Sika Valmé is a contemporary Créole-Canadian artist, and creative director driven by culture, education and innovation. Her work is conceptual in nature, taking inspiration from an eclectic range of sources, and presents as a nuanced, cross-disciplinary composition of visuals, sound, and language, created to be experienced collectively. Erosion Eksperyans (2022) – her most recent body of work, is a crafted collection of timeless narrative including a 6-track EP, mixed media video animations, and hand-drawn illustrations.

Valmé was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Having been established in Quebec since 2001, she now shares her time between Montreal, Vancouver and Mexico City. Informed by her migrations, Sika’s creations develop from a unique creole aesthetic shaped by her diasporic journey, also drawing on geometry, the organic world, and the human experience.

The music in Erosion Eksperyans, synergizes opposing elements to create an unconventional take on Haitian and Caribbean rhythms. The graphics compliment her music with colourful imagery that plays with the same tensions between disparate geographies and cultures. This approach, paired with Sika’s distinct vocal styling, has positioned her as a creative leader, and collaborative partner, pioneering ideas.