Press
January, 2018
LA Art Show - Mason debuts for the first time in the biggest art exhibition for Los Angeles
March 2017
Mason is interviewed in Angeleno Magazine’s Datebook in the living legacies edition. Additionally she art directed and photographed the cover of the magazine with Los Angele’s top 24 movers and shakers.
July 2016
HUFFINGTON POST - Mason is interviewed by quirky Ilana Rapp about her feminist views and fine art photography
May 2016
ARTILLERY MAGAZINE - Stephen Goldberg writes about Mason getting censored in West Hollywood
April 15th, 2016
USC TROJAN VISION - Brooke Mason gets interviewed by Aaron Kerman - talking about her fine art photography and commercial work
April 29th - May 1st 2016
PHOTO INDEPENDENT - MOPLA - Mason has her photography from her new series La Fenêtre at the Gallery 825 booth
April 23rd - May 8th 2016
MOPLA exhibit at the ARTIST CORNER Gallery - opening reception April 23rd - Mason has 3 photography artworks in the exhibit
April 21st - June 27th 2016
AWAKEN: the female voice - all woman artists exhibit at Plummer Park in West Hollywood. Mason has 4 of her photography works for MOPLA in the exhibit.
March 1st - June 27th 2016
FABRIK MAGAZINE writes about Mason’s exhibit - West Hollywood Library Exhibit extends until June 27th - Mason has new artworks “BEVERLY HILLS”
March 6th - April 10th 2016
EXPOSED Exhibit - West Hollywood - Debuting her work from the LA FENÊTRE series • Glass Ceiling and Voyeur • March 6th: Reception 3-5pm - see flyer
March 16th 2016
Mason’s work from her new series “La Fenêtre” at a one night pop-up art exhibit HEAR ME, for Women’s History Month at Robert Kuo 8686 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood.
March 2nd - April 1st 2016
A new series “Beverly Hills” debuts in the exhibit AT THE CORE an empowering women only artist’s exhibit in the West Hollywood City Library
March 1st - March 31st 2016
Mason’s new work Soar debuts in "Women Manifest: Hear Me" for Women’s History Month of March for the City of West Hollywood in the City Hall
February 6th 2016
Mason exhibits three of her works in the exhibit ROUND HOLE SQUARE PEG for The Trevor Project at The Artists Corner Gallery in Hollywood.
January 25th 2016
AMERICAN PHOTO writes “innovative photography” about Mason’s work in this article for the PHOTO LA exhibit.
January 21st - 24th 2016
Exhibiting in PHOTO LA
Mason is excited to annouce that she will be exhibiting in PHOTO LA. Her piece Vanquish is debuting in public for the first time after it's first place win last year for Art Slant's international competition.
November 2015
1st place in the ART SLANT
Vanquish, Mason's new work from her series La Fenetre, won 1st place in the ART SLANT international competition in the photography division.
October 2014
Mason has two of her photography artworks in the group show at Gallerie Sparta for the month of October. Including the infamous "Imperfect Pearl" (Self Portrait) that can be viewed driving on Sunset Blvd through Sunset Plaza in the front window of the gallery. The show is called "Balance" with artists such as Danny Minnick, Karen Brystedt, Peter Tunney and Jane Seymour to name a few.
June 2014
Mason has three fine art works at Gallerie Sparta for LBGT Dynasty show, proceeds going to charity APLA
May 20th, 2014
Mason's photography artwork "Union" has been accepted for Out There, Out There: I Do, a very special exhibition celebrating marriage equality during West Hollywood's Pride Month festivities at LAAA/Gallery 825, June 6- 14, 2014.
May 15th, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brooke Mason: La Haute Main
Provocative new work by Australian photographer
at JNA in Santa Monica May 26- June 15.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 28th 7-10pm
Collector’s Reception: Friday, May 30th 7-10pm
LOS ANGELES, May 12, 2014 –The striking scenes featured in Brooke Mason’s inaugural US exhibition, La Haute Main, aim to challenge the long held stereotypes of femininity and power by addressing issues of gender roles, perceptions of strength and the identity of women. Influenced by the tenets of Greco-Roman mythology and the refined elegance of classic films, Mason’s artwork captures the essence of female beauty and the interdependence of the sexes in 13 luscious, large-scale, intimate scenes printed on high-definition gloss aluminum. Mason says of her work, “I enjoy delving into contrasts – yin and yang, femininity and masculinity, and the role reversals within.”
Art critic Peter Frank writes, “There's more than meets the eye in Brooke Mason's series, La Haute Main, as Mason advances a narrative of empowerment through embodiment.”
La Haute Main will be presented at the JNA Gallery in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica from May 26th to June 15th.
Imperfect Pearl (Self Portrait)
72” x 47”
Archival Digital Print on Gloss Aluminum
Limited Edition
1 of 1
About the Artist
Brooke Mason is an Australian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer with 15 years of experience capturing stunning images for the fashion and entertainment industry. Her work has been featured on the covers of lifestyle magazines and in the editorial pages of fashion magazines around the world.
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Media Contact:
Creative Partners West
Rebecca O’Leary
roleary@creativepartnerswest.com
323.791.4394
Gallery Contact:
JNA Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
Building D4
Santa Monica, CA 90404
contact@jnagallery.com
310.315.9502
Renowned Art Critic Peter Frank writes about Mason's upcoming show La Haute Main - May 7th, 2014
"The enactments Brooke Mason stages and records are not psychological dramatizations or arcane religious pageants, much less, for all their trappings, carnal dumb shows. Rather, they are choreographies, a form of dance-for-the-camera that takes its visual cues as much from classic ballet as from dungeon fantasy and cosplay, and its narrative cues much more so. Her reliance on a readily recognizable set of tropes, risky as it is, gives Mason’s imagery a latter-day frisson; but that distraction gives way rapidly enough to invitation, leading into a world of cultural memory, even artistic heritage, where power-tripping is recognized as something as old as humankind itself. Such human dynamics have long favored the male, but Mason points insistently at the native strength of the female. She may express such strength in essentially male terms, terms concerned with conflict, victory, and servitude rather than female attributes such as fecundity and nurture; but she insists that women can beat men at their own game – to the men’s own enjoyment, and to all of our ultimate revelation."
- Peter Frank - Los Angeles-New York
Peter Frank is Associate Editor of Fabrik magazine and art critic for the Huffington Post
March 13th, 2014
Congratulations in becoming a Los Angeles Art Association artist member!
Brooke Mason is selected from a large and competitive group of applicants presenting their artistic merit and potential to become the latest official member of this prestigious group.
