About

About

 Zara Fina Stasi is an artist and author based in Richmond, VA. Inspired by the natural world and our place in it, her work explores themes of family, change, and nostalgia. Across her murals, collages, illustrations, visual capture, and paintings you’ll find organic forms, playful colors, and expressive line work. Her work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and U.S. News & World Report.

She has been commissioned by the NYC Department of Transportation for public murals and has collaborated with Anthropologie, Terrain, and Madewell on collections. She has worked in Mexico City, Shanghai, London, Hong Kong, Rome, Beijing, Amsterdam, Bogota, and throughout the US. Zara has consulted for Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab and for William and Mary’s Entrepreneurship Center. She is a national Madewell Hometown Hero and a Nest Guild member.

Zara graduated Magna Cum Laude from William and Mary with a Bachelor of Arts in both Art and History. She is passionate about our planet, empowering others, and being nice. Find her gardening, at the beach, or biking around her new city after ten years in New York. Zara is working on her first picture book and is represented by Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary.

Where does ‘Good for the Bees’ come from?

Zara founded Good for the Bees in 2019 in New York City. Weaving her experience in art and strategy together, she founded the studio to help people thrive through art. She chose the name from an old Roman quote that roughly translates to “That which is not good for the hive, is not good for the bees,” Zara wanted to build a studio that was both good for the individual and the collective- the hive and the bees.This quote popped up when she started to think about leaving the corporate world to build this studio and it continues to help her decide on the types of projects she takes on.

Good for the Bees collaborated with Terrain (Anthropologie’s lovely garden brand!) to launch an eight-product collection, inspired by botanical lines, fresh citrus, and a love of nature.

Good for the Bees collaborated with Anthropologie UK to create this (sold out!) Tropical Monogramed Tote.

Good for the Bees represented NYC as one of nine makers from across the U.S. picked for Madewell’s Hometown Heroes Collective. The print collection had multiple best sellers that sold out (like this New York Green Spaces Map Print!).

EDUCATION

2012 - THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY / Bachelor of Arts. Magna Cum Laude

Study abroad in Paris, France and Rome, Pompeii, and Naples, Italy. Monroe Scholar

EXPERIENCE

FOUNDER / GOOD FOR THE BEES LLC / 2019 - PRESENT 

NATIONAL GREENHOUSE ARTIST / DELOITTE GREENHOUSE / 2015 - 2019 

GLOBAL LAB DESIGNER / DELOITTE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE / 2014 - 2015

PRESS

2025 William & Mary Alumni Magazine. The Road to Women’s Weekend

2025 Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Waves of Wonder

2024 Nestig. Mural Nursery Tour

2023 Chief Executive. Stop ‘Pseudo Listening’ And Prepare To Be Present  

2022 Farmboy Fine Arts, BDNY Artist Spotlight

2021 Observer. A Labor of Love: How Community Murals Thrive in NYC

2020 William and Mary. Alumni Spotlight: Creative and Critical Thinkers

2020 Peddie School Feature. Grounded, with Zara Stasi ‘08

2018 U.S. News & World Report How to Design a Job You Love

2017 The Wall Street Journal The Art of Business 

2016 William and Mary Alumni Magazine  The Art of Business 

SELECTED PUBLIC ART

2023 New York City Department of Transportation, Vision Zero Mural. Brooklyn, NY

2023 William and Mary Murals. W&M Student Center. Williamsburg, VA

2022 Vickers Realty Mural. East Village, Manhattan, NY

2022 Cobble Hill Recycled Community Mural. Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY

2020 New York City Department of Transportation Mural. Brooklyn, NY

2019 Columbia University Murals. Columbia Business School. Manhattan, NY

2019 Times Square Nasdaq Digital Murals. Manhattan, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 Red Hook Strong Rope - Brooklyn, NY: Solo Show: Dewey 

2022 La Nature - Brooklyn, NY: Solo Show: Plant People 

2021 Mana Contemporary- Jersey City, NJ Group Show: Longing for Something

2021 St. Hrouda Gallery- Brooklyn, NY Solo Show: Zara Fina Stasi 

2020 Mariboe Gallery - Hightstown, NJ Solo Show: Grounded

2018 Andrews Gallery-Williamsburg, VA Group Show: 100 Years of Women at W&M 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Doe Fund. Multiple Paintings. Brooklyn, NY

Revive by Element, Marriott International, New York, NY

Lokal Hotel Group, Cape May, NJ 

William and Mary, Dean’s Office. Williamsburg, VA

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2024 Milkwood, Children’s Book Illustrators, South Kortright, NY 

Previously

Before Good for the Bees, Zara was the first ever National Greenhouse Artist at Deloitte. In a role she designed herself, she traveled globally to bring art as a tool into bespoke C-suite facilitated sessions through experience design, facilitation, and live visual capture. The practice she founded is still thriving today.