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Nic Mason - events, exhibition notices & updates

recent news ...
9 April - 5 June 2022

EXHIBITION & EVENTS
Nicola Mason: Cycle

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
70 -78 Keppel St
​BATHURST NSW 2795
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Bookings required for:

Exhibition Opening (BRAG Fundraiser): Friday 8 April 6pm
Artist Led Workshop with Nic Mason: Wednesday 18 May 5:30 pm
Artist Led Workshop with Nic Mason: Thursday 26 May 5:30 pm
​In Conversation, Nic Mason with 
Jack Underwood: Saturday 28 May 11 am

Link to Booking Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Events
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​Nic Mason, The measuring cup duck and the koala, 2021, 20.5 x 25.5 cm
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​This program is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
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19 May 2022 

GUEST SPEAKER

2022 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society Annual General Meeting

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
70 -78 Keppel St
​BATHURST NSW 2795

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on now ...
26 March - 26 June 2022
Saturdays and Sundays


​EXHIBITION

Drawing Exhibition

Hill End Art Gallery
​Hill End Arts Council
Hill End
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​Nic Mason, Brush-tailed rock-wallaby scats, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 3 pieces 12 x 12 cm
Link to Hill End Arts Council Instagram

recent news ...
December 2021
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NEW GALLERY STOCK
Christmas rollout of new works

Gallery of Small Things
​

27 Wade Street
Watson,  
​Australian Capital Territory
Link to Gallery of Small Things
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Nic Mason, Big red cup and little red cup, oil on canvas, 15 x 15 cm

On from 9 December 2021

EXHIBITION
Xmas Show

Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia
​0402 144 350
Link to Project Gallery 90
Link to Project Gallery 90 Xmas Catalogue
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Nic Mason, The case of the missing doll, oil on board, 20 x 20 cm

27 November 2021

EXHIBITION & EVENT
Art & Dialog
​Babaran Segargunung Culture House
Yogakarta, Indonesia
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Nic Mason, tye die, printing and stitching on cotton, contribution to collaborative work  A shared hope for 2022

1 - 30 November 

EXHIBITION
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society Art Fair 2021
​(online due to Covid-19)

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Link to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Link to Western Advocate Article
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Nic Mason, Time to Shine (Fiona Howle), 2021, oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm (cropped)

8 October to 11 December 2021

EXHIBITION
2021 Salon des Refusés
the ‘alternative’ Archibald portrait and Wynne landscape exhibition.
The David Roche Foundation, Adelaide 

The exhibition has travelled from:
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 
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Link to The David Roche Foundation
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Nic Mason, The Firsts, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, private collection
Nic Mason, Questioning Landscape with a Pouffe, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, private collection
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27 October, 6pm on zoom

TALK

What is the Creative Process?
​Lounge Series Roundtable talk
A Studio Colab Event
Orana Arts

Facilitated by Kim V. Goldsmith talking with Gabrielle Bates, Karen Golland, Nicola Mason, Robert Salt and Tamara Lawry
Register at Orana Arts
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On from Saturday 17 July (no opening due to Covid-19 lockdown)

EXHIBITION
20 x 20 show
Peter Berner, Simon Palmer, Kate Hopkinson-Pointer, Cath Beynon, Ingrid Haydon, Ben Guthleben, Linda Greedy, Jessica Guthrie, Jenifer Summers, James Roberts, James Needham, Nic Mason, Samantha Tidbeck, Margret Lopez, Helen Redmond, Rhett Brewer, Nahomi Yoshizawa, Elena Larkin, Jennifer Summers

Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia
​0402 144 350
Link to Project Gallery 90
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Nic Mason, Side of the road salty cat and chair, oil on board, 20 x 20 cm
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Nic Mason, Lone measuring duck and chair, oil on board, 20 x 20 cm, private collection
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opens on Saturday 5 June and continues until Sunday 26 September
Exhibition closed due to Covid 19 lockdown


EXHIBITION
2021 Salon des Refusés
the ‘alternative’ Archibald portrait and Wynne landscape exhibition.
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

Following the exhibition with travel to:
The David Roche Foundation, Adelaide 

8 October and continues until 11 December.
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Nic Mason, Questioning Landscape with a Pouffe, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, private collection
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Nic Mason, The Firsts, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, private collection


Opening event: Saturday 29 May 2021 3-5pm
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27 May - 9 June 2021
SOLO EXHIBITION


Paintings within Paintings

​​Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia
​0402 144 350







This program is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Arts Restart via Orana Arts Inc. ​​​
link to Catalogue for Paintings within Paintings
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Runner up - Painting section

4 June to 20 June 2021
EXHIBITION

Remagine
Hornsby Art Prize 2021


Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre,
Hornsby, from ,
open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-4pm.

