Emma (Urbanbutterfly) loves vibrant colours, oat milk hot chocolates and art that brings life & hope into grey spaces. She grew up in inner city Birmingham and always wanted to make big art that transformed the urban jungle around her. She graduated from Bath Spa Uni in 2004 with a BA in Fine Art and celebrated her first solo show in 2009. She moved to Mexico 3 years later & worked in an International School teaching Art, being continually inspired by the long tradition of mural painting & vibrant art scene all over the country. She exhibited in three exhibitions whilst in Guadalajara, one of which raised awareness of Human Trafficking. On her return she created a costume for St .Paul’s Carnival, painted a public piano & created her first commissioned mural on the front of E5 Church, part of the Street Art Tour of Stokescroft. Now a muralist and Secondary Art & Design Teacher, a love of learning motivates her to try new things…