Dr. Lea Luka Sikaude
Dr. Lea Luka Sikau is a multisensory artist, mezzo-soprano, and curator whose practice sits at the intersection of sound, opera, and art science. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge, where her research examined posthumanism, rehearsal ethnography, and new opera. She went on to become a Fellow at Harvard University's Mellon School for Performance Research and was awarded the Bavarian Cultural Award for her research at MIT's Center for Art, Science and Technology.
Her collaborative and commissioned work spans some of the most significant institutions and figures in contemporary art and performance. She has worked alongside Romeo Castellucci, Marina Abramović, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Laetitia Sonami, and Rimini Protokoll, and has received commissions from the European Commission, S+T+ARTS, Science Gallery, the Ligeti Center, Ars Electronica Festival, Transmediale, Ensemble Modern, and Climate Week NYC.
As Curator for Music and Sound Art at ZKM | Hertzlab, she shapes the sonic identity of a major international center for art and media technology. In this role, she oversees artistic research and programming, directing residency programs, festivals, and performance series that place sound at the center of contemporary cultural inquiry.
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