Viral TikTok hair artist Laetitia Ky discusses hair art, activism, following her creative intuition, and more.
. A true multi-hyphenate creative, Ky left business school to pursue art full-time. Her work expands beyond hair to include drawing, painting, dancing, and acting.
Below, she shares more about pre-colonial hairstyles, creative intuition, the desire to show her art offline, and more.“Five years ago I was following a guy on Facebook who was showcasing a lot of information about African culture. One day, he posted a photo album of African women before colonization with incredible hair. Their hair was sculptural and I felt immediately very inspired. This was then I started my first experiment with my braids. It was something very simple, I just made a peak.
“What I create on TikTok is always specific to TikTok because it works very differently from other social media channels. On Instagram, I just share my work, my life, my point of view, and my activism but on TikTok I have to adapt it to trends. I’m always trying to adapt my hair art with the trends going on the platform at the moment.”“I don’t think a lot before creating, I’m a very intuitive person. When I want to speak about a special subject, the idea just comes to my mind.
“My painting journey only started a few months ago. I’ve always drawn since I was little and , while my painting work doesn’t really influence my hair art, my drawings do. I want to use all of my creative skills.”“I would love to move from the digital space to a more physical space in the future. I’m actually working on a book for next year where I create a lot of new images and share my experience as an African woman and feminist. That’s the first step for me to getting my art out offline.
“I’m not entirely sure the next steps to follow to bring my work to the real world, so I’m just taking my time. There’s a lot of things I want to do, including acting. I think I will definitely have more opportunities if I’m able to move from Abidjan.”
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