Annika Zee
TORONTO-BORN, GENRE DEFYING,
SPACE ~ JAZZ ~ ELECTRONICA ~ POP
ARTIST
Annika Zee is a multimedia artist and musician born and raised in Toronto. She studied at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in New York.
Zee's production style draws from a discerning palette of sound that melds the possibilities of real and digital instruments, incorporating elements of noise, experiment in sound design, and classic songwriting.
Zee’s work has been featured in i-D Magazine, The Fader, Wonderland, and more. Zee has scored music for Comedy Central’s show Broad City, Chan Zuckerberg, American Eagle, and Anna Sui. Zee released her fourth album Magnolia in November 2024 with Absurd Trax partially recorded in London, England with Will Smith at Jamie XX’s studio.
Zee is currently seeking work in textile design, film and TV scoring, and creative direction.
Listen Now
UPCOMING SHOWS
Lydia
[FACTORY PAGEANT]
Let Us Go
[AGING AESTHETICS]
Performed at The Tranzac,
Toronto. March 18, 2024
Assembly
[Single]
group
exhibitions
EYE LOVE 2 STARE, Playground, New York, USA, 2016
Yong, Colored, and Angry, Holyrad Studio, New York, USA, 2015
professional
Experience
MUSIC SCORING
Self-Employed
2016 - Present
CASTING COORDINATOR
Cast Partner
2018 - 2019
BRAND REPRESENTATIVE AND SALES
Tiger Beer
2015-2017
DESIGN DEPARTMENT
All Good NYC
2013-2014
PRESS
Staff, Wonderland. "Wanderlist Playlist: 14 February: Wonderland Magazine." Wonderland, 18 Feb. 2019
Williams, Pip. "Annika Zee's 'Fantasy' Oozes with Old-School Elegance." The Line of Best Fit, 7 Feb. 2019
Leas, Ryan. "Annika Zee Releases 'Lydia': Listen. Annika Zee - Lydia." Stereogum, 18 Sept. 2018
Murray, Sean. "Optical Hits." Dummy Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016
Caamano, Natalie. "Annika Zee Pairs Lounge Jazz with Lo-Fi Feedback on 'Aging Aesthetics' EP." Spin, 22 Jan. 2016
Lobenfeld, Claire. "10 Pop Artists to Watch in 2016." Fact Magazine, 26 Nov. 2016
Manning, Emily. “Video premiere: Annika Zee’s ‘assembly’ is beautiful, controlled chaos.” i-D Magazine. 12 Apr. 2016.
Thomas, Amara. “Embrace Your Feelings With Annika Zee’s ‘Crazy’.” The Fader. 24 Nov. 2015.
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: PRINTMAKING AND PUBLICATIONS
Ontario College of Art & Design University
2023 - Present
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS: RECORDED MUSIC
New York University
2011 - 2015
Education
"Crazy comforts, celebrates, and reclaims our right to feel."
-- The Fader
"Assembly, the latest single from the New York-based multimedia artist [Annika Zee] arrives with a darkly dreamlike visual reminiscent of Robert Mapplethorpe's provocative photographs."
-- i-D Magazine
“ Zee is the kind of artist that cuts through the winter chill; her voice is as warm and empathetic as the heroine in an old musical, but this production melts from simple and sumptuous into something more sinister.”
-- Brookyln Mag
"Zee is the kind of artist that cuts through the winter chill; her voice is as warm and empathetic as the heroine in an old musical, but this production melts from simple and sumptuous into something more sinister.”
-- Brookyln Mag
"Crazy comforts, celebrates, and reclaims our right to feel."
-- The Fader
"Assembly, the latest single from the New York-based multimedia artist [Annika Zee] arrives with a darkly dreamlike visual reminiscent of Robert Mapplethorpe's provocative photographs."
-- i-D Magazine
clients
Anna Sui,
American Eagle,
Chan Zuckerberg,
FWD.us,
COMEDY CENTRAL,
JPB Foundation,
the Hewlett Foundation,
Frey Wille Jewelry,
Cast Partner,
IKEA Foundation,
Bloomberg Philanthropies
OWNEY'S RUM
Tiger Beer