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Link to Hornsby Art Prize
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Nic Mason, Straining the lot, oil on board, 30 x 30 cm, private collection

Exhibition opening and announcement: Thursday 6 May 2021

7 May - 1 July 2021
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EXHIBITION
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary 2021
responding to theme 'Return'

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The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat
7 Hillcrest Avenue,
Eltham, Victoria 


Finalists:
Zanny Begg, Kevin Chin, Blame the Shadows Collective, Madeleine Joy Dawes, Laura Deakin, Linda Detoma, Pauline Dewar, Alice Duncan, Bianca Durrant, Lesley Duxbury, Mark Forbes, Anna Glynn, Felicity Gordon, Amala Groom, Dana Harris, Linda Judge, Fiona Kemp, Leah King-Smith, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Owen Leong, Carmel Louise, Arrayah Loynd, Nic Mason, Anne Mestitz, Clive Murray-White, James Nguyen, Steven John Pattenon, Brian Robinson, Melinda Schawel, Linda Schneider, Lisa Sewards, Benjamin Jay Shand, Benedict Sibley, Josh Simpson, Kylie Stillman, Darren Tanny Tan, Jan Hendrik (Hans) van Weerd, Lilli Waters, Tricia Woodcock, Daniel Worth, Anne-Marie Zanetti.  
Link to Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art
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Nic Mason, A rhythm of wombats, Bundanon 2019, charcoal and watercolour on paper,  105 cm x 156 cm (framed)

March - May 2021
​SELF DIRECTED RESIDENCY


Nic is undertaking a self directed HOME residency project.  This project will culminate with a solo exhibition at Project Gallery 90, Paddington

This program is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Arts Restart via Orana Arts Inc. ​​
Link to Orana Arts Inc.
Link to Project Gallery 90
Link to Nic's blog
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Studio set up during Home, a self directed residency, works in progress
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At the Station 2021

8 - 29 May 2021
EXHIBITION


At the Station

​​Platform Arts Hub Blayney
Blayney Railway Station
Adelaide Street, Blayney, NSW


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Nic Mason, Pigeon Down, oil on linen, 40 x 40 cm

Presentation Sunday 18 April 2021, 2pm - 4pm Free event
​ARTIST PRESENTATION


Nic will be sharing her current work as part of her self-structured HOME residency program 

Art in the Park, Bathurst, NSW
​Wambool, Macquarie River 

near the Cnr River Road and Stephen’s Lane Kelso.
This program is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Arts Restart via Orana Arts Inc. ​
Link to Arts Outwest event page
Link to Art in the Park
Link to Nic's blog
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Previous demonstration at Art in the Park, Machattie Park, Bathurst in 2017, photo curtesy of R Ellis
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Launch: Thursday 9 December 2020
(no official opening event due to Covid-19)


From 9 December 2020
EXHIBITION


Small Works 2020 - a group exhibition

​Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia
​0402 144 350
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Nic Mason, Chair and extinguisher at Tremain's Mill, 2020, 15 x 15 cm, private collection


Sat 5 December 9am - till late
Sun 6 December 9am - 1pm
REGIONAL ARTS EVENT

Invincible 2020
​with Fiona Edmeades, Karen Golland, Margaret Hogan, Stephen Hogan, Annabel Mason, Julian Woods and Nic Mason

Tremain's Mill
Lower Keppel Street 
Bathurst, NSW
Link to Western Advocate article
Link to Tremain's Mill
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From 1 November 2020
EXHIBITION
Christmas show - new works

Gallery of Small Things
​

27 Wade Street
Watson,  
​Australian Capital Territory
Link to Gallery of Small Things
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Online announcement of the winners via the Blacktown Arts Facebook page: facebook.com/BlacktownArts
Saturday 28 November at 2pm

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28 November 2020 - 28 January 2021
EHIBITION


The Blacktown City Art Prize
Finalist


The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre 
78 Flushcombe Rd,
​Blacktown, 2148 NSW.


Link to Blacktown City Art Prize finalists
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Online announcement of the winners on the Art Van Go Instagram Account
Friday, 16 October 2020 7pm

17 - 18 October 2020
EXHIBITION

The 2020 Vincent Prize
Finalist


Art Van Go at
​​Duck Rabbit Gallery

138 Little Eveleigh St
Redfern, Sydney
Link to Art Van Go
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Opening online Cowra Regional Art Gallery Facebook page Saturday, 3 October 2020 7pm
https://www.facebook.com/cowraregionalartgallery/

​4 October - 15 November 2020
EXHIBITION

​
2020 Calleen Art Award
​Finalist 
​
​Cowra Regional Art Gallery
77 Darling Street
Cowra 2794 NSW
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Link to Calleen Art Award finalists
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Opening online Gosford Regional Gallery Facebook page Friday 25 September 2020, 6.00pm.

