Lady K (1978) - Un après-midi ensoleillé

Artist name: Lady K

Nationality: French

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

Title of the work: A Sunny Afternoon

Year: 2025

Technique: Mixed media on canvas (bills of banknotes pasted on canvas, mounted)

Dimensions:
Canvas: 30 cm x 30 cm
Framing: on stretcher

Signature details:
Hand-signed by the artist

Edition:
Original work (unlimited edition),

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

Documentation:
Certificate of authenticity 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 packed and insured. It will be shipped framed. Delivery with insurance.

About the artist:

Lady K, is a French visual artist born October 23, 1978 in Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). A key figure in hexagonal graffiti, she belongs to the generation that shaped and professionalized 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 with mastery of writing, complex lettering and wildstyle, developing rigorous work around letters as an autonomous form. Her approach goes beyond mere urban tagging: for Lady K, typography becomes material, structure, and visual architecture.

She attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, from which she graduated 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 to place her practice in an ongoing 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 global graffiti. This affiliation places her in the history of international writing and testifies to her recognition by peers.

- Notable exhibitions and events
Over the years, Lady K has participated in numerous group exhibitions and international projects dedicated to urban art. She has shown in galleries and art centers in France and abroad, contributing to the institutional recognition of graffiti.
She takes 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 engages with contemporary art, confirming her pivotal role between these two worlds.

In parallel with gallery exhibitions, she maintains an active practice in public space, creating frescoes and wall interventions in France and internationally.

- Artistic approach
Lady K's work rests on a deep reflection on language and sign. The letter, founding element of graffiti, becomes for her a plastic motif in its own right. She decomposes it, overlays it, fragments it, playing with the tension between legibility and abstraction.

Her practice is diverse: painting on canvas, installations, sculptures, 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 occupies 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 enjoys solid status as a historic figure of French graffiti. Several elements strengthen her appeal to collectors:

* An active presence since the 1990s
* Membership in the international crew 156 All Starz
* An academic background at the Beaux-Arts of Paris
* Gradual institutional recognition

Her works on canvas and mixed media are especially interesting to collectors specializing in historical street art and artists who contributed to the transition of graffiti into contemporary art.

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