Carleen De Sozer is a street artist from Birmingham who lives in London, and she creates her murals inspired by life and living. Much of her work features portraits, and the subjects of her portraits tend to be Afrocentric and Afrofuturistic golden paintings. Her work mainly features in east London but can be seen throughout the city. Her work over the past twenty years has been in various mediums including street art - graphic design, tattoos, airbrushing, CD covers, and fashion designs.
In addition to artwork, De Sozer has also focused on creating spaces for children, black, and female artists and founded BBFA Collective to build opportunities for emerging black female talent and WOM Collective for giving female street artists opportunities worldwide. Her work has inspired another street artist, Dreph, to create her portrait for his series of inspiring black females. For more information and to see his work in this series, see Street Art: Dreph.
De Sozer has worked on projects with Mayor of London, Alexandra Palace, Tate Britain, HMP Prisons, Tower Hamlets Council, Adidas, and many more. She has also partnered with Dark Sugars (the chocolate shop on Brick Lane where her murals decorate), The British Council, Facebook, Tate Modern, ITV, Solent University, Southwark Council, and much more.
The photographs above and just below were taken over the past few years in Brick Lane, and there's a few other ones that I have not posted here but that can still be seen on Brick Lane and in London.
Carleen de Sozer painted some larger-scale murals on the side of a building. "Grime Lords" is around the corner from Camden Market, and another mural with small children is located further down the same street beside a bridge.
The "Meeting of Styles" event a couple of years ago allowed Carleen de Sozer to produce a mural on Pedley Street, inspired by tourists taking photographs of the street art.
De Sozer's work can be discovered across east London primarily. For more information about the artist, visit her website here: http://www.carleendesozer.com/about
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