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“ The little dots are my therapy. This repetitive and meditative gesture calms the storms in my brain! ”

LADYBUG became a street artist after spending 10 years as a freelance graphic designer between Nantes and Paris. She abandoned this profession, which was too “computer” oriented to work “manually”, far from the screens.

Her recognizable style emerged in 2015, following an almost visceral desire to be part of the Street Art movement. She therefore developed an original stencil technique made of multitudes of small holes that she drills by hand one by one to create portraits using the pointillism process.

It is through her travels around the world that LADYBUG finds her inspiration. She likes to highlight the human, by seeking emotion and facial expression, first frozen by photography before moving on to the drawing stage. The play of contrast is important, the good balance between shadow and light is essential for the placement of the points. It is by moving the points further apart or closer together that she manages to bring her characters, and sometimes her animals, to life.

LADYBUG places a few frescoes on the walls that inspire her and sometimes offers participatory workshops with migrant minors, students, young people from neighborhood centers, and even for children from Togo and Benin. She also participates in some Street Art festivals in France and abroad between orders from public or private clients.

Her core business is mural painting, but she likes to diversify the media by painting on canvas or recycled materials. Since 2021, LADYBUG has started to create into volumes by working with metal to build sculptures in perforated steel like lace, playing with transparency, light and cast shadows.

A pointillist and picky Street Artist, who makes it a point of honor to do things with the heart, three little points…