Meet the artist

“the faces around already speak their own story; i engrain each story in paint…”

A woman standing in front of a canal at night in an urban area with bright billboards and neon lights, smiling at the camera.

Twenty-Four y/o realism expressionist artist follows one rule when it comes to her art and lifestyle, in her own words:

We are not made to fit in one box. Society tries to limit us to stay in that one box, and when we overflow over the edges of that box, it likes to point out that we “don’t fit in”, for us to shrink back into the place that we should fit.

A woman with long blonde hair and a black dress standing in front of a Japanese shrine at night, illuminated by lanterns.
Two printed photos of a group of people posing inside a big Muay Thai gym located in Thailand.
Person standing near orange-colored traditional Japanese torii gates with other people in traditional attire in the background.
A smiling young woman with long blonde hair and glasses standing in front of a large golden dragon fountain at night. She is wearing an orange dress, beige slide sandals, and has a scarf tied around her bag.
People practicing boxing in a gym, wearing boxing gloves, with a trainer instructing a woman.

Artist Biography

Three people in martial arts training gear standing inside a gym, posing with fists raised. Two men and one woman are barefoot, surrounded by punching bags, gloves. The gym has red and black flooring with pink and red wall decorations.

As an Artist and Fighter, the one main thing I have learned, is that whatever you do, you cannot look at the opinions of others. Most of us say what we think, as a direct reflection of limiting beliefs and truths about ourselves. I say, “truths” in italic, as there is not one about us. Everyone has their own, yet not one makes up a fraction of who we really are.

The most important Truth about us, is the one we believe ourselves to be.

Yet it is so easy to believe our surroundings. Don’t worry, I’ve been there too. I let myself listen to other peoples stories of me as if they were an oracle, and I came to a realisation, that whatever is said, is simply an idea of oneself based on the experience of another.

One thing I always hated. Boxes. Lines, and rigid rules. Being an Artist, I know well its often better to paint outside of the lines to create something remarkable.

As a Martial Arts Athlete, I know our limits our only the lines we create in our mind, of our capabilities. It isn’t set. Only by ones mind, it is. And what makes art truly great and athletes truly inspiring, is pushing the limits of every little rigid doubt we face everyday.

A young woman with blonde hair, glasses, and tattoos on her arm, wearing a boxing glove with Japanese-themed illustrations.

I know you have experienced it. The impulse to confide in the space within the lines. As comforting as it feels, greatness is NEVER achieved there…

As a child Sara was always active kid, lost in exploration. Her childhood started in small city near Katowice, Poland - Sosnowiec. Where her wandersous mind and soul, enjoyed freedom to play outside, climb trees - and anything climbable for that matter, sorry parents. But most imporatnly, she Drew.

Until the age of 5, she spent most of her time with her grandparents, who showed her their world, as well as they could, and let her be free in her creativity.

Going on trips to different cities with Grandma, building toy cars out of old scrap with Grandpa, and filling each and every wall she could find with all the drawings she could think of, to the last inch of plaster wall she could see. That was her first Art Gallery Exhibition, which is believed to have travelled to new homes but stayed firmly stuck to the wall and admired, to this day - thanks Grandma.

Her adventure in art started early, and never left for longer that she could stand it. Continuing her artistic expression, after moving to Oxford, UK in 2006, her art always gave her comfort of Who she was, and who she could be.

A hand smudged with purple, pink, and white paint rests against a painted surface with purple and pink graffiti-style artwork.
Sketches of three detailed hand drawings on a notebook page, titled 'Hand Drawings', with annotations about finger curling and hand positioning.

At school though excelling in her studies, she kept on choosing her creative side. In 2013, when she started Secondary School, her artistic availability was expanding and her knowledge widened. She started painting still life - roses, her choice of endearment.

But one thing always sparked her soul; people around her. Her eye to detail kept expanding, as she began to experiment in human anatomy sketches and fell in love with the cubist structures that combine us all- a special thanks is here given to her teacher, Ms. Thatcher, who if reading this should know, that her input gave a great deal of inspiration and confidence to young Sara, to adapt her hand in the arts, she had shown her.

When reaching A-levels, Sara had come to a dilemma - her heart was torn between the fine arts, and science, that could give her a steady future. Yet the heart grew stronger in the depths of creation, she knew she could not give it away to any of career than, Creation.

