Sika Foyer is an American multidisciplinary artist who explores wrapping cultures, the materialityof wrapping and its cross–cultural rituals to tell ancestral stories and to examine forms of socialinjustice. Foyer’s tireless gestural motions and micro repetitive layering expose what is covered,what is forbidden and what is hidden in plain sight. Her formal trainings and experiences in urbanpolicies and economic development inform her work.Born and raised in Lomé, Togo, West Africa, Foyer was first introduced to drawing and clothingdesign at age 8 by assisting her fashion designer and dressmaker mother, Akouh Adjo Ebimide, inher Atelier, Chez Da Marie. Foyer came to the United States where she obtained her BS inEconomics from Baruch College, CUNY and her MS in Urban Studies from The New School, MilanoSchool of Policy, Management and Environment in NYC. Throughout this time Foyer maintained astudio practice in New York and in January 2021 she obtained an M.F.A. from Lesley Art + Designin Cambridge, MA