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Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of one or more people and text that says 'My Artist MyArtiststory... story...'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be a selfie of one or more people and text that says 'didn't grow up thinking I'd be 'dbe an artist- went to uni unito to study International development weeks!knew and lasted 3 weeks! knew immediately was on the wrong path, but this wrong turn was a pivotal moment that made me realise merealise I wanted to pursue Art. Though the Feeling was strong, that decision still felt tricky at the time...'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of water bottle and text that says 'Itwasn't a straight It path and after afterdoin doing anart art foundation an course & a few years S of travel ended travellendedup up back in London. reached out to an artist collective painting murals and that was the beginning of my journey with murals and my love of spray- painting.'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of text that says '២០2 It was a BIG learning curve, spray paint a a hard medium to master,I spent months and months practicing. had to learn to paint everything-port everything portraits, animals, baby eating chicken wings covered in spicys sauce- EVERYTHING'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be pop art of one or more people and text that says 'つり Luckily 1 was surrounded by brilliant artists artistsandmentors... and mentors...'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of hummingbird and text that says 'After some years left the collective to follow my. own owncreativevoice creative voice and took the to branch out on my own and ndbecomeafulltim full time become artist...It was scary, and there therewere were ups and downs. L'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of crane, brick wall and text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'My work started taking me all over Europe and I was painting bigger and bigger walls and loving it!! really developed my confidence in my work and was meeting so many incredible artists and from all over the world along the way. CÉDEZLE PASSAGE'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of brick wall, buildings and text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of jeep, telephone pole and text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of outdoors and text that says 'This led on tosome to big wins including... North West Walls, Belgium Belg'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be an image of eyewear, top and text that says 'Wynwood Wynwoodwalls,Miami walls, Miami MTWOIERIS SOPHIEMESS SOPHIE MESS UNITED UNITEDKINGDOM DKINGDOM KINGDOM 2024 焼 1000I9'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of water lily and text that says 'Alongside painting murals,1 was painting canvases more too. The two. feed each other and wanted |wantedtogive to give time to the work in the studio too. じわれんを大の力'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of text that says '떡기 was working outhow out how to translate my large mural paintings onto this smaller scale.| It takes an adjustment to go from adjustmenttogofrom Frompainting painting huge mural hugemuralto to a smaller canvas, this was washaro hard hardatfirst-tl at first- the process is much slower, but love the balance between being out travelling, ttravelling,painting painting murals and then having alone time in the studio to focus and paint.'.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of lily and text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be art of text.
Photo by Sophie Mess / Street Artist on September 07, 2026. May be a graphic of standing, poster, headscarf, magazine, turtleneck and text that says 'Right now I'm working on biggest body of work still enjoying finding the balance between murals & the studio and look forwarc to painting some big walls again soon...'.
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Posted On: September 7th 2026, 03:30 pm
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There has been so much happening behind the scenes in the studio and it’s had me reflecting back on the last 12 years…

I’ve grown so much, and yet I feel like I’m just getting started! So grateful to young Soph for quitting Uni, taking the risks and pushing though the uncertain times.

I have some big projects in the pipeline and I’m creating more than ever - if you’d like to stay in the loop and hear more stories like this I’d love to invite you to join my newsletter - link in bio. Thanks for being on this journey with me 🫶😊

📸 thanks @adambrazier for the first pic!! 🫶🙏
Comments (146)
adamsappletrees 18 days ago

adamsappletrees

I dunno how the fuck you do it 😂 Genius

annette_aspen_art a month ago

annette_aspen_art

Wow, I have always loved your work and envied how you master the spray cans !🤩 I feel like I know you a bit better now. All the best for a really bright future.💜

resoborg a month ago

resoborg

Thank you for sharing your story. You are an inspiration to me and others. You lucky to have had mentors to teach and guide you along the way.

melissa.tash.events a month ago

melissa.tash.events

So so talented 🙌

itsrosiewoods 2 months ago

itsrosiewoods

Yes Soph!! Xxx

amywheats 2 months ago

amywheats

🔥❤️🔥

jay.demps.ll 2 months ago

jay.demps.ll

On you alone . What a beautiful display . 😌😌😌

jay.demps.ll 2 months ago

jay.demps.ll

Thats Rosie. Oh very very Cool 🙌

jay.demps.ll 2 months ago

jay.demps.ll

Wish you the trust you need in yourself. Now feel an listen, an ❤️🔥

reskatestudio 2 months ago
brooklyncarole 2 months ago

brooklyncarole

Awesome ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

acetrazos 2 months ago

acetrazos

Great Artworks!!! cool and inspirational experiences! Congrats!! and thnaks for sharing

tackz_am7_tsl 2 months ago

tackz_am7_tsl

Congratulations! 🎉 Do you paint anything besides orchids? You’re really good with those. Just curious. 😊👍🏻

inkiegraffiti 2 months ago

inkiegraffiti

Yes Sophie! 🙏❤️🔥

nelly.marker 2 months ago

nelly.marker

Your work is incredibly beautiful Sophie! Keep exploring with your talent, we love seeing your finished works!!😊

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