ABOUT
Photo: Eli GoldMIKA JOHNSON
I am an artist and educator, specializing in creating multimedia works and immersive installations, where dream-like narratives, mythology, ritual, and ecology intersect. I also direct both fiction and documentary film projects.
My background is in filmmaking, photography, sound, and writing, alongside a long-term meditation practice and training in Somatic Experiencing®. Rather than treating these as separate disciplines, I work with them as a single, integrated artistic practice.
I am the co-founder of and Creative Lead at Experience Aika: a studio dedicated to designing multisensory experiences rooted in time, presence, and nature. Through Experience Aika, I develop pop-up installations, workshops, and retreats.
Alongside this, I am a co-founder of Theta Noir: a performance art collective for embodied experimentation, all devoted to an ecological myth. Theta Noir is my lab for creating rituals, where symbolic work and performance are tested with live participants.
Once a year, I co-lead Wandering Cinema: a traveling film retreat where filmmakers come together for workshops, screenings, and masterclasses. With my two co-founders, we create space to share, listen, and explore cinema beyond the usual pressures of pitching and production
Creativity Coaching
Alongside my artistic work, I offer one-to-one coaching based on somatic awareness, creative inquiry, and inner exploration. More about this work can be found on the Coaching page.
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