Yatika Starr Fields was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in December 1980. He is the son of Tom and Anita Fields. Yatika is of the Cherokee, Creek, and Osage tribes, and is a member of the Bear Clan. His Creek name "Yvtekv" means Interpreter. He was giving his Osage name, Ho-moie (“among the heavenly bodies”) during an Osage Native American Church meeting on his first birthday. When he was seven years old he was initiated into the Osage I-lo-shka dance society, Hominy district. Yatika is a graduate of Stillwater High School class of 2000.
Yatika has been making art since he was a child. His drawings, paintings and collages were sophisticated and showed a natural intuitive understanding of composition and design.

His artistic endeavors have taken him around the world. From landscape painting in Tuscany to mural work in Malaysia as part of the APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Council) youth representation.

For two years Yatika attended the Art Institute of Boston while simultaneously exploring urban Graffiti culture. It was during this time that he became involved in large area paintings and started working more on mural projects. Moving to New York in 2004, Yatika continued his pursuit of a career in painting. He has since participated in over a dozen shows around the United States, primarily in New York and Sante Fe.

For the past four years he has lived in Brooklyn and worked in Manhattan as a bike messenger. His experience in the streets and the energy of urban life inspires and reinforces the creative force in his paintings.