Multi disciplinary Artist & Seeker of Restorative Truths
& Seeker of Restorative Truths
Bio
Victoria Jean (b.Tiohtià:ke) makes neo-soul rock that explores the contradictions of pain and joy, moving between the shadow and light she carries. Raised between Calgary and Montreal, and now based in Montreal, her work reflects that movement, merging the places she belongs’ to transforms the blend of styles she makes.
Her process begins with an image. She captures a moment, sits with the impression it leaves, and gives that internal state physical form through found sounds and materials. Music is the shape her sensory experience takes once it's been metabolized. Her visual art follows the same instinct in the other direction, taking her photography apart into abstraction through mixed media.
At the center of her work is a belief: peace is not the starting point, but what becomes possible once shadow and light are accepted rather than fought. Her recent work, including Sonje, performed at Maison d'Haïti's Biennale, and Diri Kole for Simmer Fest, carries that belief into public space, bringing pain and joy into harmony.
My work explores the contradictions of pain and joy through music, collected sounds, and images.
My process is a kind of playful meditation.
I capture an image of the world, sit with the impression it leaves on me, and use found sounds or materials to give that internal state physical form. This develops my awareness of the impact my subjective sensory experience has on the world around me.
I am not the holder of all truths. Whether I find myself in the shadow or the light, I embrace both as forms of exploration, not conclusions. I believe peace is a later stage, one reached not by resolving shadow and light, but by accepting them. It is acceptance, not resistance, that allows us to transcend into a more harmonious state of mind.