Nic Mason - Archived News
18 June 2019
EXHIBITION 2019 Jenny Birt Award Finalist AD Space University of NSW, Art & Design Cnr Oxford Street and Greens Road EGO1 Ground Floor E Block Paddington, NSW, 2021 The 2019 finalists: Hugh Black, Amy Bruce, Monika Cvitanovic Zaper, Bartholomew Daniels, Jennifer Friedland, Tyson Frigo and Aaron Kennedy, Nani Graddon, Aaron Kennedy, Nicola Mason, Rumpa Paweenpongpat, Katerina Patrikeos, Emma Pinset, Alexander Ryrie, Shannon Simm and Sophia Thalis. |
Installation at the Jenny Birt Award of Brush-tailed rock-wallaby scats III, oil on canvas and Brush-tailed rock-wallaby scats strip III (cropped), watercolour, charcoal and pointe crayon on paper
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2018 - 2020
EMBEDDED RESEARCH AND RESIDENCY Art of Threatened Species project, NSW a collaboration between Office of Environment and Heritage, Create NSW and Orana Arts Art of the Threatened Species is a collaboration between the Office of Environment & Heritage, Create NSW and Orana Arts as part of the NSW government's Saving Our Species program. Eleven artists working in a variety of mediums have been selected to engage in a self-directed residency program for the development of a public exhibition. |
Nic Mason, Brush-tailed rock wallaby scat, charcoal on paper
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6 April 2019
WORKSHOP Plein Air landscape painting workshop 1 day plein air - outdoor painting landscape workshop for beginners to intermediates through City of Sydney Pine Street Creative Arts Centre 74 Pine Street Chippendale, Sydney |
Photo: Kiata Mason, Painting plien air in Royal National Park with Movers and Shapers artists group
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2018 - 2020
EMBEDDED RESEARCH AND RESIDENCY Art of Threatened Species project, NSW a collaboration between Office of Environment and Heritage, Create NSW and Orana Arts Art of the Threatened Species is a collaboration between the Office of Environment & Heritage, Create NSW and Orana Arts as part of the NSW government's Saving Our Species program. Twelve artists working in a variety of mediums have been selected to engage in a self-directed residency program for the development of a public exhibition. |
Nic Mason, Brush-tailed rock wallaby scat, charcoal on paper
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9 - 30 January 2019
EXHIBITION Group exhibition - Stockroom show with Alison Mackay, Sally Stokes, Nick Osmand, Katie Hopkinson Pointer, Michael Herron, Peter Berner, Nahomi Yoshizawa, Anne Spencer, Simon Palmer and me Project Gallery 90 90 Oxford Street Paddington Sydney |
Nic Mason, Red bag, who (revisited), 2018, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
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15 - 21 November 2018
EXHIBITION Opening 16 November 5 - 7 pm Group exhibition with Peter Berner, Nahomi Yoshizawa, Anne Spencer, Alison Mackay, Michael Herron, Sally Stokes, Michael Fairweather and me Project Gallery 90 90 Oxford Street Paddington Sydney |
Nic Mason, Napoleon Reef hanging on, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
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1 - 4 November 2018
PUBLIC PROGRAM ArtState Bathurst 2018 Co-speaker of the Art of Threatened Species Program with Dr Greg Pritchard and Kelly Leonard '...The program of speakers will explore the themes of A Sense of Place and Robust Regions accompanied by a diverse Arts Program featuring creatives from across the Central West of NSW ...' |
1 - 15 November 2018
EXHIBITION opening 1 November 5:30 pm About Place group exhibition part of ArtState Fringe with Heather Dunn, Katrina Daly, Greg Cross, Nancy Morgan, Nicole Foxall, Louise Ranshaw, Claire Newlyn, Rebecca Price, Judy Thatcher, Judith Boag, Greg Hyde, Paul Fox, Lawrence Sim, Jane Patterson, Kay Chapman, Barbara Holmes, Bruce Holmes, David Lake, Kiata Mason and Nic Mason Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery 80 George Street, Bathurst , NSW open Monday - Friday 10 am -5 pm Saturday 10 - 2 pm |
21 August - 14 September 2018
EXHIBITION 2018 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize Finalist curated by Dr Felicity Fenner with Sarah Tracton, Janis Clarke, Liss Fenwick, Eunjoo Jang, Grace Robinya, Rebecca Selleck, Emma Wright and Nic Mason Macquarie Group Limited Art Collection Space 2 1 Shelley St, Sydney, NSW open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 11am - 3pm |
Opening 2-4 Saturday 25 August
Opened by Maria Stoljar 25 August - 4 September 2018 EXHIBITION Movers & Shapers with Nicole Kelly, Brooke Thompson, Joanna Cole, Justine Muller, Carla Hananiah, Filippa Buttitta, Natalya Shinn, Natalie O'Connor, Charmaine Pike, Kathryn Cowan, Lee Bethel, Belinda Street, Kiata Mason, Antonia Mrljak, Ana Young, Louisa Chircop, Julia Flanagan, Sally Stokes and Nic Mason Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre 782 Kingsway Gymea hours 10-5pm |
28 July - 23 September 2018
EXHIBITION 2018 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize Finalist Lismore Regional Gallery 11 Rural Street Lismore NSW Open Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 4pm Thursday 10am to 6pm Big congratulations to Nicole Kelly who has been awarded the Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize with her painting ‘Jumaadi + clouds + rain’. Congratulations Nicole! It's a terrific work.
