Vicki Mason

Vicki Mason, New Zealand.
 
Education:
2007 – 2011 Australian National University, Master of Philosophy (Research) Gold and Silversmithing, Canberra, Australia
2006 Box Hill Institute, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Melbourne, Australia
1993 – 1995 Otago Polytechnic, Diploma in Craft Design, (Major: Jewellery) Dunedin, New Zealand
1989 – 1992 University of Otago, Bachelor of Arts, (Major: Classical Studies) Dunedin, New Zealand
 
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Vignettes from a suburban front yard, Craft, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Botanical Fictions, e.g.etal, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Offshoot, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
2003 Pacific Specific, Quoil, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 Pacific Specific, Object Galleries, Sydney, Australia
 
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Victorian Craft Award, Craft, Selected award finalist, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Fertile Ground, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2014 World Crafts Council - International Crafts Exhibition, China Woodcarving Museum,   Dongyang, China
2014 A Fine Possession, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia (2014-2016)
2014 Jewelry from Down Under, Taboo Studio, San Diego, USA
2014 4th Buda Contemporary Textile Award and Exhibition 2014 Awards, Castlemaine, Australia
2013 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Artisans in the gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia
2013 Beyond precious... beyond the oceans, Helene Aziza Gallery, Paris, France
2012 mmmmm...., Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong (touring to Sydney 2013)
2012 Once more with love, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia (touring 2012 - 2013)            
2012 The Waterhouse Natural History Prize, Finalist, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
2012 Diamond Jubilee, Association of Contemporary Jewellery, Birmingham School of Jewellery, Birmingham, UK (touring UK 2012)
2012 SOFA: New York, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2011 VnX: Filigree to Flora, BILK, Canberra, Australia
2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Artisan, Brisbane, Queensland (touring Australia 2011 – 2013)
2011 SOFA: New York and Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
                                                              
Selected grants, awards, residencies:
2014 Australia Council for the Arts, Barcelona Studio Residency, Awarded for 2015
2014 World Crafts Council, Aileen International Crafts Competition, Bronze Award for excellent design and exquisite craftsmanship
2014 Australian Tapestry Workshop, Artist in Residence, Melbourne, Australia
2012 City of Melbourne, Project Grant, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Arts Victoria, Artists in Schools, Grant, Melbourne Girls College, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, 2009 Award, First Prize, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2006 National Contemporary Jewellery Award, First prize: Jewellery using non precious materials, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 Australia Council for the Arts, VACB, New work grant
2004 Arts Victoria, International Program – Cultural Exchange. Towards ‘North and South’ exhibition involving Australian/UK artists at Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK
 
Selected work history:
2015 16th JMGA (Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia) Conference – hosted by JMGA NSW. 2015. Presentation – Broaching Change: The social brooch. Sydney, Australia
2015 NC4, Tutor, Melbourne, Australia
2014 National Gallery of Victoria, Delivered masterclass for ‘Melbourne Now’ exhibition
2011- 2013 TAFTA, The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Geelong Forum, conference workshop tutor, Geelong, Australia and Contextart Forum, Blue Mountains, Australia
2009-2013 Swinburne University of Technology, TAFE, Sessional tutor, Diploma Costume for Performance, Melbourne, Australia
2006 – 2007 Box Hill Tafe, Sessional tutor, Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Jewellery
2002 ongoing Centre for Adult Education (CAE), Sessional jewellery tutor, adult education program, Melbourne, Australia
 
Commissions:
2001 Absolut Vodka Commission, Seven Deadly Sins, International Anniversary Advertising Campaign, Sydney, Australia
 
Others:
2013 Opening remarks by Professor Tim Entwisle, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, blog
 
Collections:
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW, Australia
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Absolut Vodka Art Collection, Sweden

2014 Place and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, D Skinner & K Murray, David Bateman Ltd, 2014, pp 205, 227–229
2013 Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, Editor Damian Skinner, Art Jewelry Forum, 2013, p 60, 243 - 244 and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, D Skinner & K Murray, David Bateman Ltd, 2014, pp 205, 227–229
2013 The Age newspaper, 22nd June, The nature of adornment 
2011 Art of Jewelry Today 3, Jeffery B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2011 pp 163–164
2010 Craft Arts International, Softer Options, Issue 79, 2010, p 47 - 50 
2009 Saturated: Metal and Color, Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith, August issue, SNAG, USA 
2009 Handmade In Melbourne, Nancy Ianni et al, Geoff Slattery Publishing, 2009, Melbourne, Australia (contributing artist)
2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, Altamont Press Inc, USA (contributing artist)
2009 Off the wall - Australian Art Review, Issue 20, Aug – Oct 2009 p.20
2009 Momentum, the 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial 2008, review, Object, issue 58, 2009 p.56
2008 The Age, 24 May, 2008, My Career - ‘Ring Cycle’ by Yvonne Nicolas

e.g.etal, Melbourne, Australia
Studio Ingot, Melbourne, Australia
Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
Bilk, Canberra, Australia
Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA
Quoil, New Zealand
Craft, Melbourne, Australia
Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia
Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
Form, Christchurch, New Zealand
Fio, Brisbane, Australia