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Rosemary
Masson lives and works in her Studios in both
London, near the River Thames and in Essex, overlooking
the River Stour Estuary. Her work in her three chosen media
is semi-figurative and is about an intensity of passionate
involvement, imagination and tactility. She paints with oils
using her hands, knives or a cloth and never uses brushes
as she feels they distance her from the medium. Canvas
is too springy to accommodate her technique so she
works on either board or panel on which she creates her
own surfaces. She draws with charcoal, not pencil - which
again, she finds distancing - and sculpts in clay which is
then cast in bronze, aluminium or a clear and translucent
resin, depending on the sense she wishes to convey in a
particular piece.
These constraints of choice in technique make for
constant challenge and allow for extreme fluidity and
strong density of form. Her work has been shown in the
Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea in
Florence and the Royal Scottish Academy and is held in
Private Collections in the UK, Europe, the USA, and South
Africa.
For enquiries regarding the purchase of Posters, Prints, Commissions and Sales of Original works please contact:
rosemary.masson@virgin.net
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
1998
Ozten Zeki Gallery, Walton Street London
High Premium Group, Savoy Hotel London
1999
Pollyanna Gallery, Barnsley, UK
2000
La Brocca, London.
Cafe Royal, High Premium Group, London
2001
Dauntons, London
2005
Ryder Street Gallery, St James's, London - 'A Retrospective'
Home House 20 Portman Square, London
2006
Eurostar Concourse at Waterloo Station London - 'Aphrodite's Battlewagon' an Artcar for Vauxhall's Exhibit V in association with Magic FM and Visit London
Galerie Landertinger Wagner, Salzburg, Austria
Group Exhibitions
1998
Lux Centre, Hoxton Square London - "Hackney Empire Appeal"
1999
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh - "Visual Arts Scotland"
ING Barings, London - "Hackney Empire Appeal"
2000
The City Gallery London - "The Scottish Show"
ING Barings London - "Hackney Empire Appeal"
Merchant Company Hall, Edinburgh - "Contemporary Scottish Arts
Exhibition"
2001
Green Gallery, Aberfoyle, Scotland
20th Century Theatre, London - "International Notting Hill Arts
Exhibition"
2003
A & D Gallery London - "Art for Lovers"
Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence
2005
Spectrum Gallery, London - "The Kiss"
2006
The Arts Club, London - "The Kiss"
Trafalgar Square London - Press Launch of Vauxhall's Exhibit V Artcars in association with Magic FM and Visit London
British International Motorshow ExCeL London - 'Aphrodite's Battlewagon' at Vauxhall's Exhibit V Restaurant and Bar
Berlin, Milan and Barcelona for Visit London - 24 Artists, 24 Hours, 3 Cities.
Barcelona for Visit London - 4 Artists
2007
Dio Arts Launch - Auckland, New Zealand
Resident Artist
2000
Millenium Year Resident Artist
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Guest Editor
2004
London Art Editor, Archidom Magazine, Moscow
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