Nic Mason - CV
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
Nic Mason, Happenings, 2023, Michael Reid Murrurundi, (solo exhibition)
Nic Mason: Cycle, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 2022, (solo exhibition) involving Artist Led Workshops, presentations and media interviews supported by a NSW Government Small Project Grant (2021)
Works selected for the Salon des refusés with paintings for both the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture in 2021 and 2023 and the alternate Wynne Prize for landscape in 2021, S. H. Ervine Gallery
Runner-up, Remagine Art Prize (painting section), Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, 2021
Highly Commended, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020, PLC Croydon, Sydney
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of New South Wales, Art & Design, 2020 (Dean's List recipient 2019)
Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS), Creative Art and Design Professional Practicum, study at Universities Sanata Dharma and internship/residency at Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2020, with a New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Coordinating with fellow artist's from the 2019 UNSW Honours Cohort Grey Foundations, a group exhibition at WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Bundanon Artist in Residence program, Bundanon Trust, NSW, 2019
Art of Threatened Species self directed residency, a collaboration between Orana Arts Inc and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, supported by Create NSW, 2018-2019, culminating in the Art of Threatened Species exhibition at Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo 2019-2020.
Nic Mason, Happenings, 2023, Michael Reid Murrurundi, (solo exhibition)
Nic Mason: Cycle, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 2022, (solo exhibition) involving Artist Led Workshops, presentations and media interviews supported by a NSW Government Small Project Grant (2021)
Works selected for the Salon des refusés with paintings for both the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture in 2021 and 2023 and the alternate Wynne Prize for landscape in 2021, S. H. Ervine Gallery
Runner-up, Remagine Art Prize (painting section), Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, 2021
Highly Commended, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020, PLC Croydon, Sydney
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of New South Wales, Art & Design, 2020 (Dean's List recipient 2019)
Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS), Creative Art and Design Professional Practicum, study at Universities Sanata Dharma and internship/residency at Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2020, with a New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Coordinating with fellow artist's from the 2019 UNSW Honours Cohort Grey Foundations, a group exhibition at WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Bundanon Artist in Residence program, Bundanon Trust, NSW, 2019
Art of Threatened Species self directed residency, a collaboration between Orana Arts Inc and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, supported by Create NSW, 2018-2019, culminating in the Art of Threatened Species exhibition at Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo 2019-2020.
STATEMENT
Nic Mason is an artist living and working in Wiradjuri country in regional Australia. She primarily utilises painting and drawing in her art practice where she is interested in the possibilities of enticing new ways of thinking through connection and engagement with art. She is richly informed by her background in conservation and land management following her Bachelor of Science degree. Following studies in the Painting Workshop at the Australian National University she completed an Honours Year in Fine Arts at University of New South Wales.
EDUCATION
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of New South Wales, Art & Design (Dean's List recipient 2019)
2017 Graduate Certificate of Art (Painting Workshop), Australian National University
2012 Certificate III in Visual Arts, Western Institute (Bathurst) TAFE
2009-11 Subjects in Visual Arts, Nepean Arts and Design Centre (Kingswood) TAFE
2003 Certificate IV in workplace training and assessment, Sydney Institute (Ultimo) TAFE
1999 Bushland Regeneration Certificate IV, Northern Sydney Institute (Ryde) TAFE
1997 Bushland Regeneration Certificate II Northern Sydney Institute (Ryde) TAFE
1996 Bachelor of Science majoring in Land and Resource Management, Macquarie University
SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, STIPENDS & GRANTS
2022 Travel and Accommodation Stipend in relation to the Grey Foundations group exhibition December 2022 to January 2023, WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative
2021 NSW Government Small Project Grant through Create NSW for the development of new work for Cycle 2022, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Arts Restart Grant 2021, NSW Government via Orana Arts to support Nic Mason's Home Residency 2021
2020 Arts OutWest Miro Grant, May 2020, Arts OutWest
Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS), Creative Art and Design Professional Practicum, study at Universities Sanata Dharma and
internship/residency at Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (January-February)
2019 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant (related to the ACICIS program), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Bundanon Artist in Residence program, Bundanon Trust, NSW
2018-19 Art of Threatened Species self directed residency, a collaboration between Orana Arts Inc and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
