Laetitia Ky

Laetitia Ky

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Laetitia Ky is an Ivorian artist celebrated for her self-portraits that creatively utilize her hair to make powerful statements about beauty standards, identity, and the impact of colonial history.

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Ky is known for her self-portraits featuring sculpted hairstyles and exhibited at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

How Black artists in Canada are using hair to express identity and reclaim power
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-09-28
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Laetitia Ky is an Ivorian artist and activist born in 1996, featured in Promised Sky.

deux films tunisiens en sélection, Dhafer Labidine à l’affiche d’un film palestinien – La Presse de Tunisie
La Presse de Tunisie – major Tunisian francophone daily, est. 1936·TunisiaTunisia· 2025-09-08
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Laetitia Ky is known for her self-portraits featuring elaborate sculptures made from her hair, making a social and political statement about female identity.

‘Monks, politicians, drag queens – all life is here’: a trip to Japan’s Kyotographie festival | Photography
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-23
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