Charles Mason lives and works in london
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Charles Mason: hanging together
30 September - 22 December 2011
Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux ...........more
2010
Structure and other anxieties
Nettie Horn Gallery, London ...........more
Backsliding
Union Gallery, London ...........more
2009
Structure and other anxieties
Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux ...........more
2008
New sculpture, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux ...........more
2007
Intervention
campo Sant' Agnese, Venice - coinciding with the 52nd Venice Biennale
Charles Mason
Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux ...........more
2004
Charles Mason, Station, Phoenix Wharf, Bristol
2000
Cul-de-sac, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice (catalogue)
Charles Mason, Transit Space, London
1999
Cuckoo, Nuova Icona Gallery, Venice
1997
Charles Mason, British School at Rome (catalogue)
1995
Forms of Love, Coopers & Lybrand, London
1994
Eight Sculptures, Henrietta House, London
1991
Cast, The Basement (Nigel Greenwood gallery) London
1989
Artist of the Day
Flowers East Gallery, London (catalogue)
Group Exhibitions
2013
Campagnes/ Campagne
Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux
2012
Manufacture
Michael Beutler, Vanessa Billy, Dewar & Gicquel, Ida Ekblad, Vincent Ganivet,
Dunja Herzog, Hedwig Houben, Brian Jungen, Emmanuelle Lainé, Charles Mason,
Vik Muniz, Kilian Rüthemann, Zin Taylor
Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Biel ...........more
Art Brussels 30
Stéphanie Cherpin, Vincent Gicquel, Benoît Maire, Charles Mason
Galerie Cortex Athletico
Repetition
Clare Goodwin, Dan Hays, Helene Kazan, Charles Mason, Sarah Allen
Fieldgate Gallery at Angus-Hughes, London ...........more
L’espace de l’autre ( The space of the other )
Centre d’art et photographie, Lectoure
Volta 8
Union Gallery, Basel ...........more
2011
Mijn Vriend & Ik (My Friend & I)
24 September 2011 - 16 January 2012
Feiko Beckers, Milouskha Bokma, Claire Harvey, Judith van Ijken,
Arthur Kleinjan, Charles Mason, Juan Munoz, Julianne Swartz.
21rozendaal, Enschede, Netherlands
Fiac 2011
Werner Büttner, Vincent Gicquel, Benoît Maire, Charles Mason, Angel Vergara
Galerie Cortex Athletico, Grand Palais, Paris ...........more
Il est si doux...Pierre Clerk, Andreas Fogarasi, Rolf Julius,
Vincent Lamouroux, Benoît Maire, Charles Mason
Château Giscours, Margaux
Manufacture 2
Michael Beutler, Dewar & Gicquel, Ida Ekblad,
Hedwig Houben, Emmanuelle Lainé, Charles Mason
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton ...........more
Art Brussels
Andreas Fogarasi, Vincent Gicquel, Benoît Maire, Charles Mason, Angel Vergara
Galerie Cortex Athletico ...........more
Manufacture
Michael Beutler, Dewar & Gicquel, Ida Ekblad, Vincent Ganivet,
Hedwig Houben, Emmanuelle Lainé, Charles Mason
Centre d'art contemporain du Parc Saint Léger ...........more
MÉFIANCE (mistrust, distrust, suspicion)
Stéphanie Cherpin, Katharina Fritsch, Charles Mason
Galerie Cortex Athletico
2010
Materiaux divers et autres bonnes nouvelles
Galerie Cortex Athletico
Line Journeys Collyer Bristow, London
2009
Fiac 2009, Galerie Cortex Athletico,
with a special emphasis on Charles Mason's latest works,
Louvre, Paris
2008
Extérieur Jour: Charles Mason, Masahide Otani, Vittorio Santoro
Immanence, Paris ...........more
Parallax curated by Richard Ducker, Fieldgate Gallery, London
2007
Fiac, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Louvre, Paris
Et comme ça c’est mieux ? - oui là c'est bien, Liste, Basel
2006
Picnic Area (dumb interior), curated by Simon Morrissey,
Fiac, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Louvre, Paris
Liste, Art Basle
Room Editions, ROOM, London
2005
Föhn, curated by Rob Wilson
Chelsea space, London ...........more
Urban Formalism,
Galerie Cortex Athletico and Musee d'art contemporian,
Bordeaux, curated by Zoë Gray
2003
scenery, 50 extra, Venice Biennale, Nuova Icona, Dorsodoro, Venice
scenery , Richard Salmon Gallery, London (publication)