2018 Artstate Bathurst bursary recipient, Arts OutWest and Regional Arts NSW
2017 NSW Artist Grant, Create NSW, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre (Camac) Residency with subvention from the Fondation Ténot, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Independent residency project, Atelier of AMIS des Arts d'Albi, France
Shortlisted and Highly Commended, Start Your Studio Art and Design Scholarship 2017, Windsor & Newton Australia
2014 Henry Malouf Scholarship 2014, The Art Scene Mitchell School of the Arts
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Happenings, Michael Reid Murrurundi (solo exhibition)
2022 Cycle, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst (solo exhibition)
From France to Here, Project Gallery 90 (solo exhibition)
2021 Paintings within Paintings, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (solo exhibition)
2020 Still Home, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (two person exhibition with Alison Mackay)
2019 Still and Within, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (two person exhibition with Alison Mackay)
2018 Résidence, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell (solo exhibition)
BALANCE, CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, GOST (solo exhibition)
2017 STILL, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery (solo exhibition)
An Unguarded Moment, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell (two person exhibition with Kiata Mason)
2016 WILD, Cowra Regional Art Gallery (solo exhibition)
PRIZE EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER RECOGNITION
2023 Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture), S. H. Ervin Gallery, NSW
Finalist, Remagine Art Prize, Hornsby Shire Council, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Finalist: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Old
Finalist: Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, WA
Finalist: Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, NSW
2022 Winner: Federation Art Prize, 2D section, Corowa Memorial Hall, Corowa, NSW
Finalist: Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Finalist: Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Qld
Finalist: BAM Art Prize, Byron Arts Magazine, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, NSW
Finalist: Tacit Still Life Art Prize, Tacit Art, Collingwood, Vic
Finalist: GreenWay Art Prize, Sydney Bus Museum, Leichhardt, NSW
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
Finalist: Basil Sellers Art Prize, Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Moruya, NSW
Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Finalist: Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Finalist: Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, Victoria
Finalist: Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, yapping, Lake Macquarie, NSW
Finalist: Whitsundays Art Prize, Whitsundays Arts Festival, Airlie Beach, Old
Finalist: Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Selected: The Agency Still Life Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, NSW
2021 Runner-up: Remagine Art Prize (painting section), Hornsby Shire Council, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture), S. H. Ervin Gallery
Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Wynne Prize for landscape), S. H. Ervin Gallery
Finalist: Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art, Montsalvat, Victoria
2020 Highly Commended: Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020, PLC Croydon, Sydney
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Blacktown Art Prize, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
Finalist: The Vincent Prize, Art Van Go at Duckrabbit Gallery, Redfern
Finalist: Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
2019 Finalist: Jenny Birt Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Finalist: Mini Series Art Prize, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Finalist: John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Outback Art Gallery, Waltzing Matilda Art Centre, Winton
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
Finalist: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
2018 Finalist: Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney
Finalist: John Copes Portrait Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Finalist: Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
Finalist: Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia
Finalist: Pirtek Still life Award, Bowral Art Gallery
Finalist: Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollarah Art School, Sydney
Finalist: The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize (emerging section), South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Finalist: Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2017 Winner: painting section, Textures of One, Blayney
Finalist: Le Salon d'Automne, AMIS des Arts d'Albi, Albi, France
Finalist: Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Finalist: Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
Finalist: Footscray Art Prize (Tertiary Prize), Melbourne
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2016 Winner: Winmalee Artfest, Winmalee High School, Winmalee
Winner: TaranArchie, Tarana Red Cross, Tarana
Runner Up: All Saints Festival of Arts, Bathurst
Highly Commended: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
The People's Choice Award: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Finalist: KAAF Art Prize, Korea-Australia Arts Foundation, Sydney
Finalist: Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's College, Ballarat
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
2015 Winner: Central West Regional Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra
