'I remix images and casts of architectural fragments into embedded surfaces...'
Mason Kimber is a Sydney Gadigal based artist whose practice spans textural painting, sculptural relief and site specific installation. His work explores the relationship between architecture and memory, using surface, material and form to investigate how built environments can hold personal and collective histories. Through processes such as moulding, casting and framing, Kimber reimagines interior spaces as layered living structures embedded with traces of memory.
After completing a Master of Fine Art in Painting at the National Art School in 2013, Kimber undertook a three month residency at the British School at Rome. There, his study of ancient frescoes and architectural surfaces deepened his interest in how painting can engage with the material language of buildings and cities.
Drawing on a range of influences from ancient reliefs to the textures of domestic spaces, his work often reflects places from his own past. These fragmented compositions act as liminal thresholds between interior and exterior, evoking a sense of presence within absence.
Kimber has been a finalist in the Sulman Prize, Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Sunshine Coast Art Prize and NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging). He has held residencies at Artspace, Parramatta Artists Studios, Waverley Artist Studios and the British School at Rome. His work is held in public collections including Artbank and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Kimber is a sessional Painting Lecturer at the National Art School, Sydney, and UNSW Art + Design.