A multi-talented artist, Kiddy Smile is known to the general public as a DJ (and judge on Drag Race France). He is also a dancer, designer and filmmaker. Kiddy Smile quotes as his primary influences gospel music, hip-hop, especially out of Chicago and Detroit in the 1990s, the voguing movement and NYC ballrooms. His work and activism aim to spread love and equality, and to create spaces of cultural representation for all.
In recent years, Kiddy Smile has appeared in numerous music videos, in Gaspard Noé’s Climax (2018), won several titles for his voguing routines, performed alongside Grace Jones (2024) and Madonna (2023), walked for Jean-Paul Gaultier (2020) and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. In the same year, he presented his film RIDE (co-directed with Jérémie Danon) at the Biennale de Lyon.
From the ballroom scene to his recent incursion into contemporary art, his practice cuts across various media. His multiple interventions enable him to reach as many people as possible while occupying a unique place at the crossroads of popular and sub cultures.

In his music, he democratizes and reaffirms the Black and queer roots of house, re-establishing its substance and political origins. His projects celebrate the creativity and resilience of marginalized people while challenging the logic of social domination and the
effects of discrimination.