Winner (Acquisitive): Oberon Archie, Columbia Aged Care, Oberon Village Art Award, Oberon
The People's Choice Award: All Saint's College Festival of Art, Bathurst
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2014 Semi Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2013 Winner, Portrait section: Evans Arts Council Prize, Bathurst
The People’s Choice Award: Evans Arts Council Prize, Bathurst
Semi Finalist: Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Finalist: North Sydney Art Prize, Sydney
2011 Second Prize: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Grey Foundations, WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative, Kandos
Small Works Xmas show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Here / Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
Festival of Natives, Gang Gang Gallery, Lithgow
30 x 30 & Ceramics, Project Gallery 90
Fish, Oysters and Other Things, Project Gallery 90
Drawing Exhibition, Hill End Gallery, Hill End Arts Council, Hill End
2021 Christmas rollout, Gallery of Small Things, Canberra
Art & Dialogue, Babaran Segaragunung, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Xmas show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
20 x 20 show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Summer Show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
At the Station, Arts Hub Blayney, Blayney, NSW
2020 Invincible 2020, Tremain's Mill, Bathurst
Small Works exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Christmas show, Gallery of Small Things, Canberra
Listening in the Anthropocene Exhibition, Creative Practice Circle, Charles Sturt University, online exhibition
Curators Pick, Volume II, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Small & Humble, Gallery of Small Things with Humble House Gallery, Canberra
2019 A&D Annual 19, Graduate exhibition, UNSW Galleries, Paddington
Art of Threatened Species, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst
Here / Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
Group exhibition stock room show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
2018 Group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Paddington, Paddington
Movers and Shapers, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Southerland Art Centre, Sydney
Big Country, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
About Place, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst, as part of ArtState Bathurst Fringe
Spring Invitational, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
Here Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
All Saints Festival of Art, Bathurst
2017 Open Studios, Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre (Camac) Residency, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Christmas Exhibition, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
An Unguarded Moment, two person exhibition with Kiata Mason, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
Portraits Group Exhibition, Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Pirtek Still Life Exhibition, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Small Works 2017, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
All Saints Festival of Art, Bathurst
Candor of Doubt, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville, Sydney
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery, Bathurst
2016 Turon Art Group Sofala 13th Biennial Art Exhibition, Sofala
John Copes Portrait Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery, Bathurst
2015 Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Gallery
t.arts on tour, Grenfell Art Gallery, Grenfell
Art of Our Place, Bathurst Arts Trail, Bathurst
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
2014 The Idea of North, in Mayfield Shearing Shed, O’Connell Public School, Oberon
Tablelands Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
2013 Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society, Bathurst
Tablelands Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
Freedom to…, The Tate, Glebe
2012 Tarana Art Show, Tarana
Raw, Western Institute of TAFE, Bathurst
Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
2011 Glenbrook Potters Exhibition, Glenbrook
Me, Myself and I, Nepean Arts and Design Centre, Kingswood
2010 Blackheath Easter Exhibition, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Me, Myself and I, Nepean Arts and Design Centre, Kingswood
Glenbrook Potters Exhibition, Glenbrook
COLLECTIONS
Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Centre d'Art, Marnay Art Centre, Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Columbia Aged Care Services, Oberon, NSW
Various private collections (in Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America)
PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUES INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2022 Grey Foundations, by Lucy Smith, WAYOUT Art Space, A Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Between the Light and the Dark, by Dr Anastasia Murney, companion essay to the Grey Foundations Catalogue, WAYOUT Art Space, A Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Nicola Mason, Cycle catalogue, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 9 April - 5 June 2022, essay by Tracy Sorensen
Nicola Mason by Artist Profile, Artist Profile May 2022
New art at the gallery, p1 and Gallery to open new art displays, p4. by Sam Bolt, Western Advocate 7 April 2022
2BS radio interview with Dom Ingersole 8 April 2022
ABC Central West radio interview with Alex James 14 April 2022
2MCE Charles Sturt University community radio with Brett Van Heekeren 17 May 2022
2BS radio interview on Brekky with Pecky (Kerry Peck) 23 May 2022
2021 Paintings within Paintings, works by Nic Mason, 2021 Catalogue, Project Gallery 90, essay by Rebecca Wilson
