Karen Mason – artist resume
www.karenmason-artist.com; www.facebook.com/karen.mason.artist
1000 Fresno Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707 – 510/725-2152; karenmason@comcast.net
Solo Exhibitions
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
2005
ACCI Gallery, Taking Flight, Berkeley, CA
Art People Gallery, Birds in Thought and Motion, San Francisco, CA
Art People Gallery, Dancing with Delight, San Francisco, CA
Art People Gallery, Brilliant Birds, San Francisco, CA
Art People Gallery, Soft Breeze, San Francisco, CA
Art People Gallery, Inspired by the Moment, San Francisco, CA
Art People Gallery, Tall Slice, San Francisco, CA
Blue Plum Gallery, Tall Slices, San Francisco, CA
KNA, Liquid Landscapes, Berkeley, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
2013
2013
2013
2003-2013
2012
2011
2011
2009-2011
2006-2011
2008
2008
2007
2006
2004-2006
2003-2005
1999
1998
Klein Gallery, Spring Exhibit, Lafayette, CA
Klein Gallery, Debut Exhibition, Lafayette, CA
Women's Cancer Resource Center, Feathered Friends, Oakland, CA
ACCI Gallery, Haunted and Hallowed, Berkeley, CA
Pro Arts, East Bay Open Studios, biennial, Oakland, CA
ACCI Gallery, Joie de Vivre, Berkeley, CA
ACCI Gallery, Catch and Release, Berkeley, CA
Tiburon Art Festival, Tiburon, CA
Lakin & Spears, Karen Gutfreund Art Consultant office placement, Palo Alto, CA
Resources for Community Development (RCD), annual, Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley, CA
ACCI Gallery, Oasis, Berkeley, CA
Marin Art Festival, San Rafael, CA
ACCI Gallery, Landscapes, Berkeley, CA
Artist with Heart, biennial, Berkeley, CA
Oakland Elizabeth House, annual, Oakland, CA
Pro Arts, East Bay Open Studios, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA
Levi Strauss Employee Art Show, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assignments, Volunteer Work
2013
2010, 2012
2006-2008
2002-2004
SOAR for Youth, Visual Journaling and PowerPoint Storytelling foster youth camp teacher
MLK Junior Middle School, ACCI Gallery, North Shattuck Merchants Association, Paving the Way,
artist-student-merchant biennial community art program teacher/manager
MLK Junior Middle School After School Enrichment Program, art teacher
Emerson Elementary After School Enrichment Program, art teacher, volunteer of year award
Gallery Representation
ACCI Gallery
1652 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
Susan Taylor, President, susan@accigallery.com
510-843-2527; www.accigallery.com
Klein Gallery
50 Lafayette Circle
Lafayette, CA
Carrie Klein, Director, carrieklein@kleingallery.net
925-360-1335; www.kleingallery.net
Art People Gallery
50 Post Street, #41, Crocker Galleria
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ali Meamar, Gallery Director, info@artpeople.net
415-956-3650; www.artpeople.net
Publications and Reproductions
2013
2013
2012, 2013
2007-2013
2011
2009
2006
2006
National Women’s Caucus for Art, Stories We Tell, Yarn to Spin, juried competition of new work
American Art Collector, Peacocks Among Bristling Aspen, juried competition of new work
Art People, Karen Mason’s Brilliant Birds & Botanicals, original and updated versions
Studio Voltaire, birch and bird painting reproductions, greeting cards
Studio Voltaire, Red Crested Crane Tango canvas reproduction
American Art Collector, Red Crested Crane Tango, juried competition of new work
New York Graphic Society, spring catalog cover
New York Graphic Society, Melodious Woods, Bristling Birch poster prints
Collections
Redwood Trust, Marin, CA
Private collections across the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, France
Education
Painting Courses:
2007
California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
1999-2003
University of California Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, CA
1994-1995
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1981-1982
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Private Study / Workshops:
2007-2010
Jamie Brunson, oil and acrylic, technique and materials
2006, 2008
Tom Soltesz, oil, plein aire landscapes
2000-2006
Susan Cornelis, watercolor
2000-2006
California Watercolor Association with Catherine Anderson, Karen Frey, Dale Laitinen, watercolor
2006
Randall Sexton, portfolio review
2003-2004
Ryl Brock Wilson, objective and portfolio focus
Associations
California Watercolor Association
Berkeley Art Center