ARIELLE MASSON -
www.ariellemasson.com

Education 1990 Master of Fine Arts, The University of Houston, Texas.
1984 Maitrise (Spanish & Latin American Literature), La Sorbonne III, Paris, France

Fellowships and Awards2007 The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France.
2003 Visual Artist Fellowship Award, Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Texas.
2000 Travel Grant. La Cambre, Ecole Nationale Sup. des Arts Visuels. Brussels, Belgium,
1997 Creative Artist Grant Award, Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Texas.
1990-92 Core Fellowship Program, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Solo Exhibitions
2001 Morphic Resonance, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1999 Atrium, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas.
1998 Arielle Masson, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1995 Presage, The Week-End Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Duo Exhibitions
2004 Arielle Masson & Gloria Kisch, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2004 Matrices, Christopher French & A.Masson, Space 125 Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1998 Formalism vs. Abstraction,H. Marcus & A. Masson, NRH Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas. 1997 Arielle Masson & Susie Rosmarin, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.
1997 Tête a tête, Arielle Masson & Laurent Boccara, K.Jung Center, Houston, Texas.

Selected Group Exhibitions (*Catalogues)
2007 Trance Channel, Arielle Masson& Magda Celestino, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2006 Black White (&Gray), at The Gallery, The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas.*
2006 Fluid Geometry, Artscan Gallery/ Rudolph Projects, Houston.
2004 Blue Star 19, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas. ( Herbert)
2004 Faculty Exhibition*, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
2003 New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, #48,Boston, 2003*.
2002 Hard Core, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas.
2001 Art on the Go, Public Art Projects Metro Rail. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
2001 Texas Art Celebration, Assistance League of Houston, (Terrie Sultan, juror)
2000 The Houston Area Exhibition 2000*+ Blaffer Gallery, (Joe Havel, J Cusick,M.Beebe) 1999 Texas Art Celebration, Assistance League of Houston, (Bruce Guenther, juror)
1999 Assistance League of Houston, Barbara Davis Gallery, Pennzoil Tower, Houston.
1998 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston.(Claudia Gould juror)
1997 Women on Woman, New Gallery, Houston. (Annette Wilzig curator)
1996 National Egg Tempera Exhibit, Amos Joseph Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1996 Bucking the Texan Myth*, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.
1995 Confluence,+ Hill Country Foundation, Ingram, Texas. (Peter Doroshenko juror)
1995 Texas Art Celebration, Assistance League of Houston. (Marti Mayo Juror)
1994 The Heights Exhibition*, Houston Heights Association, Houston, Texas.
1994 The 35th. Annual Invitation, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas.
1994 Geometric Variations, Lesikar Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1993 Texas Biennial Exhibition*, Texas State Fairground, Dallas, Texas.
1993 The 34th. Annual Invitation, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas.
1993 14(2), Telephone Pioneer Museum of Texas, Dallas, Texas.
1992 Spanish Remnants: Borders Real & Imagined*, (Essay by Carla Stellweg)
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas - Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas.
1992 Houston Area Exhibition*, S.C.Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, Texas.
1991-92 Core Exhibition*, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Public projects. 
2007-2008 Design of “Cavalcade” and “Catherine” Light Rail Stations for Metro Light Rail Project, Houston, Texas.
2003-06 Design for free standing laminated glass partition wall (81 feet long) at Heights Health Center. Houston, Texas.
Houston, TX. Project for The City of Houston, Sponsored by the Cultural Arts Council.
2000 Design of Rice-Herman Park Light Rail Station for Metro Light Rail Project.
Downtown Houston. Sponsored by the Cultural Arts Council of Houston.


Bibliography
- Kelly Klaasmeyer, “Art Beat, capsule reviews”, Houston Press, Dec, 24 2004.
- “School Faculty Exhibition”, 2004 Glassell Studio Catalogue.
- Pam Horsman, “Christopher French and Arielle Masson:Matrices” ArtLies, 43 Summer 2004.p.96
- Beth Venn,“New American Paintings”, Open Studio Press, #48,Boston, 2003, photos
- Patricia Johnson. “Nature Studies”, Houston Chronicle, June 16, 2001 p. 9D.photo
- Krider Dylan Otto, “Art, Au Naturel”, Houston Press, 1-7 June 2000, p.38. photo
- Watson Mary Virginia, “Nature’s Recipe for Art”, The Ranger, San Antonio, October 8, 1999, p5. photo
- Davidson Brett, “Arielle Masson”; ArtLies Winter 1998-1999. P.49. photo
- Johnson Patricia, “Shows tackle identity of women”; Houston Chronicle, June 14, 1997,D-4.
- France-Amérique, “Quatre Artistes en terrain Fertile à Houston”, July 1996, p.H.
- Stellweg Carla, “Spanish Remnants; Tradition with Innovation”, Spanish Remnants:Borders Real and Imagined”, Catalogue Essay. Arlington Museum of Art, Oct-Nov 1992.
- Kalil Susie, “Soft Core”; The Houston Press, April 1992.
- Moody Tom, “Two Come on Strong in Counters Signals”, The Dallas Morning News, August 25, 1990,5C. photo