Thanks to all involved in this prize through Lismore Regional Gallery. |
Nic Mason's studio, Napoleon Reef, NSW
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8 June - 5 August 2018
EXHIBITION The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2018 Finalist South Australian Museum North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia |
Nic Mason, Pie down, oil on linen, 40 x 40 cm
Congratulations to all the finalists, highly commended and the winner Erica Seccombe for her video, Metamorphosis and Hayley Lander winner of the Emerging artist category for her piece The great forgetting.Thanks to all involved with the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize.
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16 June - 22 July 2018
BIENNALE 2018 Fleurieu Biennale Exhibition Finalist Stump Hill Gallery and the Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale and Signal Point Galleries, Goolwa, South Australia Nic Mason, Branch down, oil on linen, 25 x 30 cm
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Congratulations to all the finalists, highly commended and the winner James Tylor and Laura Wills for their work Hidden landscapes: Kangaroo Island. Thanks to all involved with the Fleurieu Biennale.
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5 May - 17 June 2018
EXHIBITION Calleen Art Award 2018 Finalist Cowra Regional Art Gallery 77 Darling Street Cowra 2794 NSW |
Nic Mason, Rabbit 2017, oil on linen, 40 x 32 cm, private collection
Congratulations to all the finalists and the winner Brian Robinson for his work Sowing the Crops and Reading the stars. Thanks to all involved with the Calleen Art Award and Cowra Regional Art Gallery. And thanks to the judge Michael Hedger for his confidence inspiring words given in his speech on this work of mine.
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13 April - 8 June 2018
EXHIBITION SBS Portrait Prize 2018 Finalist Southern Buoy Studios 1/19 Carbine Way, Mornington, Victoria, 3931 Congratulations to Michael Simms the winner of this inaugural SBS Portrait Prize for his terrific work ‘Reverberate’ and congratulations to all the other finalists. Thanks to all at Southern Buoy Studios.
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Mark, 2018, oil on linen, 40 x 40 cm
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Presentation 20 March 2018 5pm
PRESENTATION Painting in France, 2017 at AMIS des Arts d'Albi and Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre, CAMAC Arts Outwest Twilight Networking Night Webb & Co, 175-179 George St, Bathurst, New South Wales |
This project was assisted by a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).