2020 Introducing six creative identities in the Bathurst region by Steven Cavanagh, Arts Outwest, Western Advocate 18 August 2020
Visual Feast of Art at Tremain's Mill this weekend, Western Advocate 3 December 2020
Still Home, works by Nic Mason & also featuring Alison Mackay, 2020, Project Gallery 90
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020 Exhibition of Finalists 29 February - 27 March 2020 Exhibition Catalogue, Adelaide Perry Gallery
2019 Still and Within, works by Alison Mackay & Nic Mason, 2019 Catalogue, Project Gallery 90
Nic Mason and Art of Threatened Species, Interview with Portia Lyndsay, Orana Arts, 2019
2018 Résidence, Nic Mason, exhibition catalogue, A K Bellinger Gallery, essay by Dr Gareth Jenkins
BALANCE, CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Gallery of Small Things 2018, essay by Catherine Atkinson
2017 Les artistes en residence au Camac ont presente leurs creations, L'est Éclair, 1 December 2017
STILL Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, essay by Corey Tatz
Exhibition showcases Nic’s major passion, Maryanne Jacques, Western Advocate 21 February 2017
t.arting up the STILLness, Bathurst City Life 16-22 February 2017
Whats On across the NSW Central West, Arts Outwest February 2017
2016 WILD Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, essay by Tracy Sorensen
Korea Australia Arts Foundation, KAAF Art Prize 2016, Catalogue, Korea Cultural Centre Australia
Central NSW Discover Magazine, April 2016 Wild and shared interest in art p 23
Western Advocate, What's on 18-24 April, Catch the Wild Bus
Cowra Guardian, new exhibitons a the Cowra Gallery 18.3.16
Cowra Guardian, Workshops to keep kids entertained during the holidays 8.4.16
2015 Bathurst City Life, Art Success, 23-29 July 2015
ABC Central West Radio interview with Tim Brunero and Arts Outwest, Brooke Lenon 9.5.15
2013-14 Western Advocate articles: New artists right on the button 14.5.14; Art takes Nicola on a lovely ride 5.10.13; Snap Shot
Arts at heart 27.9.13 p2; They’re calling it the t.arts Gallery; 18.9.13 p8. Hundreds happy to take Evans art to heart 13.8.13
2012 Advertisement: on a Penrith bus, Self portrait printed on the side of a bus as part of the advertisement for
2013 art courses at Nepean Arts and Design Centre
2011 Book: Self portrait selected for Me Myself & I (2011) Nepean Arts and Design Centre
2010 Book: Self portrait selected for Me Myself & I (2010) Nepean Arts and Design Centre
COMMUNITY ARTS INVOLVEMENT AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Teens, The Uncooperative, WAYOUT Art Space, Kandos
2022 In Conversation with Julian Woods, Audience Participation Officer, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, public talk at part of Cycle exhibition
Presentation and workshop, Cycle exhibition walkthrough and Workshop with year 9 school children from Scots All Saints College, Bathurst
Presentation, Cycle exhibition walkthrough with Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society members
Artist Led Workshops, with the general public, Cycle exhibition, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Volunteer, Cementa22, Cementa Arts Festival, Kandos
2021 Presentation, Art in the Park Bathurst
2020 Plein Air painting during Invincible 2020 weekend event at Tremain's Mill, Bathurst
Talking within the Pop-up Exhibition, Listening in the Anthropocene Symposium, Creative Practice Circle, Charles Sturt University, zoom webinar
2019 Panel discussion with collaborating artists and scientists as part of Art of Threatened Species exhibition facilitated by Kent Buchanan, Curator, Western Plains Cultural Centre
2018 Artist in school, sculpture workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 5/6 camp, Yarrabin
Co-presenter with Dr Greg Pritchard and Kelly Leonard, Art of Threatened Species presentation, ArtState Bathurst conference, Bathurst Memorial
Entertainment Centre, Regional Arts NSW, Arts Outwest
Artist talk, Art in the Park, Bathurst
Presentation, Arts Outwest Twilight Networking Night, Webb & Co Bar, Bathurst
2017 Presentation, Centre d'Art, Marnay Art Centre, Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Artist in school, poster workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 3/4
Artist at work, sculpture table, Habitat for Biodiversity day, Napoleon Reef
Plein air demonstration, Art in the Park, Bathurst
2014-17 Director, Tablelands Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
2016 Artist in school, sculpture workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 5/6 camp, Yarrabin
Artist in school, sculpture workshops at O'Connell Public School, Bathurst Small Schools Creative Arts Festival
School holiday sculpture workshops, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Artist in school, sculpture workshops at Hill End Public School
2015 Artist in school program, painting workshop at Neville Public School, A Heritage Country School
2014 Artist in school, sculpture workshops at Meadow Flat Public School, Bathurst Small Schools Creative Arts Festival
Presenting on t.arts Gallery at Arts Outwest Winter Networking Night with Peckakucha, Webb & Co Bar, Bathurst
2013 Member, Tablelands Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
Renzaglia Wines, Art in the Vineyard, Bread Week with T.Arts Gallery, O’Connell
Evans Arts Council fundraising public still life demonstration, Bathurst
O’Connell Public School art classes with Katherine Horan, O’Connell
ONGOING PRACTICE AND CONTINUING LEARNING
2020 Batik workshop, with Nia Fliam and Agus Ismoyo, Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009-19 various life drawing and/or plein air groups including Movers and Shapers, Art in the Park - Bathurst, Merilyn Rice life drawing, Tim Miller life drawing ….
