Lady K (1978) - Green Lady sur plan Seine St Denis

Artist name: Lady K

Nationality: French

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

Title of the work: Green Lady on Seine St Denis map

Year: 2017

Technique: Mixed media on paper
Spray and Posca on an old metro map of Seine Saint-Denis worn

Dimensions: 55.5 cm x 83.5 cm

Framing: No

Signature details:
Hand-signed by the artist

Edition:
Unique artwork (not numbered),

Provenance:
Artwork directly from the artist’s studio, Lady K. The work is for sale with a certificate of authenticity 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.

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

Delivery with insurance.

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. Very quickly she asserted herself through mastery of writing, complex letterforms and wildstyle, developing a demanding body of work around the letter as an autonomous form. Her approach goes beyond simple urban tagging: for Lady K, typography becomes material, structure, visual architecture.

She enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, from which she graduated in 2007, and pursued studies in visual arts and the sociology of art at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. This dual formation—graffiti culture and academic training—allows her to place her practice 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", a collective 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 her 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 exhibits in galleries and art centers in France and abroad, contributing to the institutional recognition of graffiti.

She participates 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 position between these two worlds.

Alongside her 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 a deep reflection on language and sign. The letter, founding element of graffiti, becomes in her work a plastic motif in its own right. She deconstructs it, superimposes it, fragments it, playing on 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 be transformed without losing its original energy.

As a woman who emerged in a historically male environment, she also occupies an important position in the history of women in graffiti in France, helping to open the way for a new generation of artists.

Market positioning

In the market, Lady K benefits from a solid status as a historical figure of French graffiti. Several elements enhance her attractiveness 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 artworks on canvas and mixed media particularly interest collectors specialized in historic street art and artists who contributed to graffiti’s transition into contemporary art.

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