Zara Matthews has most recently shown her work in The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022 and had her painting ‘Greenhouse’ chosen for the image on the RA billboard displayed along Piccadilly. Two paintings were also exhibited in Small is Beautiful 40th Edition, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London from Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Matthews was recently awarded the top prize of a solo show at The Mall Galleries as part of a celebration of contemporary representational painting - Figurative Art Now. The show titled [RE]Configured, took place in 2022. In the video below, she talks about the series of paintings in the exhibition.
Matthews work has also recently been included in the following shows
Longlisted for the Future Now - Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 with her series of paintings Shelved 2020. Her work is published in the Future Now Anthology - 125 Contemporary Artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize. Copies of a Digital Anthology can be purchased here.
Exhibition of shortlisted artists Aesthetica Art Prize York Art Gallery York, UK 28 May - 5 September 2021
The London Art Biennale Chelsea Town Hall London SW3 1-4 July 2021 https://londonbiennale.co.uk
Figurative Art Now Federation of British Artists https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/figurative-art-now 2021
Wells Art Contemporary Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green, Wells Somerset BA5 2UE N 28 August - 26 September 2021