Judith Mason

Artist biography:

Born in 1938 in Pretoria, South Africa

Studied Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1960. Today, with a career that spans 45 years, Judith Mason is one of South Africa's most distinguished artists, working in traditional media: oil painting, pencil drawing, print-making and mixed media. Mason is a technically disciplined artist. Her technique, which does not rely on exterior processes, is sometimes mistaken for photographic tromp l'oeil effect.

In the 1970's and 80's, for more than a decade, while represented by the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mason was highly visible in the South African art world at a time when the country was isolated both politically and culturally from the rest of the world. Even so, she was chosen to represent South Africa at the Venice Biennale, Art Basel and other international art fairs.

Still prolific today, Mason has exhibited selectively with Art On Paper in Johannesburg, the Pretoria Arts Association, and East End Gallery, East Hampton, New York and at Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Her work is represented in all the major South African National art collections and museums and is internationally represented in both private and public collections in Europe, the USA and Australia including Yale University, and The Bodleian Library, Oxford.