American painter, M Kathryn Massey (b. 1953- ) is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America and Audubon Artists by juried review. She holds, or has held memberships, with American Academy of Women Artists, American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America and the Hoosier Salon among others.
Ms. Massey began to paint in 1994 at age 41. Influenced chiefly by the Dutch and Flemish Masters, she also ascribes to the sensibilities of the 19th and 20th c. Italian and French painters. While these periods most directly inform her painting, she is responsive to Hovsep Pushman, symbolist, Odilon Redon, and artists Michelangelo, Rodin, Bernini and Giacometti. She is drawn to the Naturalists painters of the 19th c. Mary is further influenced, but not limited to, the work of 18th c. painter Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, and American painters Eakins, Hopper, and Inness. Her ideas are influenced through the scrolls, paintings and decorative arts of Asian Cultures (all periods).
A brief listing of publications include: a featured article in American Artist Magazine (March '06) by founding editor Stephen Doherty; Art of the West, May '05; "Pastel Journal" February '04; the Best of Pastels, '06. She is included in a new book on painting still life and florals published by International Artist ' 05.
By invitation, Mary is among other American painters in Today's Great Masters, release date early 2010. Her own book Beyond Paint: A Conceptual Guide for Oil Painters is presently being completed.
beyond literalism (philosophy)
“As a painter, I am interested in capturing transcendence in art. I merely serve as an Agent, bringing together ordinary objects with the principles of art to reveal the hidden radiance of everyday things. The sense of transcendence is discovered through the deepest intentions of the painter (also affirmed as the integrity of the painter). The artist’s innermost intentions lead the artist, and subsequently the viewer, to a sense of transcendence that can’t be willed by the artist or the viewer. At the same time, my aim is to offer the viewer a sense of Repose for the Mind so that real knowing can take place. This place of Repose allows for the viewer to see into the painting, and for the painting to “look back.” The art of the masters contains the past, present, and future simultaneously—a lofty challenge for painters today.
Intention and Concept are interdependent. These help to reveal the underlying forms that give integrity to the painting. Intention and concept serve as a road map to realize the painting. Without the artist’s intentionality and the inherent form, the work becomes simply self-expression, which prevents the painter and the final work to develop at the deepest level. Painting is far more than memorizing static information and rote practice. Art is found, and subsequently thrives, on active questioning and a holistic path of inquiry.
My responsibility as a painter is to serve as Agent to connect the viewer with something beyond my own perceptions, beyond objects, and beyond literalism.”
mkm 2008
Contact the Artist: artist@masseyfineart.com
Career Exhibitions
2009
Great Frame Up, Solo Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
Planet Bronze Art Gallery, Invitational, Miniature, Bozeman, MT
Tirage Art Gallery, Four-Person Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
Indianapolis Art Center, Faculty Exhibition, IN
2008
Planet Bronze Art Gallery, Invitational, Miniature, Bozeman, MT
Tirage Art Gallery, Three-Person Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
Richeson School of Art, International Exhibition, Still Life, Kimberly, WI
Indianapolis Art Center, Faculty Exhibition, IN
2007
Planet Bronze Art Gallery, Invitational, Miniature, Bozeman, MT
Tirage Art Gallery, Four-Person Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Design Show House, Pasadena, CA
Andreeva Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Indianapolis Art Center, Faculty Exhibition, IN
2006
Tirage Art Gallery, Three-Person show, Pasadena, CA
El Presidio Gallery, November, Ruidoso, NM
American Academy of Women Artists, NM
Indianapolis Art Center, Faculty Exhibition, IN
2005
Florence Biennial International, Florence Italy (Invitational)
Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA (Invitational)
Oil Painters of America, 14th National, Chicago, Il
Equine Art Classic, Louisville, KY
American Academy of Women Artists, Signature Show, Ruidoso, NM
Jack Richeson Inaugural Gallery Exhibition, Kimberly WI (Invitational)
El Presidio Gallery 1st Western Miniatures, Ruidoso, NM (Invitational)
Texas Art Gallery (Set Price/Auction) Dallas, TX (Invitational)
American Artists Abroad, Bennington, VT, (Invitational)
American Association of Museums, Propylaeum Club, Indianapolis, IN (Invitational)
2004
Pastel Society of America, 32nd Annual Open, National Arts Club, NY
American Academy of Women Artists, Signature Show, Jackson Hole, WY
International Artist Magazine, Open Competition (Winner, Honorable Mention)
Art Renewal Center, New Jersey, International Virtual Exhibition
Projekt 30, International Virtual Exhibition
Hoosier Salon, 80th Annual, Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis Art Center, Faculty Exhibition
2003
American Academy of Women Artists, National- Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
Audubon artists, 61st Annual, Salmagundi club, NY
American Artists Professional League, 75th Grand National, NY (Winner, Honorable Mention, pastel portrait)
The artist Magazine, International (Finalist, from over 13,000 entries)
Oil painters of America, Mid West Regional, Chicago
Hoosier salon 79th annual juried members exhibition, Indianapolis
Indiana Heritage Association, 25th Silver Anniversary, Nashville, IN
Indiana High School sports Association, Juried Benefit Exhibition
2002
Audubon Artist Inc., 60th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (National) (Winner, American Artist Professional League Award)
American Academy of Woman Artists, Associate Show, Farmington, NM (National) (Winner, Grumbacher Gold Medallion, Best of Show)*
Academy of Woman Artists, Signature Show, Santa Fe, NM (National) (Winner, First Place in Oil Painting)
Oil Painters of America, Eleventh Annual, Chicago, IL (National) Hoosier Salon, 78th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN (Regional) Indianapolis art center, faculty exhibition, September (regional)
2001
American Artists Professional League, 73rd Grand Nat'l Samagundi Club, NY (National) (Winner, Honorable Mention)*
Audubon Artists, 59th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York (National)
International Artist Magazine, August 2001 Issue (International) (Winner, Honorable Mention, One of ten finalists)*
Oil Painters of America, Tenth Annual Signature Show, Palm Desert, CA (National) (Winner, Jack Richeson & Co. Award)*
American Academy of Women Artists, Signature Show, Denver. Co (National)
Hoosier Salon, 77th Annual Open Invitational, Indianapolis, IN (Regional)
2000
Oil Painters of America, Midwest Region /17 States, Chicago, IL (Regional) (Winner, Best of Show)*
Central South, 35th Annual, Nashville, Tennessee (Regional) (Winner, Mary Hawkins Edwards Mem Award, 2nd Place Overall)*
Hudson Valley Art Association, 68th Annual, Salmagundi Club, NY, (National)
Salmagundi Club, 23rd Annual, Non-Member Open, Salmagundi Club, NY, (National)
Pastel Passion, Christopher Gallery, Chicago, IL (Regional)
Allied Artists 88th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, (National)
1999
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont (National)
American Artists Professional League, 71st Grand Nat'l, Salmagundi Club, New York
The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, In (Regional)
1998
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 102nd National, National Arts Club, NY
1997
Madison Avenue Art Gallery, Memphis Tennessee (National)
Tennessee All State Exhibition, Parthenon Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (Regional)
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