Zaria’s work has been featured in collections such as the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Arkansas Art Museum, and Gerard Depardieu. She has been represented in publications since 2007 including A Summer Vacation for the Mind, The Observer 2007 and 2011 Featured artist in Spring issue of AVALON Magazine. She has also exhibited her work throughout the United States including a multi-venue juried exhibition of NYC artists 2010.

Zaria graduated in 2005 with a BS in Studio Arts, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. In 2004 she spent a semester directly enrolled with other students from around the world at Student Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy. Here she studied Jewelry and metals, advanced drawing, Italian Language, and Renaissance Art History. While in school Zaria received honors including Periclean Honors in recognition of high academic achievement, Cum Laude with honors in art, and Highest Departmental Honors for achieving a GPA in the highest grouping of the studio art department.

Artist Statement - My inspiration for drawing began early in my life. Throughout my childhood my family traveled all over the world to remote landscapes, which were the subject of my mother's fine art photography. I developed an appreciation for the beauty and vastness of the ever-changing sky and sea. I loved watching a far-off storm on the western desert plains; the monsoon rains of southern India; and the cold arctic light illuminating Greenland's waters. In my work I explore moments of transition, turbulence and tranquility in the landscape and their impact on the viewer. The act of drawing can be a meditation for me, and my hope is that the viewer can share this experience of tranquil escape when engaging the work.

Zaria is currently residing in Booklyn, NY