2018 Plein air workshop with Sinead Davies, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
2017 Nature morte avec Maria Ascension Moraleda, Amis des Arts d'Albi, France
2016 Portrait workshop with David Newman-White, Carcoar
2015 Studio set up in Napoleon Reef
2014 Art Business Basics, National Association of Visual Artists
Drawing workshop with Heather Vallance, Orange Regional Art Gallery
Watercolour workshop with Cherry Hood, The Art Scene, Mitchell School of the Arts (scholarship recipient)
The art of online, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, National Association of Visual Artists and Ochre Communications
2013 Grant writing workshop, Arts out West
Online marketing workshop for artists, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2012 Studio set up in O'Connell
CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND TRAVEL
2019/20 Indonesia
2017 France (and neighbouring regions)
1997-17 Intermittent travel throughout parts of Australia, the Pacific and Europe
1993-95 Two years consecutive travel and work throughout countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT
2011-16 Senior Project Officer, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage
1995-11 Various positions with state and local government, not for profit sector and as a private consultant working primarily in the conservation and land management sector.
Nic Mason is an artist living and working in Wiradjuri country in regional Australia. She primarily utilises painting and drawing in her art practice where she is interested in the possibilities of enticing new ways of thinking through connection and engagement with art. She is richly informed by her background in conservation and land management following her Bachelor of Science degree. Following studies in the Painting Workshop at the Australian National University she completed an Honours Year in Fine Arts at University of New South Wales.
EDUCATION
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of New South Wales, Art & Design (Dean's List recipient 2019)
2017 Graduate Certificate of Art (Painting Workshop), Australian National University
2012 Certificate III in Visual Arts, Western Institute (Bathurst) TAFE
2009-11 Subjects in Visual Arts, Nepean Arts and Design Centre (Kingswood) TAFE
2003 Certificate IV in workplace training and assessment, Sydney Institute (Ultimo) TAFE
1999 Bushland Regeneration Certificate IV, Northern Sydney Institute (Ryde) TAFE
1997 Bushland Regeneration Certificate II Northern Sydney Institute (Ryde) TAFE
1996 Bachelor of Science majoring in Land and Resource Management, Macquarie University
SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, STIPENDS & GRANTS
2022 Travel and Accommodation Stipend in relation to the Grey Foundations group exhibition December 2022 to January 2023, WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative
2021 NSW Government Small Project Grant through Create NSW for the development of new work for Cycle 2022, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Arts Restart Grant 2021, NSW Government via Orana Arts to support Nic Mason's Home Residency 2021
2020 Arts OutWest Miro Grant, May 2020, Arts OutWest
Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS), Creative Art and Design Professional Practicum, study at Universities Sanata Dharma and
internship/residency at Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (January-February)
2019 New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant (related to the ACICIS program), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Bundanon Artist in Residence program, Bundanon Trust, NSW
2018-19 Art of Threatened Species self directed residency, a collaboration between Orana Arts Inc and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
2018 Artstate Bathurst bursary recipient, Arts OutWest and Regional Arts NSW
2017 NSW Artist Grant, Create NSW, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre (Camac) Residency with subvention from the Fondation Ténot, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Independent residency project, Atelier of AMIS des Arts d'Albi, France
Shortlisted and Highly Commended, Start Your Studio Art and Design Scholarship 2017, Windsor & Newton Australia
2014 Henry Malouf Scholarship 2014, The Art Scene Mitchell School of the Arts
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Happenings, Michael Reid Murrurundi (solo exhibition)
2022 Cycle, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst (solo exhibition)
From France to Here, Project Gallery 90 (solo exhibition)
2021 Paintings within Paintings, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (solo exhibition)
2020 Still Home, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (two person exhibition with Alison Mackay)
2019 Still and Within, Project Gallery 90, Paddington (two person exhibition with Alison Mackay)
2018 Résidence, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell (solo exhibition)
BALANCE, CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, GOST (solo exhibition)
2017 STILL, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery (solo exhibition)
An Unguarded Moment, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell (two person exhibition with Kiata Mason)
2016 WILD, Cowra Regional Art Gallery (solo exhibition)
PRIZE EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER RECOGNITION
2023 Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture), S. H. Ervin Gallery, NSW
Finalist, Remagine Art Prize, Hornsby Shire Council, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Finalist: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Old
Finalist: Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, WA
