Sarah Jane Moon (b.1982, Wellington, New Zealand) is a British New Zealand figurative painter based in London. Her work explores identity, gender and the performative aspects of self, often depicting figures alongside symbolic objects in vibrant, saturated colour. She is known for her energetic gestural mark making and rich impasto, which give her paintings a distinctive vitality.

Raised in New Zealand, Moon studied Art History and Theory, and Curatorial Practice in New Zealand and Australia before training in painting at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea. She now occasionally teaches at Heatherleys and also at the Art Academy, London, on the BACP and BAFA.

She has exhibited widely, including at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Her work has been selected for the National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait Award in 2019 and 2020, and her portrait of Peter Tatchell was acquired for the NPG Collection in 2024. Her portrait of Georgina Beyer was acquired for the New Zealand national collection, housed in the Alexandr Turnbull Library, in 2025. Other notable achievements include winning the Madame F Queer Britain Art Award and the Rudolph Blume Foundation Award in 2025, alongside accolades such as the Arts Charitable Trust Award the Bulldog Bursary for Portraiture.

Moon’s work is held in numerous international private and public collections including those of the National Portrait Gallery, the Alexander Turnbull Library in NZ, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Soho House, the Rudolph Blume Foundation and the James Wallace Trust. She has been featured in publications including Time and The Guardian, and has been recognised in the Pride Power List for her contribution to LGBTQIA+ visibility. She is Chair of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters and a supporter of Stonewall UK, Terrence Higgins Trust and Pride in London.