Hi hi. I’m Nika, an artist and somatic practitioner working in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal.
What I’m Working On
- May 2024: My 2014 film Free World Pens is available for a limited time on the documentary streaming site tenk.ca
- May 11, 2024: The world premiere of Fragments, composed by Saman Shahi, and performed by the stunning Cantabile Chamber Singers in Toronto. I was commissioned to write the poetry.
- 2024: Currently studying Somatic Resilience and Regulation (SRR) with Kathy L. Kain and Stephen Terrell
- April 2, 2024: The film version of Vanishing Point plays at one of my favourite Montreal venues—Cinema Moderne—as part of a program of amazing opera films.
- April, 2024: It’s my 1-year anniversary working with Long Spell Clinic as the resident SEP (Somatic Practitioner)
- March 24, 2024: The film version of the opera I directed, Vanishing Point, premieres at FIFA
- I’m proud to be on the faculty of Trauma of Money!
- I co-facilitated focus groups for documentary filmmakers and their mental health.