Corey Mason is an emerging artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is known for hybrid paintings and ceramics that blend ancient iconography with contemporary abstraction. Self-taught, Mason’s career in environmental design informs a visual language that draws on Paleolithic pigment traditions, Mesoamerican ceramics, and European Delftware. His process of priming canvases from the reverse allows for a raw immediacy that runs through his improvisational compositions, often centered on mythic forms, flora, and vessels.

Mason’s exhibitions include Rising into the sun at Achenbach Hagemeier, Berlin; Prenumbra at Olsen Gruin, New York; solo presentations at A+B Gallery, Brescia; Delft Blue at County Gallery, Palm Beach; Saint Lees at Achenbach Hagemeier, Düsseldorf; Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, New York; Flower at Choi&Choi Gallery, Seoul; Open Book at Holden Gallery, Raleigh; and the Etro Spring Fashion Launch in Milan. His first institutional exhibition was Face Paintings at Kunstverein Heppenheim, Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany.

He has participated in leading fairs including Art Cologne (Germany), Art Düsseldorf (Germany), Art Busan (Seoul), Untitled Art Fair (Miami), Marfa Invitational (Texas), and a solo booth at EXPO Chicago (Illinois).

His work is held in the collections of the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine), the Alex Katz Foundation (Lincolnville, Maine), and the Versace Collection (Milan, Italy), among others. He has collaborated with Exhibition A and Raleigh Denim Workshop, and was selected by Etro Milano to collaborate on their SS22 Collection, featuring his work in their global campaign. His practice has also been spotlighted by Design Milk, further bridging his presence across the worlds of art, design, and fashion.

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