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Stephen Von Mason
Stephen Von Mason creates art that challenges and elicits responses, focusing on excellence and cultural healing in response to past and present societal issues. His intense, urgent imagery seeks to rebuild cultural understanding, while his figurative paintings explore provocative scenarios to highlight problem-solving, storytelling, and beauty. Addressing equity and equality is central to his work. Influenced by sculpture, architecture, and artists like Kerry James Marshall, Oliver Lee Jackson, and Sandro Chia, Von Mason is driven to create art that reflects his passion and mission, inspired by the film "Sankofa" and a commitment to honoring the ancestors.

2024

 * Community Art Channel – Figurative 2024, International Exhibition, Toulouse, France
 * Gallery 4% - Faces & Features-3, International Exhibition, Distinction Award Winner, San Francisco, California
 * CollexArt - Ideas in Art, International Art Exhibition, Silver Award Winner, Portland, Maine
 * Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation - Spring Primavera 2024, Barcelona, Spain
 * TeraVarna Art Gallery - 7th Color, Honorable Mention Award Winner, Los Angeles, California
 * Arteom Art Gallery - Broaden The Horizon, Krakow, Poland, Times Square Display, New York, City
 * Marin Society of Artists Art Centre - Sculpture and Assemblage – An Exploration, San Raphael, California
 * Omnibus Art Gallery - Figuration, International Juried Exhibition, Dresden, Germany
 * SwaKarya Art Gallery - Live Art Showcase, Honorable Mention Award Winner, Malaysia, SouthEast Asia
 * Chinwe Russell Art Gallery - Living Artist Contemporary Art Auction, Featured Article, January Edition 2024 - Doncaster, England

2023

 * Something All Our Own: The Creation of a Fine Arts Museum, Virtual Exhibition, TeraVarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 * Cross Currents Gallery – Color, Shape, Space, International Juried Exhibition, Award Winner, Wheeling, West Virginia
 * Brouhaha Art Gallery - Portrait Artist of the Year, International Juried Art Exhibition, Hong Kong, China
 * Art Collide Art Gallery - Life, Death, Love, International Juried Art Exhibition, Notable Entry Distinction, New Delhi, India
 * Grey Cube Gallery – “Faces Art Show: July 2023” - International Art Competition and Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland
 * Saint Frajou Museum of Painting - 9th International Art Resilience Fair 2023, Saint Frajou, France
 * Hilton Geneva, HelvetArt - July 2023 Art Competition & Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
 * TeraVarna Art Gallery, “Color” – Talent Award Winner, 5th International Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
 * HelvetArt Gallery, March 2023 – Merit Award Winner, International Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
 * Camelback Gallery, 10th Artist Choice International Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Bronze Award Winner, Scottsdale, Arizona
 * Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 4th Annual BHM National Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Silver Award Winner, Middleton, Delaware

2019

 * Venice Biennale, 58th International Art Exhibition, Biennale Project, Pavilions at the Giardini, at the Arsenale, Venice, Italy
 * Coos Bay Museum of Art, 3rd Place Award Winner, “Expressions
 * McCormack, Geoffrey, South Coast Beat – “Expressions West”, Coos Bay Museum of Art, Coos Bay. Oregon

2014

 * In Search of Humanity, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
 * Color - Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
 * ArtSlant Prize - Showcase Winner, 4th round – painting, ARTslanT - Chicago, IL
 * Figuratively Speaking: Agora Gallery, Chelsea New York, NY
 * #SeeMeTakeover: Times Square, New York, NY
 * Reid, Graeme, Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, “Art Kudos” – an International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition 2014-15, Atlanta, GA
 * Lemonidou, Eve: A two-page spread with 4 color reproductions, International Contemporary Artists – Volume VIII, page 198 – May 2014
 * Sinclair, Theresa: A third-page expose with one color reproduction and review, ArtisSpectrum Magazine – Volume 31, page 44, Agora Gallery - May 2014
 * Klaber, Karen: Color reproduction on the cover and on page 2, The East Bay Monthly – March issue - 2014
 * Ventitre01: Two color reproductions, Ventritre01-Roma Magazine – spring issue – published by Ventitre01 Art and Investments – Rome, Italy - 2014
 * Reeves, Ingrid: Four color reproductions, Artist Portfolio Magazine – “San Francisco vs. Chicago”, Issue 16, pages 42 – 45, spring - 2014

2013

 * Saatchi Screen - Saatchi Gallery, London, England
 * Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art: New York, NY
 * Story of the Creative: See//Exhibition Space, Queens, New York, NY
 * Faith: San Francisco 49ers Vernon Davis Gallery 85, San Jose, CA

2012

 * Aldrich, Jeffrey, “Art Takes Miami”, See//Exhibition Gallery, New York City, NY (Coffee Table Book)

2011

 * Faculty Exhibit - Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1997

 * Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
 * Hillhouse, Susan, “African American Painters’, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (catalogue)

1995

 * Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993

 * M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
 * Rotterdam Art Center: Rotterdam, Netherlands
 * Osmond, Susan Fegley: “Feral Fusion”, Ten full-page color reproductions, The Washington Post Magazine-The World & I- February, 1993, p. 208-217

1992

 * Stedelijk Museum of Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
 * Bomani Gallery: San Francisco, CA
 * Crocker Museum of Art: Sacramento, CA
 * De Krackeling Museum: Amsterdam, Holland
 * Fredriks, Ineke: “BoekieBoekie Kunst te leen”, reproductions and converted version of my book “Brother Anansi and the Cattle Ranch into: Tales from Afrika-TV, a children TV show called “Anansi Comes to the Netherlands”, September and October – 1992, Rotterdam Art Center Newsletter
 * Murphy, Anthony: “A Portfolio of Promising Futures”, color reproductions, American Visions Magazine, fall issue – 1992, p. 18 and cover
 * Rooks, Belvie: “Bomani Gallery on the Contemporary Scene”, San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 1992 p. 6
 * Baker, Elizabeth: “The Figure Identified”, Art in America, Annual Issue, 1992, p. 57

1991

 * Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
 * Bomani Gallery: San Francisco, CA
 * Richmond Art Center: Richmond, CA
 * Brzezinski, Jamey: “Reassurance, The Figure Identified”, Art Week, October 17, 1991, p. cover
 * Kirby, John: “Gallery News”, Antiques and Fine Art, spring issue, 1991, p. 93

1990

 * Porter Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
 * Castellon, Rolondo, “Patterns and Patents”, Porter Sesnon Gallery. UC Santa Cruz (catalogue)
 * Dalkey, Victoria: “The New Black Art”, The Sacramento Bee – Encore Section, January 12, 1986, p. 16

1988

 * Without Sanctuary II, Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA
 * Sanctuary: Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
 * Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

1986

 * Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
 * Gordon, Allen, Works on Paper at the Crocker”, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA (catalogue)
 * Liss, Andrea: “Introductions 85”, Art News Magazine, October, 1985, p. 115
 * Burkhart, Dorothy: “Disquieting Presences, Knockout Paintings in San Francisco”, San Jose Mercury News, July 26, 1985, p. 19E

1985

 * Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA - “Introductions 85”

1984

 * Cartwright Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
 * Hopper, Robert, “Eighth British International Print Biennale”, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (catalogue)

1983

 * Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY - Allen Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
 * Haldoupis, John, “The American Annual Works on Paper Exhibition 83”, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY (catalogue)
 * Harrington, Bev: “Contemporary Images Watercolor: 1983”, Allen Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI (catalogue)

1977

 * Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, IN