Biography

Profile

Greg’s work seeks to capture a sense of energy or a nuance of relationship between light, colour and texture, creating atmospheric works that are visually and technically striking whilst holding a deeper narrative.

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Greg studied illustration at St Martins School of Art and worked as an editorial illustrator in London in the 1980s before swapping this for a career in the fashion industry - travelling the world as an art director and working with some of the worlds top beauty brands.

Today, Greg is a member of the prestigious Royal Institute of Oil Painters in the UK and is also the Professional Oil Painting Ambassador for Cass Art. With appearances on Sky Arts Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year TV shows – where he was a finalist - he is well known throughout the UK and abroad. He is an author and coach, contributing to various artists magazines, and hosts creative retreat workshops in Mallorca where he has a studio and gallery.

His work is held in collections around the world and exhibited in galleries in the UK and Spain.

QUALIFICATIONS & POSITIONS

BA (Hons) from Saint Martin’s School of Art, London
Cass Art Professional Oil Painting Ambassador and Teacher

2021 SKY Arts Live - Portrait Artist of the Week - Jill Nader
2018 SKY Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Finalist
2016 SKY Arts Portrait Artist of the Year Semi-Finalist

ARTICLES

2024 SAA Magazine, Step-by-step and Video demo
2022 Artist & Illustrator Magazine, Step-by-step

EXHIBITIONS

2024 British Art Prize Finalist, London
2023 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2023 ROI Show, Thompson Gallery, Aldeburgh
2023 Galeria 21, Mallorca
2022 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2022 Sky Arts Retrospective, Compton Verney
2022 Art Pollenca, Mallorca
2022 Transience of Beauty, Gallery Holt
2021 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2020 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2020 Affordable Art Fair, London
2019 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2019 Affordable Art Fair, London
2019 Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
2019 Clarendon Gallery, Mayfair
2019 Noon Powell Fine Art
2019 South West Academy
2018 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2018 Cass Art Gallery, London
2018 South West Academy
2017 ROI Mall Galleries, London
2017 The Wallace Collection, London
2017 RP Mall Galleries, London
2017 RWA Open Exhibition, Bristol
2017 The Other Art Fair, London
2017 Tonic Gallery, Salcombe
2017 Jackson's Art Prize Shortlist
2017 South West Academy
2016 The Other Art Fair London
2016 The Other Art Fair Bristol
2016 ROI Mall Galleries
2016 South West Academy
2015 Hybrid Gallery
2015 Affordable Art Fair, London
2015 South West Academy

CAREER

2008-Present: Freelance Artist
1989-2008 CEO at gm-design. Graphic Design consultancy working as an Art Director with global clients including Vidal Sassoon, Aveda & Schwarzkopf Professional.
1983-1989 Freelance Illustrator. Clients included: New Scientist, The Listener, Times Educational Supplement, various magazines and book publishers.

EDUCATION

1979-1983 Saint Martin’s School of Art, London
1970-1979 Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith

CONTACT AND SOCIAL MEDIA

PRESS

Art Aesthetics Review
'After Shock' Show London 2018 by Lauren Amelia
https://www.artaesthetics.net/publications/2018/4/5/gregory-mason-paradoxes-in-the-paint

Lime Tree Show Review 2019
https://www.bristol247.com/culture/art/preview-every-kind-of-people-lime-tree-gallery-bristol/

SKY ARTS TV
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 Finalist Article
https://www.cassart.co.uk/blog/sky_arts_landscape_artist_of_the_year_exclusive_semi-finalists_interviews.htm
Sponsors of Portrait Artist of the Year 2017 review of Greg's Heat Win.
https://www.cassart.co.uk/articles/sky_arts_gregory_mason.htm?trackterm=mason

The Other Art Fair London
Chosen by Kate Bryan as her top pick for the Saatchi show 2017 at The Other Art Fair London.
https://canvas.saatchiart.com/the-other-art-fair/kate-bryans-5-must-see-artists-at-the-other-art-fair-london

Devon Life Magazine
Article on Greg's Sky Arts Portrait Entry
http://www.devonlife.co.uk/people/exeter-artist-takes-part-in-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year-1-4883472

Article on Greg's Sky Arts Competition
http://www.devonlife.co.uk/people/exeter-artist-is-a-semi-finalist-of-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year-1-4898548

Jackson's Art Prize 2017 Shortlist
https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2017/09/22/mussini-oil-painting-competition-shortlist-announced/