biography
Born in Crayford, Kent, England
Lives & works in Caracas, Venezuela
I apprehend moments of having and having not/losing, commotions and shocks caused in by external events, travelling as a metaphor of introspective displacements and exotic flora to translate them into a personal cosmovision of the transient nature of life, passing beauty and encounters/falling outs. Through direct untouched/modified digital photos and paintings, I privilege color and erase the limits of shape and form to express, codify, sublimate and re-channel her personal life-story. Heiress to two cultures by my Italian flight engineer and Trinidadian English teacher mother and assimilated to a third one I knew nothing about, I have lived in Madrid, Buenos Aires, San Fernando (Trinidad) and Caracas, Venezuela, and move between art, photography, simultaneous interpretation and translation..
artist statement
Solo Shows
2014
¨Eden¨, photo exhibit, Galería Cubo 7, Hacienda La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
2012
¨Eclectic Mix by Alexandra Masson¨, at Chacao Bistro, Caracas, Venezuela
2011
Individual show of photos taken in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia at the Alliance Francaise,
La Tahona, Caracas, Venezuela
2009
¨Beauty&Garbage¨, series of recycled art, Restaurant Coffee & Art, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela
Collective Exhibits
2016
68th Biennale Salón Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
53 female artists pay homage to the 109th anniversary of the birth of Frida Kahlo, Galería de Arte Florida, Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas Memoria Íntima, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela
A & R Gallery, London, England
Exhibiting/Stripping Politics, Galería La Vaquera, Caracas, Venezuela
2014
SCOPE Miami 2014, See / Me Booth New York, digital photo on digital screen
12th Salon Dycvensa, Caracas, Venezuela
39 Aragua Art Salon, Museo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela
XLIII Juan Lovera Salon, Caracas, Venezuela
IX International Postal Art Salon in Homage of Books, Maracay state, Venezuela
2013
38 Aragua Art Salon, Museo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela
¨Portas Abertas¨, international exhibit at Fundación Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
SCOPE Miami 2013, See / Me Booth New York, digital photo on digital screen
XLII Juan Lovera Salon, Caracas, Venezuela
¨The Story of the Creative¨ International exhibit, See / Me Gallery, 26-19 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
¨Arte Com Sentido¨, MIB Galería de Arte Contemporánea, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador Valera Salon, Trujillo, Venezuela
¨Snap to Grid¨collective, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, California, USA
2012
ArtConneKt International Exhibit, Swansea, Wales, UK
10th Dycvensa Salon, Celarg Altamira, Caracas. One of 19 out of 131 artists selected to participate in this show, the theme of which is always the ¨City¨.
1st Salón Comarte Baruta, Caracas, Venezuela
Art Takes Times Square, Times Square, NY, USA sponsored by Chashama and Artists United
Collective "Postales que caminan", postcards by Venezuelan artists and friends in social networks taken to 5 capital cities in South America: Bogota, Quito, Lima, La Paz and Buenos Aires.
La Escondida contest, topic ¨Liberty¨.
1fotoxdíax29días at Roberto Mata Escuela de Fotografía, where each day we had 28 hours to send in a photo based on that day´s theme, for instance ¨a suicidal watermelon¨, ¨a deja vu¨, ¨a country risk¨, etc. 698 participants began and 399 completed the challenge.
Online contest ¨ConcursoMomentos¨ sponsored by Panasonic.
XII Velada de Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Collective show ¨Zapato Viajero¨, which also showed in Hamburg, Germany.
2011
Art collective organized by Silver Tears Productions in Garden City, NY y Jamaica, NY, USA
Art collective at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Collective photo exhibit I LOVE CARACAS TODAY EVEN MORE, Gallery EspacioMAD, Centro de Arte Los Chorros, Caracas, Venezuela
November 11-18, 2011: one of 62 artists selected from 600 artists who submitted artwork from all over the world for the 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art (¨La Pantalla y el Marco¨) at ULA University, Mérida, Venezuela (organized by Venezuelan artist Yusef Merhi)
XI Velada de Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Collective show ¨Territorio Desdibujado: Libertad y auto-retrato¨.
2010
VIII Dycvensa Art Salon, Caracas, Venezuela
100sqft, Cholmsey Boys Club, London, England.
International art project ¨A Book About Death¨, Museum of Modern Art of Wales, United Kingdom
7th. "Carlos Serfaty" Drawing Salon, Atheneum of Guacara, Venezuela
2009
Mailart exhibit, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.
XIIth edition of Contemporary Latin American Art, Museum of the Americas, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA.
XXVI AVAP-Guárico Homage to Journalists Art Salon, Atheneum of Guárico, Venezuela
Collective ¨Suiche Urbano¨, Universidad Monteávila, Caracas, Venezuela.
IX Velada de Santa Lucía, Maracaibo.
Interviews, TV and blog appearances
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204574095447841
http://liquorice-blog.blogspot.com/2012/08/alexandra-masson-was-born-in-england.html
April/May 2012: Publication of a photo of mine in the front page of art newspaper Publicarte
Interview on SpotWebTV radio/internet, you can hear it at
http://www.spotwebtv.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=512&id=1423
March 17, 2011: 6-minute appearance and interview with my artwork on ¨La Movida Cultural¨ TV show, TVES channel, Caracas
Awards:
May 2012: Showcase Winner digital art, 2011 third, fifth and sixth art rounds and third and sixth rounds 2012: http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/61968-alexandra-masson?tab=AWARDS
March 2012: Fifth Prize at the ¨Venezuela Recycled¨ contest sponsored by the Alliance Francaise of Venezuela
November 1995: Single Prize in the Category of New Artists, Salón de Arte Lagoven Caracas