Artist Bio Rachel Mason
ABOUT BIO






About
RACHEL MASON


EDUCATION

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut M.F.A. in Sculpture 2004
University of California Los Angeles, CA, B.A. in Art 2001

EXHIBITIONS

2008 The Candidate, Solo Exhibition at Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Songs of the Ambassadors performance Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland ( Feb-March)
Under the Influence, curated byAnat Ebgi, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Anondale on-Hudson, NY (April)
Visions curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Flushing, NY (March)
The Other Side, curated by Billy Miller, Gallery 58, Jersey City, NJ (April)
Is this the Real Life? curated by Phyllis Greene, Galerie Califia, Bohemia,Prague (December)
2007 The Red Badge of Courage, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ
Stone Face, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
I Died for Beauty, Newman-Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Romance, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Trooz, Screening of Wall, Show Cave, Los Angeles, CA
M*A*S*H* curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Amy Smith-Stewart, The Helena, New York, NY
This Land is Our Land, curated by Ronnie Bass, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mr. President, University Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
2006 Intruders, Electronic Arts Intermix video exhibition at NADA, Miami, Florida
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aixperimental, 24th International Short Film Festival (Screening of Wall ) Aix-en-Provence, France
Dark Matter, performance at 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
Songs of the Ambassadors, Trudi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Action Adventure, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Many Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
Emerging Artists, Sing Sing Prison Auditorium, Ossining, NY
Holiday Cruise, performance at Taxter and Spengeman Gallery, New York, NY
Never Let Me Down Again, performance at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
The Seventh Side of the Die, performance at Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
If A Cat Has Kittens in An Oven are They Kittens or Are They Biscuits, Roebling Hall, New York, NY
Model Anthem, performance at Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
Anyhere, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
Dynasty, Gallery MC, New York, NY
Videoformes: Nomad, Paris, France
Das Herr Winklemann Stipendium, München, Germany
Circular States of Boredom in the Face of World Domination, Circus of Books Studio, New York, NY
2005 Co-Dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL
Die Prof. Winkler Kunst Und Literaturage Los Angeles, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
National Observer, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
A Kiss Is More Than A Kiss, University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
Art Parade, Deitch Projects, New York, NY 2005
Off My Biscuit Destroy Your District! Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Still Legends, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
Video Forge, Jessica Murray Projects, New York, NY
2004 Republican Like Me, Parlour Projects, Brooklyn NY
Grotto II Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
New Work, John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Shifting Affinities Yale University Student Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2003 Crosstown Traffic John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Utopia Station “Model Anthem” in Martha Rosler’s contribution to the Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2002 East of Hollywood Video Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Chicago Opera, solo performance in the streets of Chicago, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Some Assembly Required Wayward Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Summer Group Show at Wayward Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Juried Exhibition curated by Karen Higa, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Amped, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Juried Exhibition curated by Russell Ferguson, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


