S.Mason

Exhibitions (Solo show*)

2025 (Nov. 2025) Of Plural Worlds: Archive, Ugly Art Co., Memphis, TN*

(Oct. 2025) Of Plural Worlds: Guided Tour, Ten in Tennessee Solo Show, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN*

Field Guide, St.Louis Lambert International Airport, curated by Sarah Bernhardt. Group show

Of Plural Worlds: Exhibit, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fogelman Galleries, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN*

2023 Field Guide, Intersect Art Center, curated by Sarah Bernhardt. St. Louis MO. Group show

Student Juried Exhibition, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis, TN. Juried Group show

Movable Collection, Urban Art Commission and Memphis Public Libraries, Memphis, TN. Group show

Art for All, Museum of Science and History, Memphis, TN. Group show

Artfields, Lake City, SC. Juried Show

2022 Fabrica: UAC New Public Sculptors Exhibition, Fogelman Galleries, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Temporary installation

2021 Ritual, Intersect Arts Center, curated by Sarah Bernhardt and conceptualized by Abby Bennett. St. Louis, MO. Juried Group show

2020 Dirty Laundry, The Focus: Locate Arts, Nashville, TN. Curated by Pam Marlene Taylor. Virtual group show

Interiors: A Study of Domestic Quarantine, curated by Jenna Gilley. Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. Two person show

Relevant Experience

2023-2024 Co-curator with Cheryl Hazelton, The Little Box Gallery, University of Memphis

2019- Curator, The Little House Gallery, Memphis, TN

Publications

2025 “The Filth You Leave Behind”, review, Number:, online publication

2024 “The Real & Imagined”, review, Burnaway, online publication

2023 “Lens Language Leaves You Warm”, review, Number:, online publication

“MengCheng’s Potluck”, review, Burnaway, online publication

Awards and Grants

2023 Graduate Student Award, Student Juried Exhibition, University of Memphis Art Museum

2022 CCFA Graduate Research Funding Award, University of Memphis

2021 New Public Sculpture Fellowship, UrbanArt Commission and The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

2020 Bridging the Distance Grant, UrbanArt Commission, Memphis, TN

2013-2016 Community Outreach and Development of the Arts (CODA) Fellow, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

2012-2016 Fine Arts Fellowship, Art and Art History Department. Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

Education

2025 MFA in Sculpture, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

2016 BA in Studio Art and Art History, Rhodes College, Memphis TN

2015 Brown University, Providence, RI (summer session)