2002
Starting Over (II), Charles Mason and Maurizio Pellegrin,
Nuova Icona Gallery, Venice (publication)
2001
Starting Over, Charles Mason and Maurizio Pellegrin,
The Italian Cultural Institute, London (publication)
2000
New Work, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield (catalogue)
1999
Physical Evidence, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham (catalogue)
Thinking Aloud, Curated by Richard Wentworth, Hayward Gallery NTE,
Camden Arts Centre, London
1998
Physical Evidence, Kettles Yard, Cambridge (catalogue)
Transitional, (Stephen Elson, Charles Mason, Terry Smith),
Nuova Icona Gallery, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
1997
ArtFutures, Contemporary Art Society, Royal festival Hall, South Bank, London
Arte Inglese, The British School at Rome, Italy
Ninth Mostyn Open, (Curated by Katrina Brown, Susan Daniel and David Thorpe),
Oriel Mostyn, Wales (catalogue)
Torri D'avvistimento, Charles Mason (Installation) Tuscania, Italy
1996
Whitechapel open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1995
Seventh Mostyn open, (Curated by Penelope Curtis, Susan Daniel and Michael Tooby)
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales (catalogue)
Shelf Life, Eagle Gallery, London 1993 Brick Lane II, Princes Street, London
Fifth Mostyn Open, (Curated by Susan Daniel, Andrew Nairne and Cornelia Parker),
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales
1992
A Simple Twist of Fate, (Curated by Eric Bainbridge, Stuart Morgan, Maureen Paley)
The Riverside Studios, London
Brick Lane I, Princes Street, London
1990
Young Artists in Focus, London Art fair, London
1987 - 89
MA Sculpture, Slade School of Art, University College London
1981 - 84
BA (Hons) Bristol School of Art , University of the West of England, Bristol
1980 - 81
Foundation, Cambridge College of Arts and Technology
Awards and Residencies
1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2003 / 2005 British Council Grant
1999 Individual Artist Award, London Arts Board
1996 - 1997 The Rome Scholar in Sculpture, The British School at Rome
1984 Rebecca Smith Award in Fine Art
Bibliography
James Heartfield, Manufacture 2, ArtReview Magazine, December, 2011
Zoë Gray, Through A Glass Darkly (II),
Charles Mason (ISBN 978 1 874092 41 4), 2010
Marie Canet , Love Theory in Suspension, the work of Charles Mason
Charles Mason, (ISBN 978 1 874092 41 4), 2010
Zoë Gray, Through A Glass Darkly, 2009
Thomas Bernard , More Water Margaret..,
Beaux Arts Editions (ISBN 2-84278-568-1) 2007
Didier Arnaudet, Charles Mason, Laura White, ArtPress, Issue 31, 2005
Jessica Lack, Charles Mason, The Guardian guide, 2004
Simon Wallis, Charles Mason (publication) 2004
Martin Herbert, Canvass the Town and Brush the Backdrop: On scenery, 2004
Sally O'Rielly, scenery, (scenery publication) 2004
Louisa Buck, scenery, The Art Newspaper, May 2003
Anthony Downey, Starting Over (II) - Charles Mason and Maurizio Pellegrin,
Contemporary Magazine, September 2002
Vittorio Urbani, Starting Over, Charles Mason and Maurizio Pellegrin,
Roy Voss, Charles Mason: Putting things together, (ISBN 88-8732-11-1) 2001
Simon Wallis, Charles Mason - cul -de-sac, (ISBN 88-87632-07-3) 2000
Dennis Duerden, Physical Evidence, Contemporary Visual Art, Issue 22, 1999
Paul Allen, Charles Mason, (interview), Night Waves, Radio 3 BBC, 1999
Simon Wallis, Charles Mason, Physical Evidence, Kettle's Yard (ISBN 0 907074 71 5)
Augusto Pieroni, Charles Mason, Transitional (ISBN 88-900011-6-5) 1998
Augusto Pieroni, Charles Mason, The British School at Rome publication 1997
Mel Gooding, Seventh Mostyn Open, Contemporary Art, Volume 3 1996
Sue Hubbard Shelf Life, Time Out, December 1994
Public Talks & Lectures
British School at Rome, Italy
Faculty of Art and Design, University of Venice, Italy
Faculty of Art and Design, University of the west of England, Bristol
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
Ruskin School of Art, University college Oxford
Slade School of Art, University College London
Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