Finalist: Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, NSW
2022 Winner: Federation Art Prize, 2D section, Corowa Memorial Hall, Corowa, NSW
Finalist: Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Finalist: Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Qld
Finalist: BAM Art Prize, Byron Arts Magazine, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, NSW
Finalist: Tacit Still Life Art Prize, Tacit Art, Collingwood, Vic
Finalist: GreenWay Art Prize, Sydney Bus Museum, Leichhardt, NSW
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
Finalist: Basil Sellers Art Prize, Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, Moruya, NSW
Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Finalist: Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Finalist: Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands, Victoria
Finalist: Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, yapping, Lake Macquarie, NSW
Finalist: Whitsundays Art Prize, Whitsundays Arts Festival, Airlie Beach, Old
Finalist: Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Selected: The Agency Still Life Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, NSW
2021 Runner-up: Remagine Art Prize (painting section), Hornsby Shire Council, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Archibald Prize for portraiture), S. H. Ervin Gallery
Selected: Salon des refusés (the alternate Wynne Prize for landscape), S. H. Ervin Gallery
Finalist: Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art, Montsalvat, Victoria
2020 Highly Commended: Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020, PLC Croydon, Sydney
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Blacktown Art Prize, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
Finalist: The Vincent Prize, Art Van Go at Duckrabbit Gallery, Redfern
Finalist: Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
2019 Finalist: Jenny Birt Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Finalist: Mini Series Art Prize, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Finalist: John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Outback Art Gallery, Waltzing Matilda Art Centre, Winton
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
Finalist: Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
2018 Finalist: Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney
Finalist: John Copes Portrait Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Finalist: Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
Finalist: Fleurieu Biennale, South Australia
Finalist: Pirtek Still life Award, Bowral Art Gallery
Finalist: Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollarah Art School, Sydney
Finalist: The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize (emerging section), South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Finalist: Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Southern Buoy Studios, SBS Portrait Prize, Mornington
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2017 Winner: painting section, Textures of One, Blayney
Finalist: Le Salon d'Automne, AMIS des Arts d'Albi, Albi, France
Finalist: Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Finalist: Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
Finalist: Footscray Art Prize (Tertiary Prize), Melbourne
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2016 Winner: Winmalee Artfest, Winmalee High School, Winmalee
Winner: TaranArchie, Tarana Red Cross, Tarana
Runner Up: All Saints Festival of Arts, Bathurst
Highly Commended: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
The People's Choice Award: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Finalist: KAAF Art Prize, Korea-Australia Arts Foundation, Sydney
Finalist: Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
Finalist: Flanagan Art Prize, St Patrick's College, Ballarat
Finalist: Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra
2015 Winner: Central West Regional Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra
Winner (Acquisitive): Oberon Archie, Columbia Aged Care, Oberon Village Art Award, Oberon
The People's Choice Award: All Saint's College Festival of Art, Bathurst
Finalist: Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2014 Semi Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2013 Winner, Portrait section: Evans Arts Council Prize, Bathurst
The People’s Choice Award: Evans Arts Council Prize, Bathurst
Semi Finalist: Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Finalist: North Sydney Art Prize, Sydney
2011 Second Prize: Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Finalist: Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Grey Foundations, WAYOUT Art Space, a Cementa Initiative, Kandos
Small Works Xmas show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Here / Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
Festival of Natives, Gang Gang Gallery, Lithgow
30 x 30 & Ceramics, Project Gallery 90
Fish, Oysters and Other Things, Project Gallery 90
Drawing Exhibition, Hill End Gallery, Hill End Arts Council, Hill End
2021 Christmas rollout, Gallery of Small Things, Canberra
Art & Dialogue, Babaran Segaragunung, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Xmas show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
20 x 20 show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Summer Show 2021, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
At the Station, Arts Hub Blayney, Blayney, NSW
2020 Invincible 2020, Tremain's Mill, Bathurst
Small Works exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Christmas show, Gallery of Small Things, Canberra
Listening in the Anthropocene Exhibition, Creative Practice Circle, Charles Sturt University, online exhibition