Her new Love, started after experiencing anxiety, which led her to find something more to sooth her soul - Sport.

A young woman in graduation attire, with a pink blazer and white trousers, stands on a bridge over the river Thames in London. She is holding her graduation cap and smiling, with a city skyline in the background.

As her art loosely accompanied her throughout that chapter in her journey, she felt the need to rethink her priorities, both as an Artist and Athlete. During the end of the same year, she switched paths, from a bodybuilder to a Kickboxer and Boxer, and began her new sport with a withe of excitement.

Group of mixed martial artists in martial arts training gear inside a gym, posing for a photo with some making faces and others smiling.

She also started to expand her creative expertise to digital design, creating illustrative work for local business in Oxford, in 2024. With that work she began to also paint again.

Paint what was dearest to her heart before, and is still now to this day; the people around her.

All her inspiration comes from the community she is surrounded by. The strong, courages people she gets to interact with, in her sport and daily life. As it is those who surround her, and her own courageous heart, that inspire her to, think outside that box.

In 2024, she has been working on her style and what it means to her. The humans around her and anatomical structures that express the greatest emotions of movement and coherence with oneself, are what her focus is.

In 2025, Sara continued growing her portfolio, not only the physical one but emotional too. With an expanded view of life following her travels, she embarked on the emotion which she knows should be prioritised in life, and began to create a new form of realistic expressionism, which allowed her to explore the depth of human interaction through the lens of colour.

Her previous work follows the right of symbolism dedicated to the culture of Buddhism and Muay Thai, and show the natural forces of guidance within fighting and character.

Her latest work circled back to the sense of self and puts an emphasis on Love directed internally. As she believes that what gives us the ability to be kind and better, is loving ourselves first, no shame to whatever emotions may accompany us along the way.

Colorful graffiti art on a wooden board with words like "HERE," "CLOSER," "ONE WAY TO MY", and "HEART", written in various styles and colors, mostly purple, blue, pink, and teal, with a gray and black painted background.

Beginning in 2017, she studied and learnt as much as she could, though research, friends and ideas, about training your body. With the acquired knowledge, she managed to do a body reconstruction, by loosing 7kg of fat and gaining 5kg back but this time, in muscle. She found a new form of art, one that physically shaped her and mentally gave her power. A healthy lifestyle that improved her own image as one.

However, the young adventurous girl inside her, knew she needed more, and looked for a new challenge to keep her going.

A new goal arose, when she took up bodybuilding and expanded herself not only as adventurous artist, but as an athlete and challenger.

In 2021, she began her studies at, University of the Arts London, where she chose a branch of art and design; Interior Design. In 2024 she competed in her bodybuilding competition in which she took 2nd Place Overall, and completed her studies the same year.

Four people smiling and laughing at a seaside location with statues of elephants and a woman in a yoga pose in the background

The same year, she took a month-trip to Thailand, with her fighting camp, to evolve her skills as a Fighter.

Along the way she discovered the beautiful connection of spirituality between the Buddhist art to the one of Martial Arts, Muay Thai, which she took part in during her stay. She learned of the connection between the traditional art, Sak Yant tattoos and the culture, that create the link between the natural world and the role that each person is given as a Fighter, and a soul.

The trip gave Salo a chance to see a place where people chose love and compassion as priority and a symbol of life. What she saw was also the integration between the flora and fauna that was hard to miss for her. She experienced how it emphasised the empathetic approach to the world between the Thai people and people who came there. Within the fighting circle, it is a sign of ultimate respect. But for Thai people the one thing that always made sense was, when approaching other people and life is, Love.

In words from the Artist:

“If we were all a little kinder to each other, the World would be A Better Place.

What we do for ourselves, we are able to do for others, and more, and if we are guided by Love, the capability is limitless.

I think loving yourself, caring for yourself, and putting yourself first, is not selfish. It’s a necessity. As the world reflects are emotions and gives us experiences, we reflect back the same way. Finding the freedom to love ourselves, makes us kinder, more empathetic, and heals us.

It lets us see clearer and feel more, it gives us guidance to our truest self, and in the world we live in today, that can be rare. We need more of that.

Which is why I say, be kind. But start with yourself. You will create something amazing in that time, and that’s the gift you give others.”