ZARA MATTHEWS BIOGRAPHY

           
            
             1997 - 99    Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art
             1980 - 83    Kingston Polytechnic, BA (Hons) Fine Art

                  SOLO EXHIBITIONS
                  2011          Chambre  Eagle Gallery, London
                 2004          State of Play  Kunst 2004 Zurich - Galerie Kämpf Solo Shows
                  2003             Conception  Eagle Gallery, London
                                        Genome  Institute of Child Health, London; commissioned by
                                        The Progress Educational Trust; supported by The Wellcome Trust,
                                        The Elephant Trust, The Moose Foundation and The Holst Foundation
             2001          Fold  Eagle Gallery, London
             1996          Chromosome Series - Complete Set  Eagle Gallery, London
                              Terra Nova  Harewood House, Leeds

                 1992          Zara Matthews Recent Paintings  Eagle Gallery, London
                 1991          Artist of the Day  Flowers East, London - selected by Eileen Agar

                   SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
                   2010            Wall of Light : Standpoint Gallery, London                                                                                                                       Interior Spaces, Tony Bevan, Paul Coldwell, Zara Matthews and Terry Smith,                                                      Eagle Gallery, London                                                                                                                                                         The London Print Fair 2010. Royal Academy of Arts                     
                    2009           East End Academy:The Painting Edition, Whitechapel Gallery, London                                                                Small is Beautiful : Nursery Rhymes, Flowers East, London
                    2008          The Discerning Eye, London
                                        Lynn Painter-Stainers Prizes, The Painters Hall, London
                                        Autobiography, Flowers East, London
                                        Eagle Artists : Part One, Eagle Gallery, Emma Hill Fine Art, London
                                        The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy
                                        Exchange, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin                                                                                 
                                        Small is Beautiful : Love, Flowers East, London                                                                              2007           Start your Own Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, London 
                                         Paare, Galerie Pia-Anna Borner, Luzern, Switzerland                                    
                                         London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy
                    2006            Sensory Material, Bonhams
                                         London Bridge Art Fair, Jaggedart, Miami, US                                                                                                             Discerning Eye 2006, Mall Galleries, London                                                                                                               London Art Fair 2006, Eagle Gallery, London
                                         Madrid, Salon de Arte Moderno y Contemporaneo, Madrid
                                         Summer Dreaming, Jaggedart, London                                                                                                                     New Editions, Eagle Gallery, London                                                                                                                            Summer Exhibition, Contemporary Art Projects, London                  
                     2004          Galerie Pia-Anna Borner, Lucerne
                     2003          Realism  Flowers East, London
                                        Grenzenlos/Boundless  Galerie Kämpf, Basel
                                        Ex Press  Royal College of Art, London
                     2002          Drawing for All 2002  Gainsborough's House, Suffolk  - prizewinner   
                     2001          Small is Beautiful  Flowers East, London          
                     2000          Frankfurt Art Fair - Eagle Gallery, London
                                        The Art of the Pixel  Clifford Chance, London
                                        The Discerning Eye  Mall Galleries, London [also 2002, 2006, 2008]
                     1999          The Show  Royal College of Art, London
                                         Panoramic  Royal College of Art Print Portfolio, Eagle Gallery, London
                     1998          Renaissance Art Awards  OXO Tower, London
                     1997          British Contemporary Artists  Smiths Galleries, London
                                        Contemporaries IV Abstract  Eagle Gallery, London
                     1993         The Critics' Choice  Christie's, London - selected by Andrew Lambirth
                                        Pacesetters  Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
                                        Three Painters  Eagle Gallery, London
                     1992/95    Contemporary Art Society  Smiths Gallery, London
                     1991          12 Artists  Eagle Gallery, London
                                        South Bank Picture Show  Royal Festival Hall, London
                     1990          Academicians Choice - selected by Eileen Agar


                      AWARDS,  COMPETITIONS,  PUBLICATIONS
                      2006        Genome  Boxed set of 23 archival inkjet prints published in association with
                                        EMH Arts Publications
                      2004         Patterning - Video by Zara Matthews / music by Tansy Davies
                                        BMIC  Cutting Edge Tour, Brighton
                      2002         On Growth and Form  Wellcome Trust Commission, in collaboration with the
                                        School of Communications, Royal College of Art; Royal Academy of Music;
                                        and Royal Academy of Art, London                                                                                                                                  Video by Zara Matthews / music composition by Tansy Davies
 

                       COLLECTIONS
                       Aylesford Newsprint Collection; The British Museum; DLA Art Collection;
                       Electra Partners; Quod, London; The Royal College of Art, London;
                       Victoria and Albert Museum; LHPW Print Collection