: Little America, Sephora Commerical, Tokyo Smoke Commercial
- Favourite Movies: Crooklyn, Labyrinth, Big Fish, The Princess Bride, Polly, The War of the Roses, Beetlejuice, Moonlight, The Color Purple, Crash, The Truman Show
- Favourite TV Shows: Living Single, Girlfriends, Martin, Insecure, Modern Family, The Office, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
- Pitch a Project: 4 Black Teenagers from Toronto in a coming of age film based in the '90's.
- Authorized to work in the USA?: Yes
- Contact Information: tikasimone@gmail.com
- Link: http://www.tikathecreator.com/
Bio
TiKA is an artist, DJ, model, film composer, director, actor, creator, cultural producer, TV/Online personality, activist, and advocate for the empowerment of female artists and creators. TiKA makes an impression on everyone she encounters and her joy is infectious.
Currently excelling in the Canadian Film Centre program for film scoring, TiKA will graduate in Fall 2020 and transition into making musical soundscapes for film.
TiKA’s love and passion for culture and music has led to the release of 2 EP’s, “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” + “Carry On.” With features in Complex, Noisey, MILK, Afropunk, Saint Heron, The Fader, CBC, The Source, among others, TiKA is receiving critical acclaim for her voice, her energy, her love. Her music. She has opened for major R&B heavyweights like John Legend + NAO and is being coined as an incredible performance artist + visual hypnotist. Complex Magazine listed TiKA as “One of the most prolific creatives in Toronto.”
In late 2015, TiKA spoke openly about her struggles with trauma & depression and created a body of work to encourage others going through the same. The “Carry On” EP was released in late 2016. “Carry On” serves as a spiritual soundscape for anyone going through a healing process. The unexpected offering garnered TiKA an amass of critical accolades from all over the world. The first single “OHMYGOD” is an 80’s inspired gospel record featuring international producer, Harrison and rapper/producer Clairmont The Second. The record garnered high numbers on Spotify and iTunes and continues to feed many spiritually.
TiKA’s debut full album + short film will be released in Summer of 2020. Aptly titled “Anywhere But Here,” it serves as a brilliant indication of her unique voice, as well as her distinctive resonance and personality as a developed artist. Completely produced by Redbull Montreal graduate + 24 year old multi-instrumentalist & musical phenomenon Casey MQ, the album is an 80’s inspired synth pop sound. “No matter what I am going through, I always want to convey love + light in my music. My lyrics are dark because my reality has been dark. My sound stays in the light. I want people to know that the light is always attainable.”
The vulnerable 10-track album is more of a score, with Casey MQ providing a rollercoaster ride of sounds cleverly mixed with TiKA’s raspy emotional vocals.
In addition, TiKA was the only Canadian musician to model for Sephora 2 years in a row. Her billboards can be seen all across Canada.
While her vocation as an ambassador and creator of music has been well established, her image and sound as a new artist is being unleashed to make a very durable impression in order to gracefully provide what this generation has been missing musically.
2020 will see the relaunch of the artistic side of TiKA.