Born in 1978 in Switzerland, Tika grew
up in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium
and Egypt She now lives between
Berlin, Rio de Janeiro and Zurich. She
first approached the streets by gluing
selfdrawn circus-posters in 1988, and
started graffiti in 1996.
TIKA (tag & broad nosed caracter)
graduated in 2004 with a Master in Visual
Communication at the School of Art and
Design Zurich (Nomination for the best
Diploma of the year 2004) She had solo
shows since 2008 in Berlin, Vienna,
Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town,
groupshows since 2003 in Switzerland,
Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, France,
Usa, Mexico, Guatemala, Brasil, Turkey,
Bulgaria, Malaysia, livepaintings
at Scope Art Basel, Museumsnight
Kunsthaus Zurich, Goethe Institut
Alexandria, Murals in Gambia, Egypt,
Turkey, South Africa, Brasil, Argentina,
Germany, etc. Residencies in Zurich
2009, Cape Town 2011, Vienna 2012.