Matilda Forsberg is a Swedish artist based in New Jersey whose paintings explore family, migration, memory, and domestic life through scenes of shared meals, household rituals, and intergenerational connection.

Her work has been exhibited at venues including McBride / Dillman, Shin Gallery, dot.ateliers Foundation, Akwabaa Gallery, and the New Jersey State Museum, and was included in The Immigrant Artist Biennial: Mother Tongue.

Forsberg is a NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Fellowships Grant Recipient and has completed residencies in Ghana, Cote díIvoire, and New York. Her work has appeared in New American Paintings, Art Spiel, and Juxtapoz Magazine. She holds a BFA in Painting from Pacific Northwest College of Art.
matildaforsberg.com | @iamapainter

This theme explores food as a shared experience rooted in family gathering, home-style cooking, and community connection. Across Newark, meals function as social anchors moments where families come together, neighbors connect, and traditions are maintained through recipes, conversation, and care.

From casual cafes to neighborhood kitchens and gathering spaces, these environments reflect the rhythms of family life: weekend brunches, after-work dinners, holiday meals, and spontaneous shared plates. Together, they form a landscape of hospitality where food is not just consumed, but shared, remembered, and passed on.

• Cova Newark
  140 Halsey St.
  instagram.com/covanewark

• Cortaditos
  91 Halsey St.
  cortaditoscoffee.com

• Mr. Tod’s Pies
  100 Halsey St.

• Qaaliis
  41 Halsey St.

• Sweet Jeans Kitchen + Espresso Bar
  494 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Blvd.
  sweetjeanskitchen.com