Lady K (1978) - untitled

Artist name: Lady K

Nationality: French

Date of birth: 1978, Le Blanc-Mesnil, France

Title of the work: untitled

Year: 2025

Technique: Mixed media on banknote 50 Piastres 1996 (Egypt)

Dimensions: 135 mm x 70 mm

Framing: not framed

Details of the signature: Hand-signed by the artist

Edition: Unique work (not numbered)

Provenance: Work directly from the artist’s studio, Lady K. The work is for sale with an authenticity certificate issued by the agency representing the artist, MP ARTS AGENCY.

Documentation: Authenticity certificate issued by MP ARTS AGENCY and the artist

Condition: The work is in perfect condition, with no notable imperfections.

Delivery: The work will be shipped from France, carefully packaged and insured.

About the artist:

Lady K is a French visual artist born on October 23, 1978, in Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). A key figure in hexagonal graffiti, she belongs to the generation that helped structure and professionalize the French street art scene of the 1990s and 2000s.

She discovered graffiti in the early 1990s, at a time when the discipline was still largely marginal and male-dominated. She quickly established herself through mastery of writing, complex lettering, and the wildstyle, developing a demanding body of work around letters as an autonomous form. Her approach goes beyond simple urban marking: for Lady K, typography becomes material, structure, and visual architecture.

She attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, graduating in 2007, and pursued studies in visual arts and sociology of art at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. This dual background—graffiti culture and academic training—allows her practice to engage in a constant dialogue between street and institution, between spontaneity and conceptual reflection.

Lady K is a member of the international crew "156 All Starz", founded in 1992 and now one of the major groups in world graffiti. This affiliation places her in the history of international writing and testifies to the recognition by her peers.

Exhibitions and notable events

Over the years, Lady K has participated in numerous group exhibitions and international projects devoted to urban art. She has shown in galleries and art centers in France and abroad, contributing to the institutional recognition of graffiti.

She has taken part in major events related to the history of street art, urban festivals, and exhibitions dedicated to the pioneers of the movement. Her work is regularly presented in contexts where graffiti dialogues with contemporary art, confirming her pivotal place between these two worlds.

Alongside gallery exhibitions, she maintains an active practice in public space, creating murals and wall interventions in France and internationally.

Artistic approach

Lady K’s work rests on deep reflection about language and signs. The letter, a founding element of graffiti, becomes in her hands a visual motif in its own right. She deconstructs it, overlays it, fragments it, playing with the tension between legibility and abstraction.

Her practice is plural: painting on canvas, installations, volumes, photography, performances. She questions the place of writing in urban space and how graffiti can transform without losing its original energy.

As a woman who emerged in a historically male-dominated field, she also holds an important position in the history of women in graffiti in France, helping to pave the way for a new generation of artists.

Market positioning

In the market, Lady K benefits from a solid status as a historic figure of French graffiti. Several factors enhance her appeal to collectors:

- An active presence since the 1990s
- Membership in the international crew 156 All Starz
- Academic training at the Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Progressive institutional recognition

Her canvas and mixed-media works are of particular interest to collectors specializing in historical street art and artists who helped bridge graffiti toward contemporary art.

She thus ranks among artists who have preserved the authenticity of writing while integrating into the art market circuits.