This project was assisted by a subvention through the CAMAC – Ténot Fondation |
Opening 24 November 2017
OPEN STUDIO with Katherine Grace Bond (literature / USA) Charlet Gehrmann (visual arts / Germany) Ana B.Hursh (visual arts / Mexico) Daehyun Kim (visual arts / South Korea) Sandra Lapage (visual arts / Brazil) Nic Mason (visual arts / Australia) Daniela Melzig (visual arts / Germany) Carlos Pileggi (visual arts / Brazil) Christian Santana Prinz (visual arts / Mexico) Jakub Tomáš (visual arts / Czech Republic) Camac centre d'art Marnay art Centre 1 Grande Rue 10400 Marnay-sur-Seine, France |
This project was assisted by a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). This project was assisted by a subvention through the CAMAC – Ténot Fondation |
Presentation 22 November 2017
PRESENTATION Camac centre d'art Marnay art Centre 1 Grande Rue 10400 Marnay-sur-Seine, France
This project was assisted by a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). This project was assisted by a subvention through the CAMAC – Ténot Fondation |
Photo: by Charlet Gehrmann of Nic Mason's studio
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Opening 4 November 2017
EXHIBITION Christmas Exhibition with Matilda Mitchell, Anh Nguyen, Kiata Mason, Gria Shead, Jessica Alexander, Belinda Street, Justine Muller, Vanessa Stockard, Nicholas Osmond, Meike Sculptures, Madeleine Cruise, Jen Ahmed, Georgina Stuart and me A. K Bellinger Gallery 27 Otho Street Inverell, NSW |
November 2017
RESIDENCY CAMAC centre d'art marnay art centre Marnay-sur-Seine, France SAUVAGE Nic Mason will research and develop new work through a residency at CAMAC, France, November 2017. She will utilise still life painting as a symbolic vehicle for contemplating issues of environmental hope. This work builds from her Australian National University post graduate studies completed in 2017 and her 2016 and 2017 solo exhibitions. |
This project was assisted by a subvention through the CAMAC – Ténot Fondation This project was assisted by a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). |
6 - 16 July 2017
EXHIBITION Finalist Waverley Art Prize Waverley Woollahra Art School 138 Bondi Road, Bondi, NSW Here is a list of the finalists: wwas.org.au/waverley-art-prize/ |
Nic Mason, Rabbit, fox and dog 2016, charcoal on paper, 56 x 56 cm, framed 73 x 73 cm
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29 June - 16 July 2017
EXHIBITION Portraits Group Exhibition Corner Store Gallery 382 Summer Street Orange, NSW www.cornerstoregallery.com/exhibition-calendar/2017/6/29/portraits |
Nic Mason, Fox no 2 2016, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, private collection
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25 May - 24 June 2017
EXHIBITION Shortlisted for the Tertiary Prize Footscray Art Prize VU at MetroWest 138 Nicholson Street, Footscray, Victoria Here is a link to this exhibition footscrayarts.com/event/footscray-art-prize/ |
Nic Mason, Mouse and deer 2016, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
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7 May - 2 June 2017
EXHIBITION Small Works Art Prize 2017 Brunswick Street Gallery Level 1 and 2, 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Victoria Here is a link to this exhibition www.brunswickstreetgallery.com.au/upcoming-exhibitions/small-works-art-prize-2017/ |
Nic Mason, Fox on eastern grey kangaroo II 2016, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
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March 2017
ARTIST AT WORK Sculpture table Habitat for Biodiversity Day Napoleon Reef More information can be found at ... www.facebook.com/napoleonreef2795/ |
Tree hollow demonstration at the Habitat for Biodiversity Day, Napoleon Reef
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March 2017
DEMONSTRATION Plein Air Demonstration Art in the Park, Bathurst, NSW This is a plein air free community art event. It is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month now at Machattie Park, Bathurst. More information can be found at ... www.facebook.com/Art-In-The-Park-Machattie-Park-Bathurst-650769108393752/ |
Image Rachel Ellis, Art in the Park, Bathurst - Machattie Park 19/3/17. Plein Air demonstration by Nic Mason.
