Born 1964, American
Artist Statement
Creating beauty and order out of chaos, I find it endlessly challenging and fulfilling to start with randomness and then follow it to see where it leads me. Chance happenings are both catalyst and guide. Alternating between calculated drawing and gestural mark-making; focused exploration and spontaneous experimentation; thoughtful color placement and impulsive splashes of paint, I explore the balance between extremes. These paintings, a record of that dialogue, meld my innate need to create with a desire to evoke a visceral response in the viewer.
SELECTED EXHIBITONS/AWARDS
2017
Line & Form, Melissa Mason & John Barandon. TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2016
Ormond Museum of Art, Four Women; Audrey Phillips, Melissa Mason, Karlene McConnell & Pat Zalisko, Ormond Beach, FL
2015
MAC Fine Art, Melissa Mason, Alex Nunez & Paul Tamanian, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Roan & Black Gallery, Group Show, Saugatuck, MI
2014
TEW Galleries, Contemporary Abstraction, Group Show: Melissa Mason, Jean Glenn, Maxey Andress, Kimo Minton, Richard Olsen, Petro Lebedynets, Whitney Wood.
Roan & Black Gallery, Melissa Mason, Audrey Phillips, Pat Zalisko, Karlene McConnell, Saugatuck, MI
2013
Roan & Black Gallery, Group Show, Saugatuck, MI
2012
Melissa Mason and David Wertz, Equus Revisited, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
TEW Galleries, Group Show with works by Otto Neumann, Richard Olsen, Yasharel Manzy and Kimo Minton
2011
THROUGH THE COLLECTORS EYE-group show at the Florida Museum of Women Artist, Deland, FL
NEO EXPRESSIONS: Three person show-Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
2010
ART LEAGUE MEMBERS SHOW-Achievement Award, Daytona Beach. FL
2009
COLOR MY WORLD 2 person show- Art League of Daytona Beach, FL
ART LEAGUE MEMBERS SHOW-1st Place, Daytona Beach, FL
2008
PICTURING FLORIDA-group show, Fogle Fine Art, Jacksonville, FL
Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ & Owners’ Association Art Show-group show, Ocala, FL
HORSES & HEALING BENEFIT ART EXHIBIT: Casselberry City Hall, FL
ARTIST WORKSHOP 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS SHOW-Best of Show, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2007
EQUUS: THE ART OF THE HORSE-group show, Museum of Florida Art-Deland FL
EQUINE ART-group show, Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
EQUIFEST-Featured Artist, Deland Museum of Art, FL
WASHINGTON THROROUGHBRED FOUNDATION EQUINE ART-2nd place and peoples' choice awards, Auburn, WA
2006
EQUIFEST-Award of Merit, Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL
PRESS/PUBLICATIONs
Picturing Florida-from the 1st Coast to the Space Coast, a book featuring 38 Florida artists
Horse Sayings-wit & wisdom straight from the horse’s mouth
HITS-2008 Winter Circuit cover artist
Arbus-N. Florida’s Arts & Business Magazine Sept/Oct 2008
Backstage Pass, Feb 2008
Orlando Arts Magazine May/June 2008
MUSEUM AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
Museum of Florida Art, Deland FL
Emerald Down, Auburn, WA
TEW Galleries is one of Atlanta's Leading Contemporary Galleries since 1987
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