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About my work
This body of work has evolved from the paintings I did while living in New Zealand in 2001. The natural scenery of the country had such a significant impact on my creativity, that the paintings I produced there were unlike any of my works from the previous 15 years. The incredible flora of the untamed landscape became my newfound inspiration for painting. Preferring to paint from memory rather than a photo or real life, I would recall the plants and flowers that would catch my eye and reinvent their forms and colors to create original compositions. Because I choose to interpret nature rather that than mimic it, I often flatten forms instead of modeling them. Flowers, leaves, berries, twigs and particles of pollen transform into abstracted imagery that seem to be in a state of wind blown motion. I refer to my previous paintings and sketches as starting points for new works, drawing off of the organic iconography that has been evolving since my two years in New Zealand . My latest paintings and panel pieces reflect the loose spontaneous quality that is typical of my works on paper. The editing process is a constant one in which I am adding or dropping the abstract interpretations of natural forms. It is the accident of the drips, washes and splatters that give depth, texture and atmosphere to my kinetic compositions. I believe that paintings are about the viscosity of the paint and the process of applying it to a surface in order to create an interesting visual experience. I layer inks, acrylics and guasches to play with flat, translucent, and opaque surfaces. The journey to fuse the palette and form is at the heart of the painting process and is what I love about it.
Alexandra Kinkead Mason is represented by
Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA
Gregg Irby Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Voltz Clarke LLC, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
Medusa, Lexington, KY, April - May 2004
Sims & Callaway, Lexington, KY, October 2003
Sims & Callaway, Lexington, KY, October 2002
Smith Rangi & Wong, Wellington, NZ, April 2001
Stueben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, August 1998
Colburn Gallery, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, November 1993
Group Exhibitions
LAAA/Gallery 825's Southern California Open 2005, Los Angeles, CA, December – January 2006
"Directors' Choice", Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY, June-September, 2004
"Wallworks", LA Artcores 21st Annual Juried Show, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA, June 2004
Harvey Morse Auditorium, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 2002
Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, KY June-August 1999
Stueben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 1997
The Puck Building, New York, NY, June-August 1998
Collections
Monte Carlo Cafe, Las Vegas, NV
Bellagio VIP lounge, Las Vegas, NV
The Four Seasons Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico
The Four Seasons Resort and Club, Dallas at Las Colinas, TX
Atlantis Hotel, The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
Rancho Mirage Ritz Carlton, Rancho Mirage, CA
Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Intercontinental Hotel & Spa, Boston, MA
Intercontinental Miami Airport West, FL
Hot Sauce Records, Los Angeles, CA
Jonathon’s, Lexington, KY
Private Collections; New York, California, Kentucky, Vermont, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong
Publications
Domino, August 2008
Domino, December/January 2007
Tatler (UK), October, 2006
Ace Weekly (Lexington, KY), 10/2/03
Awards
Graduate Merit Assistantship, Pratt Institute, 1996-1998
Merit Assistantship, Pratt In Tuscany, June-July, 1997
Merit Assistantship, Vermont Studio Center, October-November, 1995
Education
Pratt Institute, New York, NY, M.F.A. painting, 1998
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Painting Residency, (with Terry Winters), Oct.-Nov. 1995
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, B.A. studio art; art history minor, 1993
Born
1971, Lexington , KY