Sally Boon Matthews is a British-born and educated visual artist, and educator living in New York City. She received a Foundation Degree in Art, and a Diploma in Art and Design (Honours) from The Arts University Bournemouth, UK, (formally Bournemouth and Poole College of Art). Further graduate studies include history and philosophy at Boston University and Columbia Teachers College. Her work has been exhibited and published in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Publications include Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review, NY Times, Blitz Magazine, Penguin Books, Random House, A&M Records, Blitz Magazine, Om Yoga, Warner Books, British Journal of Photography, Battersea Museum of Art, UK, Galerie Solado, Caracas, Venezuela, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Louisiana Museum of Art. Chateau de Trousse-Barriere, Briare, France, and Jamaica Arts Centre, NY. USA
Originally with a background in collage and photography, she has in the last twelve years developed a multi-discipline practice that includes, sewing, drawing, painting, bookmaking, and video.
@sallyboonmatthews
Recent exhibitions, residencies, projects, and grants include:
2025 Two-person exhibition. In Between Opposites with Jennifer Formica. York College Gallery, York College Queens NY
Visual Art Residency Arts Itoya, Takeo, Japan
2024 Visual Artist Residency Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
Adelphi University Professional Development Grant
2024 SIAP Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Visual Artist Grant with choreographer Tina Mc Cauley
What's it All About? Live performance with Video Installation Derry Art Night September 2024
Experimental Loop: International Video Art Festival NYC
2023 Group Exhibition, La Mama Gallery NYC NY Homecoming
Visual Artist Embroidery Residency Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal
Group Exhibition CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea. Experimental Video
https://cicamuseum.com/the-value-2023/
Group Exhibition Portraits in Scent. Olfactory Keller Gallery NYC, NY
hthttps://www.olfactoryartkeller.com/exhibitions/portraits-in-scent
Group Exhibition Flat File Gallery Online. Lines.
Group Exhibition Re: Discoveries, Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition. Perspectives 2022 CICA Museum Gimpo, South Korea
https://cicamuseum.com/perspectives-2022/
2021 Group Exhibition: Brooklyn/Seoul. Video Collaboration with Geuryung Lee. BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn USA
Group Exhibition: Welcome Back, Maggie Peyton Gallery NY, NY USA
Group Exhibition: Incubator Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Book: Art and Spirituality by Cosmina Ene
https://www.thenewyorkoptimist.net/the-seeds-of-creation---art-and-spirituality.html
2020 Interview: Artists in the Pandemic.
Group Exhibition: Line, Flat File Gallery 8x8 Online
Book: The Seeds of Creation by Cosmina Ene
2019 Threading the Heart Sutra: a Contemplative Arts project with NY Insight Meditation Centre, NYC, USA
2017, 2018, and 2019 Visual Artist Residency Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA..
2018 Jewish Center for History, NYC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual project. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, Live concert performance by Tesla Quartet.
2017 Greenville Fine Arts Center, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual project. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, Live concert performance by Tesla Quartet.
https://www.cmscarolina.com/images-and-sound
Warren Wilson College, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual project. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, Live concert performance by Tesla Quartet.
Kitteridge Community Arts Center, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual project. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, Live concert performance by Tesla Quartet.
Swannanoa Music Festival Artist in Residence, NC, USA
PSC-NY Professional Development Grant,
2016 Invited photographer Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Culture Program
ASL Merit Scholarship
2009-present Teaching faculty at CUNY and Adelphi Universities.