Georgie Mason

I was bought up in the countryside of Suffolk where most of my motivation to paint nature comes from. My mother was an artist and my father is a hobby sculptor so they taught me a lot when I was growing up. I had my first exhibition during university holidays (despite studying English Literature and History of Art) and afterwards I moved to London, where I now work from my studio in Hackney Wick. I paint land and seascapes from memories and sketches of places I've been, building texture with modrock, sand, mud & polyfilla and painting with my fingers, windscreen wipers, brushes & rags. My aim is not to create a perfect depiction of a specific scene but to arouse in viewers that feeling of being completely absorbed in the natural world. I work fast and spontaneously to translate that emotion onto the canvas. It's a very organic process through which I hope to convey the movement and, predominantly, the sheer force of nature in my paintings.
My work is now shown in galleries and exhibitions across the UK including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and sells to a number of patrons across both the art world and the wider world. This year I have had three solo shows, been the judge of Young Art East Anglia, had work shortlisted for...

2011 – 2014. Nottingham University, English and History of Art BA Hons – 2:1 (68%)
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2010 – 11. Oxford Brookes University, Art and Design Foundation Course – National Diploma with Merit
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Future Exhibitions
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Mixed
2017 , Hackney Wick Group Show curated by Gavin Turk, Here East, London
2017 The Knight Picturehouse, Chelsea
2017 Autumn Exhibition, Hadfield Fine Art, Sevenhampton
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Selected Past Exhibitions
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Solo
2017 'Memoryscapes', The Palm Tree Gallery, Portobello (until 10 August)
2017 'Views from a Train', Lavenham Hall Gallery, Suffolk
2017 'The Sea, The Sea', H. Forman & Son Smokehouse Gallery, London, January
2017 The Boston Consulting Group, Marylebone Office, London
2016 The Boston Consulting Group, Marylebone Office, London
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Mixed
2017 Ayot Art Show, Hertfordshire
2017 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, with Foss Fine Art
2016 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2016 Winter Exhibition, Mandells Gallery, Norfolk
2016 Christmas Show, Foss Fine Art, London
2016 Noel Noel, Highgate Contemporary, London
​​2016 Spring Show, Foss Fine Art, Clapham, London
2016 Art for Cure, Glemham Hall, Suffolk
2016 Summer Show, The Lime Tree, Bristol
2016 Summer Exhibition, Highgate Contemporary, London
2016 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, with Foss Fine Art, London
2015 Cheffins Art Prize, Cheffins Auction House, Cambridge
2015 Summer Exhibition, The Aldeburgh Gallery, Suf...