Chris Mason is an accomplished mid-career multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics. His practice involves extensive research, generating ideas that span across a wide range of subject matter with particular focus on voluptuous female forms, trains, aircrafts and animals such as snakes and fish. Idiosyncratic and humorous, Mason’s works are often inspired by photographs and images collected online. By extension and as part of his process, Mason also writes stories that relate directly to his thematic explorations. With a keen interest in animal rights, Mason has recently extended his practice to experimenting with the possibilities of cruelty-free taxidermy.
Chris Mason has been a regular studio artist at Arts Project Australia since 1997. He has presented three solo exhibitions, two at Arts Project Australia, Melbourne (2002, 2007), and at Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (2014). He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions at Spring 1883, Sydney; Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart; Artspace, Sydney; West Space, Melbourne; Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia; and Linden New Art, Melbourne. His work is held in private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
