Sooo-z Mastropietro realized her artistic fate as a young girl growing up in Hopewell Jct, NY. Her creative outlets began in the basement of her parents’ home where she would design and sew clothing or reinvent hand-me-downs. Some years later, a BFA in Fashion Design and Textile Design paved her way for other artistic pursuits.

After graduation, Sooo-z worked as an art director and custom designer in the home furnishings industry for a high-end felted art rug company in NYC. Upon leaving there, she began her own business, Mastropiece.

Mastropiece was an outlet for a combination of different interests which culminated into a silk-painting business. From 1997-2000 Sooo-z created a collection of unique hand painted silk clothing and accessories and sold them at high-end craft shows. During the time of the craft show circuit, she discovered an unearthed talent while in her new studio apartment, painting murals.

Murals were a perfect way to transform an interior space and invent a special environment. This quickly became a desired commodity amongst friends and new clients. Painted furniture also found its way into the repertoire as a practical companion.

Upon moving to Stamford with her new husband Micah in 2000, Sooo-z was selected to paint her rendition of “Le Bovine -Opera Cow” for the Stamford Cow Parade. In 2001, she painted two life-size cars for the Stamford Car Parade which featured “Carden of Eden” and “Cinderella’s Chariot”. These creations were all done in her living room.

From the time they moved in 2000, Sooo-z began painting murals in their Victorian home with themes inspired from trips to Italy, music, food, and an enchanted forest. They took a few years to complete with other jobs on the side and two children in the interim. She then became involved with other community projects as a way to incorporate artistic beauty with the surrounding area. This included painting the traffic signal boxes near her home in 2003 as well as many gardening projects in conjunction with the Shippan Point Garden Club of which she is still a member. Since they have relocated, Sooo-z now has a new ongoing project of bare walls to mural.