Cosmo Sarson gained public notoriety and international press in 2013 with a controversial 30ft high mural of ââ¬ËBreakdancing Jesusââ¬â¢.
His comparatively small oil painting of ââ¬ËJesus breakdancing in the Vaticanââ¬â¢ had already gone viral and the mural, at over 30 ft high and on a wall directly opposite Banksyââ¬â¢s ââ¬ËMild, Mild Westââ¬â¢, became an instant Bristol landmark.
Having recently relocated from London to Brighton, Cosmo marked his arrival with another large scale mural -an Angel . Traditionally painted in a classical fresco style using natural earth colours for the figure and with 4 kilos of gold glitter mixed in to the paint for the background, the street art piece provided a striking juxtaposition to the spray can based graffiti above which it floated. Cosmo Sarson studied Fine Art at The Byam Shaw School of Art where he was mentored by one of Britains finest contemporary painters, Peter Doig. Influenced by the paintings of the Old Masters his current output explores the biblical and mythological themes of those works, reimagining these myths as set in modern times and placing them in a contemporary context. Cosmo is an active member of the British street art scene, appearing in several books on the subject and painting at paint jams around the country. He has exhibited both nationally and overseas including the Saatchi gallery and Miami Scope Art fair, and held his first major solo show at the Pure Evil gallery in 2015. He is also a freelance Scenic Artist in the film industry, with his graffiti and mural work appearing in many feature films including Tomb Raider, World War Z, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers ââ¬â Age of Ultron.