Curators Pick, Volume II, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
Small & Humble, Gallery of Small Things with Humble House Gallery, Canberra
2019 A&D Annual 19, Graduate exhibition, UNSW Galleries, Paddington
Art of Threatened Species, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst
Here / Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
Group exhibition stock room show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington
2018 Group exhibition, Project Gallery 90, Paddington, Paddington
Movers and Shapers, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Southerland Art Centre, Sydney
Big Country, A K Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
About Place, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst, as part of ArtState Bathurst Fringe
Spring Invitational, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
Here Now, Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange
All Saints Festival of Art, Bathurst
2017 Open Studios, Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre (Camac) Residency, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Christmas Exhibition, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
An Unguarded Moment, two person exhibition with Kiata Mason, A. K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell
Portraits Group Exhibition, Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Pirtek Still Life Exhibition, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Small Works 2017, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
All Saints Festival of Art, Bathurst
Candor of Doubt, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville, Sydney
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery, Bathurst
2016 Turon Art Group Sofala 13th Biennial Art Exhibition, Sofala
John Copes Portrait Prize, Bowral Art Gallery, Bowral
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts Gallery, Bathurst
2015 Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Gallery
t.arts on tour, Grenfell Art Gallery, Grenfell
Art of Our Place, Bathurst Arts Trail, Bathurst
Tablelands Artist's Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
2014 The Idea of North, in Mayfield Shearing Shed, O’Connell Public School, Oberon
Tablelands Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
2013 Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society, Bathurst
Tablelands Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, t.arts GALLERY, Bathurst
Freedom to…, The Tate, Glebe
2012 Tarana Art Show, Tarana
Raw, Western Institute of TAFE, Bathurst
Blackheath Art Prize, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
2011 Glenbrook Potters Exhibition, Glenbrook
Me, Myself and I, Nepean Arts and Design Centre, Kingswood
2010 Blackheath Easter Exhibition, Blackheath Art Society, Blackheath
Me, Myself and I, Nepean Arts and Design Centre, Kingswood
Glenbrook Potters Exhibition, Glenbrook
COLLECTIONS
Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Centre d'Art, Marnay Art Centre, Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Columbia Aged Care Services, Oberon, NSW
Various private collections (in Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America)
PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUES INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2022 Grey Foundations, by Lucy Smith, WAYOUT Art Space, A Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Between the Light and the Dark, by Dr Anastasia Murney, companion essay to the Grey Foundations Catalogue, WAYOUT Art Space, A Cementa Initiative, Kandos 2022-23
Nicola Mason, Cycle catalogue, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 9 April - 5 June 2022, essay by Tracy Sorensen
Nicola Mason by Artist Profile, Artist Profile May 2022
New art at the gallery, p1 and Gallery to open new art displays, p4. by Sam Bolt, Western Advocate 7 April 2022
2BS radio interview with Dom Ingersole 8 April 2022
ABC Central West radio interview with Alex James 14 April 2022
2MCE Charles Sturt University community radio with Brett Van Heekeren 17 May 2022
2BS radio interview on Brekky with Pecky (Kerry Peck) 23 May 2022
2021 Paintings within Paintings, works by Nic Mason, 2021 Catalogue, Project Gallery 90, essay by Rebecca Wilson
2020 Introducing six creative identities in the Bathurst region by Steven Cavanagh, Arts Outwest, Western Advocate 18 August 2020
Visual Feast of Art at Tremain's Mill this weekend, Western Advocate 3 December 2020
Still Home, works by Nic Mason & also featuring Alison Mackay, 2020, Project Gallery 90
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020 Exhibition of Finalists 29 February - 27 March 2020 Exhibition Catalogue, Adelaide Perry Gallery
2019 Still and Within, works by Alison Mackay & Nic Mason, 2019 Catalogue, Project Gallery 90
Nic Mason and Art of Threatened Species, Interview with Portia Lyndsay, Orana Arts, 2019
2018 Résidence, Nic Mason, exhibition catalogue, A K Bellinger Gallery, essay by Dr Gareth Jenkins
BALANCE, CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Gallery of Small Things 2018, essay by Catherine Atkinson
2017 Les artistes en residence au Camac ont presente leurs creations, L'est Éclair, 1 December 2017
STILL Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Tablelands Artists Cooperative Gallery, essay by Corey Tatz
Exhibition showcases Nic’s major passion, Maryanne Jacques, Western Advocate 21 February 2017
t.arting up the STILLness, Bathurst City Life 16-22 February 2017
Whats On across the NSW Central West, Arts Outwest February 2017
2016 WILD Nic Mason exhibition catalogue, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, essay by Tracy Sorensen
Korea Australia Arts Foundation, KAAF Art Prize 2016, Catalogue, Korea Cultural Centre Australia