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9 - 26 March 2017
EXHIBITION Group Exhibition as part of Art Month Sydney 2017 with Niqolet Lewis, Scott Pollock, Laura Badertscher, Carmel Byrne, Aliki Yiorkas and Nic Mason Opens 8 March 6-8pm Scratch Art Space 67 Sydnenham Road, Marrickville, NSW Gallery Hours 12-5 www.scratchartspace.com/art-gallery-exhibitions/#.WKafQIVOIbp |
February 2017
NEWS Thanks to Western Advocate - Exhibition showcases Nic's major passions, 21 February www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/4482148/exhibition-showcases-nics-major-passions/ Bathurst City Life - t.arting up the STILLness, 16-22 February (article opposite, Bathurst City Life February 16 - 22, 2017) Arts Outwest - What's on February 2017 gallery.mailchimp.com/ea51e758f26936bcb38d51e79/files/5b1b9a75-5523-4717-9fc3-3836f38eaff9/1702_WhatsOn_LORES.pdf Bathurst Arts Council - The art of conservation, 21 Feb www.facebook.com/notes/bathurst-arts-council/bathurst-arts-council-column-wednesday-22-february/1477088122321894 for their articles featuring Nic Mason's STILL exhibition Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery (t.arts Gallery) 24 February - 10 March 2017 |
Bathurst City Life - t.arting up the STILLness, 16-22 February 2017
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24 February - 10 March 2017
EXHIBITION Solo Exhibition Nic Mason STILL Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery 2017 SHOP 25 BATHURST CHASE (just up from Bathurst Food Coop and opposite COLES), 39 WILLIAM STREET, BATHURST, NSW Opening Friday 24 February 2017 Opening by Heather Dunn Music by Christine Porter and Henry Bialowas |
November 2016 - January 2017 EXHIBITION Finalist KAAF Prize 2016 25 November 2016 - 27 January 2017 Korea-Australia Arts Foundation 255 Elizabeth Street Sydney, NSW www.kaaf.org.au/index.php/news/item/59-announcement-of-finalists-2016-kaaf-art-prize Judges: Prof Colin Rhodes (Dean, Sydney College of Arts) John McDonald (Art Critic, SMH) Salvatore Zofria (Artist) Acknowledgements: Thanks to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Ray Mjadwesch |
Nic Mason, Fox, koala, eastern grey kangaroo and wombat 2016 oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm, private collection
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October 2016
AWARD Blackheath Art Prize 2016 Highly Commended and The People's Choice Award awarded to Nic Mason's for her work Dave Noble Blackheath Art Society 139a Station Street Blackheath NSW October long weekend blackheathart.com/prizewinners-2/ Judge: Matthew Lynn |
Nic Mason, Dave Noble, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, private collection
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September 2016
AWARD All Saints Festival of Art 2016 Runner Up Award awarded to Nic Mason's for her work Fox no. 1 All Saints Kemmis building, All Saints College, Bathurst, New South Wales 10 - 11 September www.facebook.com/AllSaintsCollegeBathurst/?fref=ts Judge: Penny May |
Nic Mason, Fox no. 1, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, private collection
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August - September 2016
EXHIBITION ANU Drawing Prize 2016 Finalist Nic Mason, Startled still life doll, charcoal on Stonehenge paper, 56.5 x 56.5 School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 23 August - 3 September soa.anu.edu.au/event/drawing-prize-2016 |
Nic Mason, Startled still life doll, charcoal on Stonehenge paper, 56.5 x 56.5 cm, private collection
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August 2016
NEWS Celeste Prize 2016 An editors pick (online exhibition) Nic Mason's entry into the Celeste Prize 2016 of O malleefowl II yunggaay ... www.celesteprize.com/eng_editorschoices/ |
Nic Mason, O malleefowl II yunggaay, oil on canvas, 90 x 90 cm, private collection
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August 2016
EXHIBITION Flanagan Art Prize 2016 Finalist Nic Mason, Eastern quoll, mabi, boo, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm St Patrick's College, Ballarat, Victoria 20 - 28 August online.fliphtml5.com/gcuf/gdje/#p=74 |
Nic Mason, Eastern quoll, mabi, boo, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm, private collection
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August 2016
EXHIBITION Brisbane Art Prize 2016 Finalist Nic Mason, Eastern quoll, mabi, just hanging, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley, Queensland 15 - 21 August www.brisbaneartprize.com/ |
April - June 2016
EXHIBITION Calleen Art Award 2016 Finalist Nic Mason, Sharon Riley II, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales 30 April - 19 June cowraartgallery.com.au/awards/2016-calleen-art-award-finalists |
Nic Mason, Sharon Riley II, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, private collection
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April 2016