PRESS
Los Angeles Times The Art of the Gesture on the Campaign Trail, by Will Blythe, February 10, 2008
Artforum.com Pick by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, January 2008
Flavorpill.com Review of The Candidate, by Shana Nys Dambrot, January 2008
Daily Serving.com Review of The Candidate, February 3, 2008
Interview with Kitty Felde for KPCC Radio, NPR station in Los Angeles, February 2008
NYFA Current, The Ambassadors, by Nick Stillman, October 2007
Exit Express Magazine, Cara de Póquer, by Lia Trinka-Browner October 2007
The Korean Times, Summer Romance, July 30, 2007
Tomorrow Unlimited, No Jerks, by Tyler Coburn, June, 22, 2007
The Daily Gazette, Nontraditional Presidential Portraits, Karen Bjornland, March 20, 2007
Art News, Review of Mr. President, Merideth Mendelsohn, March 2007
Metroland, Review of Mr. President, Nadine Wasserman, February 15, 2007
The Times Union, All the Presidents’ Images, Tresca Weinstein, January 28, 2007
Stretcher Magazine, (Review of Action Adventure) Asha Schechter, Thursday July 20, 2006
Village Voice, Strange Days, Jerry Salz, May 5, 2006
Art News, The Eureka Moment, May 2006
The Art Newspaper, Artists Look to the After Life, Adrian Dannatt, May 2006
Topic Magazine, The Global Patriot: Rachel Mason Designs Tomorrow’s Model Anthem May 2006
Hartford Courant, It was Only A Kiss…Or Was It? Matthew Erikson, October 18, 2005
Art Moco, Review of Off My Biscuit Destroy Your District, October 12, 2005
New York Times, Oh Say Can You Sing, Richard Morgan, September 11, 2005
Artforum, Top Ten Pick, Tim Davis, January 2005
Village Voice, Pick, Kim Levin, January 2005
Artforum, Top Ten Pick, David Riminelli, January 2004
Los Angeles Times, Critic’s Notebook, A Bush Buss is More Than a Kiss, Mark Swed, September 1, 2004
Artforum.com, Critic’s Pick, Republican Like Me, Nick Stillman, August- September 2004
New York Times, Weekend Arts Section, Caution: Angry Artists at Work, Roberta Smith, Aug. 24, 2004
New Haven Advocate, Lips Together Bust Apart, Chris Arnott, July 1, 2004
New Haven Register, Arts Section, Review of New Work, Judy Birke, July 4, 2004
Yale Daily News, Art Exhibit Provokes, Inspires, Neil Katsuyama, January 29, 2004
New Haven Register, Arts Section, Review of Crosstown Traffic, Judy Birke, October 30, 2003
New Haven Advocate, Review of Model Anthem, Chistopher Arnott, July 17, 2003
Yale Daily News, Review of Model Anthem, Erin Donar April 8, 2003
Res Magazine, Vol. 4. No. 2 Video Art’s Digital Generation, Claudine Isé, May 2000
Los Angeles Times, Art Reviews, Review of Amped, David Pagel, October 6, 2000

PERFORMANCES
Candidate Mason: Inaugural Farewell Address, eighteen-thirty, Los Angeles February 9, 2008
The Ambassadors Songs Volume I, JMOCA, Los Angeles, February 1, 2008
The Ambassadors Volume II Record Release, Printed Matter, Dec 20, 2007
The Ambassadors Songs Volume I, New Art Dealers Alliance- Miami- Dec. 6 2007
Hamilton Fish at Mini-Concerts in Back Alley’s Dec. 1, 2007
General Concert, curated by Dean Daderko, Art-in-General, New York, NY
Chicago Ex-Pats, 205 Club, organized by Creative-Time, New York, NY
Re-Origin of the Spieces, Soloman Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Origin of Spieces Slipper Room New York
The Ambassadors, KGB Bar, Mark Jacobson’s Radio hour, New York
M*A*S*H* The HelenaNew York, NY
The End of Dynasty Slipper Room, New York, NY
Galeria Ze dos Bois, Lisbon, Portugal
Anna’s Cake Shop, New York, NY
Galapagos Art Space, New York, NY
Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, CA
Café 9, New Haven, CT
Tonic, New York, NY
Chicago Opera, street performances in Chicago, IL

AWARDS
Susan H. Whedon Award, 2004
Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize, 2004
Finalist for Alice Kimball Fellowship, 2004
Hoyt Fine Arts Scholarship, 2001
Jackie Hicks Memorial Scholarship, 2001
UCLA Project Grant Scholarship, 2000
Finalist for Levinson Award, 2000
Wuerpel Award, 1998



PUBLICATIONS AND COMPILATION ALBUMS
No Milk Today- Billy Miller
K48- Scott Hug
Straight to Hell- Billy Miller
Zing Magazine- Circus of Books exhibition curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud
So Much Fire to Roast Human Flesh- anti-war music compilation by Josephine Foster
Esopus- Image for Josephine Foster song