Abridged CV - Solo Exhibitions

2006                Solo exhibition at Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts House, Cumbria

2005                Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, August

2005                Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, April/May

2003                Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, July/August

2001                Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, October/November

Group

2005                The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, April

2004                'Objects of Desire', the Fine Art Society, London,

                December

                'Bloomers', Contemporary Ceramics, London, May

                'Totally Teabowls', Oakwood Gallery, Edwinstowe, March

                'Collect', Victoria and Albert Museum, London,

                represented by Contemporary Ceramics, February

2003                'Art for Christmas', the Fine Art Society, London, December

                'Bowls, etc', Carlin Gallery of Contemporary Craft, Paris,

                December

                New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, March

2002                'Art for Christmas', The Fine Art Society, London, December

                SOFA (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art), Chicago Pier, USA,

                represented by Contemporary Ceramics, October

                '10 Years On', Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, March

                'Totally Teabowls', Oakwood Gallery, Edwinstowe, March/April

2001                FAS NOW, The Fine Art Society, London, December

                'A Celebration of the Bowl', Candover Gallery, Alresford, October

                Summer Exhibition, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester,

                August

                'Simple and Pure', Contemporary Ceramics, London, July

                St David's Hall, Cardiff, two-person, June

                Showcase, Beatrice Royal, Hants, April

                'T', Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, April

Collections

The Royal Bank of Scotland; The Flemming Collection; Bryanston Collection; James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand; South Hill Park; private collections

Awards

'Grand Prix' at 'Projections D'Argile', international ceramics film festival, Montpellier, France: Best Film: 'White' (Dir. Anthony Dolan. Northern Light and Herald Productions Ltd) April 2002

Southern Arts Development Funding: 'Space Craft'

National Lottery, Arts council of England 'A4E' express award: 'Clay for Today'

Professional Associations

Professional Member, the Craft Potters Association

Brother of the Art Workers Guild, January 2005

Events

2005                Ceramic Art London, the Royal College of Art, May

                New Brother's introductory talk, The Art Workers Guild, Jan

2004                Guest demonstrator, West Street Potters, Farnham, Feb

2003                Teacher, Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire, July

                Invited demonstrator, Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum

                London, June

2002                 Invited demonstrator, Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire, July

                Invited demonstrator, Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild, Feb

2001                Invited demonstrator, West Forest Potters, Nov

Recent Teaching and employment

Surrey Institute of Art and Design, sessional tutor, BA ceramics - 1998 -date

Consultant, Guildford College - March 2002

Alton College, ceramics tutor, part time - 1998 -2000

University of Surrey Arts Workshop, ceramics tutor, part time - 1998

Gareth Mason's work is rooted in his admiration of, '…archetypal pot forms, those that cross eons of time, that are pan-global and pan-cultural'. Form is his paramount consideration and he has profound respect for formal proportion yet his approach is fluid: inkeeping with what he describes as 'the malleability of skill', his pots are often distinctly asymmetrical. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art and then West Surrey College of Art & Design, during which time he had a brief and formative period of study in Japan. A key residency at South Hill Park Arts Centre culminated in 1998 with his first solo exhibition. Gareth says "clay is a sensual and addictive material. I am never sated. My inclination is always to 'push'. Risk is essential. Each firing is a gamble and I often lose but chance affords me moments where heart, hand and fire converge. These are the moments that spur me on."