Zara  Collins art practice explores themes of longing, memory and the material trace. She is a multidisciplinary artist, predominantly working with porcelain and paper.

She is completing an MFA at National Art School and holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. Zara has been awarded an Ian Potter Foundation Cultural Grant, and has continued to expand her practice through residencies including; Australia-China Council Residency in Beijing, China, Bundanon Artist Residency, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Artist Residency, Wollongong Creative Spaces Residency and NSW Ministry for the Arts six month residency at the Gunnery.

She has been a finalist in numerous international award exhibitions; including Talente, Munich, Germany, Young Glass at the Ebbeltoft Museum, Denmark and the Japanese Jewellery Competition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan. Zara won first prize at the GAS International Student Exhibition in Brooklyn, New York during her undergraduate studies in Glass.