JUDITH MASON CV
Born in Ireland
Immigrated to Montreal, Canada, 1965
Lived and Worked in Cairo, Egypt, 2015 - 2022
Living in Peterborough, Canada, 2022 - Present
EDUCATION & AWARDS
Master’s Degree in Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies
ART THEORY THESIS - The Mill at Clarington: Curating Place in the Environmental Work of Four Contemporary Canadian Artists
Trent University (completed April 2012). Received the Leslie Frost Entrance Scholarship
Bachelor of Education
Trent University (completed April 2009)
Additional Qualifications: Intermediate Visual Arts (Spring 2014), ESL, Part I (Fall 2014)
Honours B.A. in Cultural Studies
Trent University Sept. 1990 – April 1999
Received the Frith Prize for The Bride Revisited site-specific installation at Peter Robinson College
Curatorial Mentoring Program
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington - Sept. 1996-1998 with Curator Carolyn Bell Farrell
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Secondary Visual and Media Arts Teacher
and English/Drama Teacher (2015 - 2022)
Canadian International School of Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Visual and Media Arts and Drama Teacher, The Canadian International School of Egypt (2015 - 2022)
Gallery Educator, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Art Teacher, Haliburton School of the Arts
Director and Art Teacher, Small Beginnings Art School
Studio Instructor for Cultural Theory Course, Trent University
Art Teacher, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Whitby Station Gallery and Visual Arts Centre of Clarington
Curriculum Connections (Artist in the School Program), The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington
STUDIO EDUCATION
Drama/Performance Workshop with Geoff Cresswell, Cairo, Egypt (2021)
Silk Screen/Image Transfer Workshops at Madder House Studio, Peterborough, On (Summer 2019)
Drama/Performance Workshops with Geoff Cresswell, Cairo, Egypt (2016 - 2018)
Performance/Dance Workshops, Public Energy, Peterborough, Ontario (May 2012 – 2015)
Weaving Courses, Celtic College, Nova Scotia (August 2006, 2007, 2008)
Apprentice at Pottery Studio, Green Heron Pottery, Cavan, Ontario (Sept. 2001 – May 2008)
Green Heron Pottery
Courses in Drawing and Printmaking, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia (June 1999-Sept. 1999)
Sculpture Course, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario (Sept.-Dec. 1996)
Life Drawing, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Ontario (1990-1998)
Courses and Workshops in Encaustic, Pottery and Photography, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Ontario (1990-1997)
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Collage, Dignam Gallery, Woman’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2021 CIA -> YYZ: Arrivals and Departures, Ludmila Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2018 Intersections: “My World - My Community”, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2017 Coming of Age, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Ontario
2017 In my Sixtieth Year, performance piece/director Leslie Menagh/poet Judith Graham
2017 Iris at Twenty, WIA Projects, OISE, Toronto, Ontario
2016 Iris at Twenty, Gallery A, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
2015 Filmic, Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby
2015 The Perfect Spy, performance piece for Emergency #20, Public Energy, Peterborough, Ontario
2014 Despair, Fear and Ambivalence (three drawings), WhiteOut, Toronto Arts Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2014 Fe(Male), installation 10 dolls, The Iris Group at OSI, Oshawa, Ontario
2014 Nothing Stands Still (painting exhibition), Artspace on the Mezzanine, Clarington Library (VAC), Ontario
2014 The Three Sisters, the Situations and the Sepulchre, site-specific paintings, sculpture and sound installation, No Man’s Land, Erring on the Mount, Peterborough, Ontario
2013 Conversation Pieces Café, performance piece, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
2013 Space Invaders (War of the Worlds), installation for Oshawa Space Invaders, Oshawa, Ontario
2012 Outsiders 2012, Interactive site-specific installation, Nuit Blanche Toronto, Ontario
2012 Scenes from a Mirage/Marriage (painting exhibition), The Ritz, Peterborough, Ontario
2012 Water, Triennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario
2011 House Series (paintings), Nexus Art Gallery, Orono, Ontario
2010 Land and Water, Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2010 Missing Man Series, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario
2006 Furniture, Fissures and Fancies, site-specific painting installation, Twoeys Furniture Store, Peterborough, Ontario
2005 Hard Drive, site-specific installation, Sadlier House, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
1997 Coffee or Tea, Centre Bras D’or Art Gallery, Baddeck, Nova Scotia
1996 The Three Little Pigs, sculpture, Kawartha Artists Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1996 Wedding Dress, performance/site-specific installation, Sadlier House, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
1995 The Gift, drawings and sculpture, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
1992 - 1994 Durham Artfest, site-specific installations (large sculptural figures, aquarium/fish, face, pregnant papier-mache doll, large drawing), Oshawa, Ontario
1993 Juried Show, Cinderella and her Ugly Step-Sisters (puppets), Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Clarington, Ontario
1992 Juried Show, Breaking Through (sculpture), Honourable Mention, VAC, Ontario
CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
2015 - 2022 Student Exhibitions, Cairo, Egypt
2014 No Man’s Land, Erring on the Mount, Peterborough, ON
2006 Furniture, Fissures and Fancies, Twoheys Furniture Store, Peterborough, ON
1998 Tending: Cultivating Patterns of Kindness, Visual Arts Centre, Clarington, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2019 - 2022 Student Exhibition Catalogues at CISE, Cairo, Egypt
2017 Essay, Janet Read, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 Essay, Sally Thurlow, ‘Menacing Attraction’ , At the Root, Toronto, ON
2014 Essay, ‘Vision and Blindness’ for WhiteOut, Toronto, ON
2012 MA Thesis, The Mill at Clarington: Curating Place in the Environmental Work of Four
Artists, Trent University, Peterborough, ON
1999 Catalogue, Tending: cultivating patterns of thought, words and kindness, Visual Arts
Centre, Clarington, ON
1995 The Cultural Leadership Development Project, University of Waterloo, ON
1993 Re-Thinking the Environment with Curator Maralynn Cherry, Clarington, ON
GRANTS
2016 Exhibition Assistance Grant for Filmic, Whitby Station Gallery
2013 Exhibition Assistance Grant for Oshawa Space Invaders
2012 Exhibition Assistance Grant for Nuit Blanche, Outsiders 2012
References available upon request.