John Mason (artist)
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John Mason (born in 1927 in Madrid, Nebraska) is a contemporary American artist.
Mason was educated at Otis Art Institute and Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California, where he still lives and works.
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[edit] Museum Collections
Mason's ceramic works are represented at the following museum collections:
- Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
- American Craft Museum, New York
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
- Chicago Art Institute, Chicago
- City of Boise, Boise, Idaho
- Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
- Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
- Gifu Prefectural Museum, Japan
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York
- The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki Prefecture, Japan
- National Museum of History, Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
- Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University at Logan
- Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
- Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
- Pomona College, Claremont, California
- Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute
- San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
- Scripps College, Claremont, California
- State of California, Sacramento
- Wichita Art Institute, Wichita, Kansas
- World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea
- Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
[edit] Exhibitions
[edit] Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2007
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 2006
- Holter Museum, Helena, Montana
- 2005
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 2004
- Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
- Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
- 2002
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 2000
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
- 1999
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 1998
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
- 1997
- Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 1995
- Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan
- Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
- 1994
- Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1993
- Garth Clark Gallery, New York
- 1992
- Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1991
- Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1990
- Garth Clark Gallery, New York
- 1987
- Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
- 1986
- L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
- 1981
- Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York
- 1979
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
- Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- California State University at Long Beach
- University of Kentucky, Lexington
- 1978
- University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
- Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
- 1976
- Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
- 1974
- Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, Pasadena, California
- 1966
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- 1963
- Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1961
- Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1960
- Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
- 1959
- Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
[edit] Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2006
- Sculpture from the Sixties, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 2005
- On the Wall: John Mason, Peter Voulkos, Peter Shire, Ralph Bacerra, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 2003
- Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy, The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Curated by Ulysses Grant Dietz (Catalogue)
- 2002
- Contemporary American Ceramics 1950 – 1990 - A Survey of American Objects and Vessels, Organized by Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Nihon: Keizai Shimbon Inc., Japan (Catalogue)
- Overview: Gallery Artists, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2001
- High Fire: Significant Ceramic Sculpture, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
- USA Clay, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- World Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, World Contemporary Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea
- Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2000
- Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950- 2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Catalogue)
- John Mason and Peter Voulkos, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
- Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- 1999
- Anne and Sam Davis Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
- Radical Past: Contemporary Art & Music in Pasadena, 1960-1974, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
- Ceramics Invitational, Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk, California
- 1998
- Clay into Art: Selections from the Contemporary Ceramic Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- A Survey of Southern California Ceramics, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
- John Mason, Ken Price, Peter Voulkos, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- 1996
- Six from California, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- Masterworks, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
- Generation – The Lineage of Influence in Bay Area Art, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
- 1994
- Current Trends in Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
- Revolution in Clay – The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
- Otis Then and Now, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
- KMPG Peat Marwick Collection of American Craft, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- 1993
- The Anne Davis Collection: Contemporary British and American Clay, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
- 1992
- The 1992 International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, National Museum of History, Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan
- Five by Seven, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery of the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
- 1991
- Keepers of the Kiln: Seven Contemporary Ceramic Artists, Smith Kramer, Kansas City, Missouri
- 48th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, California
- 1989
- Craft Today USA, American Craft Museum, New York
- 1988
- East-West Contemporary Ceramics, Art Center of Korean Culture & Arts,
- Seoul Olympic Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea
- 1987
- American Ceramics Now: The 27th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
- The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1986
- Craft Today- Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York
- 1985
- Pacific Connections, L.A.I.C.A., Los Angeles
- 1984
- The 20th Century, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
- 1984
- The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Art in Clay, 1950’s – 1980’s in Southern California, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1982
- 100 Years of California Sculpture, The Oakland Museum, Oakland
- 1981
- Ceramic Sculpture, Six Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- 1976
- California Painting and Sculpture: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- 200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- 1972
- Sculpture Off The Pedestal, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 1971
- Contemporary Ceramic Art: U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, & Japan, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
- 1969
- Kompas 4, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1967
- American Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
- 1964
- 1964 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- 1962
- Fifty California Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
[edit] Sources and Further Reading
- 2000
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Color and Fire: Designing Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Text by: Jo Lauria, Gretchen Adkins, Garth Clark, Rebecca Niederlander, Susan Peterson, Peter Selz. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Essays by Stephanie Barron, Sheri Bernstein, Michael Dear, Howard N. Fox, Richard Rodriguez. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- Pagel, David. “A Lively Trip Through Ceramic History”, Los Angeles Times, “Calendar” section, June 18, 2000, pp. 52-53, illustrated.
- Knight, Christopher. “A Visible Crack in Fragile Art,” Los Angeles Times, “Calendar” section, July 23, 2000.
- Johnson, Ken. “John Mason and Peter Voulkos,” New York Times Art Review, November 3, 2000, p. B-36.
- Muchnic, Suzanne. “John Mason,” American Craft, vol. 61, no. 2., April – May 2000, illustrated.
- Peterson, Susan. Contemporary Ceramics. Laurence King Publisher, 2000.
- 1999
- Belloli, Jay et al. Radical Past: Contemporary Art and Music in Pasadena, California. Essays by: Jay Belloli, Suzanne Muchnic, Peter Plagens, Jeff Vander Schnidt. Pasadena: Norton Simon Museum of Art, 1999.