Central NSW Discover Magazine, April 2016 Wild and shared interest in art p 23
Western Advocate, What's on 18-24 April, Catch the Wild Bus
Cowra Guardian, new exhibitons a the Cowra Gallery 18.3.16
Cowra Guardian, Workshops to keep kids entertained during the holidays 8.4.16
2015 Bathurst City Life, Art Success, 23-29 July 2015
ABC Central West Radio interview with Tim Brunero and Arts Outwest, Brooke Lenon 9.5.15
2013-14 Western Advocate articles: New artists right on the button 14.5.14; Art takes Nicola on a lovely ride 5.10.13; Snap Shot
Arts at heart 27.9.13 p2; They’re calling it the t.arts Gallery; 18.9.13 p8. Hundreds happy to take Evans art to heart 13.8.13
2012 Advertisement: on a Penrith bus, Self portrait printed on the side of a bus as part of the advertisement for
2013 art courses at Nepean Arts and Design Centre
2011 Book: Self portrait selected for Me Myself & I (2011) Nepean Arts and Design Centre
2010 Book: Self portrait selected for Me Myself & I (2010) Nepean Arts and Design Centre
COMMUNITY ARTS INVOLVEMENT AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Teens, The Uncooperative, WAYOUT Art Space, Kandos
2022 In Conversation with Julian Woods, Audience Participation Officer, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, public talk at part of Cycle exhibition
Presentation and workshop, Cycle exhibition walkthrough and Workshop with year 9 school children from Scots All Saints College, Bathurst
Presentation, Cycle exhibition walkthrough with Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society members
Artist Led Workshops, with the general public, Cycle exhibition, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Volunteer, Cementa22, Cementa Arts Festival, Kandos
2021 Presentation, Art in the Park Bathurst
2020 Plein Air painting during Invincible 2020 weekend event at Tremain's Mill, Bathurst
Talking within the Pop-up Exhibition, Listening in the Anthropocene Symposium, Creative Practice Circle, Charles Sturt University, zoom webinar
2019 Panel discussion with collaborating artists and scientists as part of Art of Threatened Species exhibition facilitated by Kent Buchanan, Curator, Western Plains Cultural Centre
2018 Artist in school, sculpture workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 5/6 camp, Yarrabin
Co-presenter with Dr Greg Pritchard and Kelly Leonard, Art of Threatened Species presentation, ArtState Bathurst conference, Bathurst Memorial
Entertainment Centre, Regional Arts NSW, Arts Outwest
Artist talk, Art in the Park, Bathurst
Presentation, Arts Outwest Twilight Networking Night, Webb & Co Bar, Bathurst
2017 Presentation, Centre d'Art, Marnay Art Centre, Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Artist in school, poster workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 3/4
Artist at work, sculpture table, Habitat for Biodiversity day, Napoleon Reef
Plein air demonstration, Art in the Park, Bathurst
2014-17 Director, Tablelands Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
2016 Artist in school, sculpture workshop for O'Connell Public School, Year 5/6 camp, Yarrabin
Artist in school, sculpture workshops at O'Connell Public School, Bathurst Small Schools Creative Arts Festival
School holiday sculpture workshops, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Artist in school, sculpture workshops at Hill End Public School
2015 Artist in school program, painting workshop at Neville Public School, A Heritage Country School
2014 Artist in school, sculpture workshops at Meadow Flat Public School, Bathurst Small Schools Creative Arts Festival
Presenting on t.arts Gallery at Arts Outwest Winter Networking Night with Peckakucha, Webb & Co Bar, Bathurst
2013 Member, Tablelands Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Bathurst
Renzaglia Wines, Art in the Vineyard, Bread Week with T.Arts Gallery, O’Connell
Evans Arts Council fundraising public still life demonstration, Bathurst
O’Connell Public School art classes with Katherine Horan, O’Connell
ONGOING PRACTICE AND CONTINUING LEARNING
2020 Batik workshop, with Nia Fliam and Agus Ismoyo, Babaran Segaragunung Culture House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009-19 various life drawing and/or plein air groups including Movers and Shapers, Art in the Park - Bathurst, Merilyn Rice life drawing, Tim Miller life drawing ….
2018 Plein air workshop with Sinead Davies, Cowra Regional Art Gallery
2017 Nature morte avec Maria Ascension Moraleda, Amis des Arts d'Albi, France
2016 Portrait workshop with David Newman-White, Carcoar
2015 Studio set up in Napoleon Reef
2014 Art Business Basics, National Association of Visual Artists
Drawing workshop with Heather Vallance, Orange Regional Art Gallery
Watercolour workshop with Cherry Hood, The Art Scene, Mitchell School of the Arts (scholarship recipient)
The art of online, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, National Association of Visual Artists and Ochre Communications
2013 Grant writing workshop, Arts out West
Online marketing workshop for artists, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2012 Studio set up in O'Connell
CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND TRAVEL
2019/20 Indonesia
2017 France (and neighbouring regions)
1997-17 Intermittent travel throughout parts of Australia, the Pacific and Europe
1993-95 Two years consecutive travel and work throughout countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT
2011-16 Senior Project Officer, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage
1995-11 Various positions with state and local government, not for profit sector and as a private consultant working primarily in the conservation and land management sector.