Sally Boon Matthews is a British born and educated visual artist, educator, and yogi living in New York City. 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, Jamaica Arts Centre, NY. USA
Originally with a background in photography, she has in the last eight years developed a multi-discipline practice that includes, video, painting, collage, and drawing.
Recent residencies, projects, and grants include:
2020 Artspiel. Artists in the Pandemic
2020 The Seeds of Creation. Book curated by Cosmina Ene
2019 Threading the Heart Sutra: a Contemplative Arts project with NY Insight Meditation Centre, New York City, USA
2018, and 2019 Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA. Artist residency.
2018 Jewish Center for History, NYC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual performance. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, performed by Tesla Quartet
2017 Greenville Fine Arts Center, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual performance. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, performed by Tesla Quartet
2017 Warren Wilson College, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual performance. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, performed by Tesla Quartet
2017 Kitteridge Community Arts Center, NC, USA Image of Sound audio-visual performance. Collaboration with composer Inessa Zaretsky, performed by Tesla Quartet
2017 Swannanoa Music Festival Artist, NC, USA Artist in Residence,
2017 PSC-NY Professional Development Grant,
2017 Angel R Foundation Art Support Grant
2016 Invited photographer Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Culture Program
2016 ASL Merit Scholarship
Upcoming projects include:
2020 Book: Art and Spirituality by Cosmina Ene
2021 Short Film: As Aguas do Mundo with Camia Prado and Pedro Smith, Ilhabela, Brazil
2021 Installation: With You at St Philips Church, Kensington, London UK