LEAH IBRAHIM SAMS
Artist & Founder
Hi! I’m Leah, a British-Malaysian illustrator based in London and the Artist and Founder at Power of Women.
My work is bold and striking, with a focus on colour, culture and fashion. My mission is for art to inspire and empower the next generation of women and girls.
To date, my art has been exhibited at the ADIDAS flagship store in London, my work won the Diversity Award at NFT.NYC, my collectors include SIA, and I’ve dropped two collections with MAN CITY FC.
Outside of art, I’m a lover of Malay cuisine, chillies and time spent on the Zumba dance floor.
SHREYA BHAN
Design Consultant
Shreya is our superstar design consultant for the Power of Women fashion line.
With over 12 years of immersive experience in the fashion industry, Shreya has continued her passion for creating, innovating, and embracing sustainable fashion.
Venturing into the Web3 space over the past two years has been an exhilarating shift, where she has explored the fusion of art and technology to redefine the narrative of fashion.
POWER OF WOMEN
Our Story
As a child, I always loved drawing and creating art. When I left school, I trained as a Set & Costume Designer before embarking on a career in theatre. While I’m grateful to have worked on some incredible productions around the world, I found that the industry wasn’t for me, and began suffering increasing anxiety around my work.
When Covid struck in March 2020, and the theatre industry collapsed almost overnight, I needed to find a way to stay creative in lockdown and quickly discovered illustration. I started illustrating women, at first for fun. Still, I quickly found I was able to take the elements I enjoyed most as a Costume Designer and bring these to my own illustrations. As my focus shifted, I found my mental health improving too. My husband, Jack also shifted from working in the music industry to his current job as a Firefighter. The first crew he joined were super interested in crypto and digital art, and when they saw some of my work, they encouraged me to take the leap into Web3!
When I entered the digital art space in August 2021, there were very few female-led artists and collections, and women made up less than 5% of digital art collectors. As a complete novice and newcomer, not only was this incredibly daunting, but I felt it was my duty to proactively spark and drive a change. It was at this moment that Power of Women was born!
Fast forward two years, and my art has been exhibited at the ADIDAS flagship store in London, my work won the Diversity Award at NFT.NYC, my collectors include SIA and I’ve launched two huge digital art collections with MAN CITY FC.
But more than this, Power of Women has become a platform to amplify underrepresented voices and bring better representation to Web3, the art world, and beyond.