- Arizona State University. The Anne and Sam Davis Museum (catalog). Tempe: Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, 1999.
- 1998
- Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clay Into Art: Selections from the Contemporary Ceramics Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.
- 1997
- Muchnic, Suzanne. “John Mason,” ARTnews, vol. 96, no.4, April 1997, pp. 137-138.
- Frank, Peter. “Art Picks of the Week,” LA Weekly, March 7-13, 1997. p.132 (illustrated).
- 1990
- Lynn, Martha Drexler. Clay Today. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- Marks, Ben. “John Mason’s Conceptual Journey”, American Craft, vol. 50, no. 6, December 1990/ January 1991, pp. 36-41.
- 1987
- White, Cheryl. “Exhibitions: A Contained Geometry,” ArtWeek, May 2, 1987, illustrated.
- Perry, Barbara and Ron Kuchta. American Ceramics Now. Syracuse: Everson Museum of Art, 1987.
- 1986
- Benezra, Neal. “But Is It Art? The Always Tenuous Relationship of Craft to Art”, New York Times, Arts and Leisure section, October 19, 1986, pp. 1, 34 (illustrated)
- Kelley, Jeff. “John Mason,” ArtForum, vol. 24, no. 10, Summer 1986, pp. 132, 133 (illustrated).
- 1982
- Perreault, John. “Fear of Clay”, ArtForum, vol. 20, April 1982. pp. 22-25
- Davis, Doug. “Brave Feats of Clay”, Newsweek, vol. 99, January 11, 1982.
- 1981
- Schjeldahl, Peter. “California Goes to Pot,” The Village Voice, December 23-29, 1981.
- Kramer, Hilton. “Ceramic Sculpture and the Taste of California,” New York Times, December 20, 1981.
- Marshall, Richard and Suzanne Foley. Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1981.
- 1979
- Clark, Garth. A Century of Ceramics in the United States, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979 (illustrated)
- 1978
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 4 Artists, 16 Projects. Minneapolis: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1978.
- Krauss, Rosalind. “John Mason and Post-Modernist Sculpture: New Experiences, New Worlds”, Art in America, vol. 67, no. 3, May-June, 1978, pp. 120-127 (illustrated)
- McDonald, Robert. “John Mason: Structure and Space,” Art Week, vol. 9, no. 29, September 9, 1978, pp.1,20 (illustrated)
- Conn, Catherine and Rosalind Krauss. John Mason: Installations from the Hudson River Series. Yonkers: Hudson River Museum, 1978.
- 1977
- Levin, Elaine. “Foundations of Clay,” ArtWeek, vol. 8, no. 21, May 21, 1977, p. 3 (illustrated)
- 1976
- Belloli, Jay and Barbara Haskell. American Artists: A New Decade. Fort Worth: The Fort Worth Art Museum, 1976.
- Hopkins, Henry. Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
- Turnbull, Betty. The Last Time I Saw Ferus, 1957-1966. Newport Beach: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1976.
- Whitney Museum of American Art, 200 Years of American Sculpture, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1976.
- 1974
- Neuberg, George. Public Sculpture/ Urban Environment. Oakland: The Oakland Museum, 1974.
- Canavier, Elena Karina. “John Mason Retrospective”, ArtWeek, June 1, 1974.
- Wilson, William. “Mason Monoliths Leave Their Mark,” 'Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1974.
- O’Doherty, Brian. “The Grand Rapids Challenge,” Art in America, vol. 62, no. 1, January-February 1974, pp. 78-79.
- Plagens, Peter. Sunshine Muse. Praeger Publishers, 1974.
- Haskell, Barbara et alia. John Mason Ceramic Sculpture. Pasadena: Pasadena Museum of Art, 1974.
- 1969
- Ashton, Dore. Modern American Sculpture. Harry Abrams, 1969.
- Coplans, John. West Coast 1945-1969. Pasadena: Pasadena Museum of Art, 1969.
- 1967
- Tuchman, Maurice. American Sculptors of the Sixties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967.
- Wechsler, Judith. “Los Angeles – John Mason,” Artforum, vol. V, no. 6, February 1967, pp. 64-65 (illustrated)
- Langsner, Jules. “Los Angeles,” Art News, vol. 65, no. 9, January 1967, p.26
- Coplans, John. John Mason Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967.
- Coplans, John. “Abstract Expressionist Ceramics”, Artforum, vol. V, no. 3, November 1966.
- 1964
- Art Institute of Chicago, 67th American Exhibition. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1964.
- 1963
- Langsner, Jules. “America’s Second Art City,” Art in America, vol. 51, no. 2, April 1963.
- Coplans, John. “Sculpture in California,” Artforum, vol. 2, no. 2, August 1963, pp. 4,33 (illustrated).
- Coplans, John and Philip Leider. “West Coast Art: Three Images,” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 12, June 1963, pp. 23, 25
- 1962
- Culler, George and Lloyd Goodrich. Fifty California Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1962.
- 1961
- Slivka, Rose. “The New Ceramic Presence,” Craft Horizons, vol. 21 no. 4, July/August 1961. pp. 30-37 (illustrated)
[edit] External links
- Frank Lloyd Gallery: website of gallery representing John Mason, with images of work, resumé, etc.
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