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Cindy Mason, a visual artist, uses installation, painting and sculpture to create coded systems of power and structure existing on the fringes of reality. Her interest lies in exploiting the contradiction between what we know to be there and what we actually see. Materials such as paint, hair, paper towels, pins, wood, hot glue, 24.75k gold leaf, aluminum foil and porcelain become explorations of societal value systems. Mason uses painted surfaces to mask what is below, like faux facades hiding what is secret or hidden beneath. Her work is an investigation into the hidden classifications of power, and the ambigious yet regulated framework of our visual environment. Mason received her BFA from Ringling College and is currently an MFA candidate at USF in Tampa, Florida. She is the recipient of a Florida Artist Enhancement Grant and has been selected for artist residences at Jentel, Banner WY and the School of Visual Arts, NY. She currently lives in St. Petersburg, FL. |