26 September – 29th November 2020
EXHIBITION


2020 Gosford Art Prize
Finalist

Gosford Regional Gallery
36 Webb St
East Gosford NSW 2250
 

Link to Gosford Regional Art Gallery facebook
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Initially planned for HR Gallop Gallery and Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University, this event has morphed into an online Exhibition and Zoom Webinar Symposium due to Covid-19

27-28 August 2020
EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM


Charles Sturt University
Creative Practice Circle
Listening in the Anthropocene


Keynote speakers: Mandy Martin and Margaret Woodward
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Covid-19 home hang of Brush-tailed rock-wallaby wiring scat strip 1 
with works on the shelf by
​Bjorn Eriksson, Margaret Ling, Lisa Dwyer and Ruth Saveka.​
Detail of Nic Mason, Brush-tailed rock-wallaby wiring scat strip 1, Water colour, charcoal and conte crayon on paper, 15 x 127 cm (framed 28.5 x 153.5 cm)
Link to Listening in the Anthropocene Exhibition & Symposium Catalogue & Program
Link to CSU Creative Practice Circle Listening in the Anthropocene Exhibition & Symposium website

Catalogue Launch: Thursday 20 August 2020
(no opening event due to Covid-19)


20 August - 2 September 2020
EXHIBITION


Curators Pick, Volume II
With works from the Cicada Press Collection and artist's Peter Berner, Adrienne Richards,  Cath Beynon, Anne Spencer, Anthony Michael Cahill, Kate Hopkinson-Pointer and Nic Mason.


​Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia
​0402 144 350


Link to catalogue at Project Gallery 90
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Nic Mason, Nanna blankets on the chair, 2020, 76 x 76 cm, private collection

Catalogue launch: Thursday 6 August 2020
​(no opening event due to Covid-19)
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6 - 19 August 2020
EXHIBITION
​

Still Home
with Alison Mackay


Project Gallery 90
90 Oxford Street 
Paddington
​Sydney, Australia

​0402 144 350
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Link to Catalogue from 6 Aug 2020
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Online launch - Thursday 9 July, 8pm
​(no opening event due to Covid-19)​

10 July - 2 August 2020
EXHIBITION

Small and Humble 2020

with artists: Ellen Rosalie Gunner, Amy Hick, Pia Larsen, Jacqueline Lewis, Nic Mason, Phil Page, Isobel Rayson, David Suckling, Amanda Westley

Humble House Gallery
93 Wollongong Street
Fyshwick, Canberra
open: Wednesday to Sundays 10am to 4pm
Link to Gallery of Small Things
Link to Humble House Gallery Exhibitions
Link to Arts OutWest
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Detail of: Nic Mason, Up and Down 2020, oil on canvas, 39.7 x 50 cm
The image here of the detail of Up and Down 2020 has been taken using camera equipment acquired through the Arts OutWest Micro Grant program.
Thank you Arts OutWest .

Official Opening - cancelled due to COVID-19
​

18 April - 6 June 
EXHIBITION

Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize 2020


Southern Buoy Studios
1/19 Carbine Way
Mornington Victoria 3931
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Link to Southern Buoy Studios
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Nic Mason, Diana and Ramone the Handsome, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

Official Opening 28 February 2020, 7pm
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29 February - 27 March
EXHIBITION

Highly commended in the 

Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020


Adelaide Perry Gallery
​PLC Sydney
Corner Hennessy and College Streets
Croydon, NSW

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Link to Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020
Link to Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Catalogues

continued influence from ...
January / February 2020
ARTIST INTERNSHIP / RESIDENCY

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Australian Consortium 'In Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS), Creative Arts and Design Professional Practicum (CADPP) program

​Babaran Segaragunung Culture House
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Link to ACICIS
Link to Baragung
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Nic Mason, The life of furniture, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 13 cm x 19 cm.

continued influence from ...
Official Opening 8 November 2019, 6pm
Artist / scientist talks 9 November 2019, 10:30am

​​9 November 2019 - 2 February 2020
EXHIBITION

2018-2019
​RESIDENCY PROGRAM


Art of Threatened Species
Western Plains Cultural Centre
​76 Wingewarra Street
​Dubbo, NSW, 2830

​Art of Threatened Species is a collaboration between the Office of Planning, Industry and Environment and Orana Arts.

Eleven artists were selected to engage in their own self-directed residency program during 2018-2019 researching particular threatened fauna, flora and/or environments with nominated scientists.  Works created during this residency will be included in a public exhibition opening at Western Plains Cultural Centre in November 2019.
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Link to Saving our Species program
Link to Western Plains Cultural Centre
Link to Orana Arts, Art of Threatened Species
Link to Interview about Art of Threatened Species

continued influence from ...
August 2019
ARTIST RESIDENCY

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Bundanon Artist in Residence program 

​Bundanon Trust
Bundanon
533 Bundanon Road
Illaroo, NSW, 2540, Australia
Link to Nic's Bundanon blog
Link to Bundanon Artist in Residence program
Link to visit Bundanon - Open Sundays ...
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Nic Mason in the Sherman Studio, Bundanon Artists in Residence program, 2019

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