AWARD Winmalee Artfest 2016 Winmalee High School, Winmalee, New South Wales 29 April - 1 May www.facebook.com/WinmaleeHighSchool/?fref=ts Winner awarded to Nic Mason for her suite of paintings: Red bag 2016, oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm Eastern quoll (mabi), in the gully 2016, oil on canvas, 76 x 76cm O malleefowl (yunggaay) 2016, oil on canvas, 90 x 90cm New futures 2016, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm Where have they gone? 2016, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm Judges: Tony Nesbitt, Dr Shirley Daborn, Katrina Sandbach and Marina (Grasso) Johnson |
Nic Mason, New futures, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, private collection
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April 2016
NEWS Thanks to Western Advocate Molong Online molong.com.au/art/news/2016/03_16/cowra/cowra.html Central NSW Discover April 2016 and Cowra Guardian www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/3798502/new-exhibitions-at-the-cowra-gallery/ for their articles featuring Nic Mason's Wild exhibition Cowra Regional Art Gallery on until 24 April 2016 |
April 2016
WORKSHOP Cowra Regional Art Gallery school holiday sculpture workshops 2016 run by Nic Mason through Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales 13 March Cowra Guardian www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/3854855/getting-wild-in-the-school-holidays/ |
April 2016
WORKSHOP Small Schools Hill End Art Camp hosted by Hill End Public School http://www.hillend-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/2016-art-camp Guest artists included Jeannie Littlewood, Sue Fardell, Nic Mason and Marianne Kimm. Luke Sciberras also generously welcomed the students into his Hill End studio. |
March - April 2016
EXHIBITION Solo exhibition Nic Mason WILD Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales 19 March - 24 April This solo exhibition by Nic Mason references her long background in conservation management and ongoing relationship with the Australian landscape, specifically the bush and big skies of the Blue Mountains and west of the Great Dividing Range. This environmental focus by Mason who lives in Napoleon Reef near Bathurst is mixed with stories from Mason’s domestic and family life. The two combined echo Mason’s disquiet about the impact of introduced pest animals on threatened Australian fauna and convey her immersion in living and bringing up a family within this landscape. Narrative and symbolism are integral to this work, where Mason plays with the rendering of animal masks and her recurring red bag. Wild is the first substantial body of work shown by Nic Mason and hosted by Cowra Regional Art Gallery, following her win of the 2015 Central West Regional Art Award. cowraartgallery.com.au/exhibitions/exhibitions-archive/2016-2 |
Nic Mason, She was glorious, oil on canvas, 100 cm x 75 cm, private collection
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November 2015 20 November - 24 December Nic Mason exhibits in the following group show: Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery t.arts Gallery Christmas Show 148 Russell Street, Bathurst http://www.tartsgallery.com/ https://www.facebook.com/t.artsgallery |
Nic Mason, Wallaroo of Wahluu, oil on board, 45 cm x 61 cm,
private collection |
October 2015 16 - 25 October Nic Mason exhibits in 200 Plants and Animals exhibition Bathurst Community Climate Change Network Shop 7, 177 Howick Street, Bathurst https://www.facebook.com/events/699567993508335/ |
2015 Nic Mason sets up her new studio in Napoleon Reef, NSW, Australia to follow her journey like her on facebook https://www.facebook.com/NicMasonArtistinthestudio/ |
Nic Mason, Caitlin, oil on canvas, 100 cm x 75 cm,
private collection |
May 2015 Winner Central West Regional Art Award 2015 Cowra Regional Gallery 3 May - 14 June awarded to Nic Mason for her work 'Caitlin' http://cowraartgallery.com.au/ |
Nic Mason, Tom and the red browed firetail, oil on canvas,
40 cm x 40 cm |
May 2015 2 May - 10 May Nic Mason exhibits works in the Bathurst Arts Trail group exhibition 'Art of Our Place' part of the Bathurst 200 celebrations Official opening 6pm Friday 1 May Historic Uniting Church Hall, William Street, Bathurst http://www.bathurstartstrail.com |
Nic Mason, Moment of reflection, oil on canvas, 40 cm x 40 cm,
private collection |
February 2015 11 - 28 February Nic Mason's 'Moment of reflection' is a finalist in the Cambridge Studio Gallery 2015 Portrait Prize Melbourne http://www.cambridgestudiogallery.com.au/ |
Nic Mason, Robbie, oil on canvas, 70 x 56 cm, private collection. This work was created due to attending the Cherry Hood workshop through the Art Scene Mitchell School of the Arts workshop scholarship - thanks Cherry & thanks Paul!.
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June 2014 Henry Malouf Scholarship 2014 awarded to Nic Mason The Art Scene, Mitchell School of the Arts Cherry Hood Watercolour Workshop http://www.artscene.com.au/ |
Nic Mason, Fox and willow, oil on canvas, 75 cm x 75 cm,
private collection |
June 2014 Arts Outwest Winter Arts Networking Nights powered by Pechakucha 20 images x 20 seconds. 11 June Webb & Co Bar 175 George Street Bathurst Nic Mason and Heather Dunn present on Tablelands Artists' Cooperative Gallery http://artsoutwest.org.au/ |
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