Biography
Semblance
Alberto Montaño Mason was born in México City in 1953.
In 1973 he moved to London, England, where he earned a BA degree at Chelsea School of Art 1974-77.
He then moved to Paris where he studied at Atelier 17 under William S. Hayter 1977-78
In 1981 he settled in New York City where he started a career as a painter, draughtsman and sculptor.
Montaño Mason has had museum and gallery solo shows in New York (PS 1, 1987, among others) and Mexico (Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Galería OMR, Galería Ramis Barquet, among others)
And has been included in several museum group shows in New York, Washington, California, Texas, among other states in the US, México and Europe.
After deep personal loss in 1990, Montaño Mason kept on working till the mid 90s, and then went through long periods of mourning, traveling, and study… in a quest for survival and revival into a new way of expression, a process that took several years.
In 2003 he set up a studio in México city and began a second career in Conceptual Photography and Video among other techniques.
In 2010, he had his first Museum solo show at the Museo de Arte de Querétaro in México.
He is now based in the New York City area working simultaneously in his studios at Mana Contemporary and Mexico City on a new body of work, a selection of which constitutes the content of this website.
Curriculum
Education
1973 Apprentice with Maestro Pedro Medina, Mexico, D.F.
B.A., Chelsea School of Art, London, England.
Engraving Studies at the Atelier Dix Sept, with William S. Hayter, Paris, France.
Solo shows
2019 Solo Booth at Zona Maco [NM Contemporaneo Gallery], Mexico City, Mexico
2018 “Black Room White Room” NM Contemporaneo Gallery, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2017 Solo Booth at Zona Maco Foto, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 “Twenty Years” LS Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 “How Does Blue Taste?” NM Contemporaneo Gallery, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2015 “Change and Continuity” NM Contemporaneo Gallery, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2010 “Mujer”, Museo de Arte de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Qro. México.
1995 Momias, Exconvento de Tepozotlán, Tepozotlán Morelos, Mexico.
1994 Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, N.L.
1989 Galería O.M.R., Mexico, D.F.
1987 P.S. 1 Museum, Project Room, Nueva York, N.Y., Galería O.M.R., Mexico, D.F. Consulate Gallery, Mexican Consulate en Nueva York, N.Y.
1986 Galería O.M.R., Mexico, D.F.
1985 Centro Cultural Posada, I.N.B.A., Mexico, D.F.
1983 Martin Molinary Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
1981 Galería Mollet, Mexico, D.F.
1980 Galería Mer-Kup, Mexico, D.F.
Selected Group Shows
2017-18 Brooklyn Rail's "Occupy Mana" Curated by Phong Bui & Rail Curatorial Projects, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2017 "Each state of mind is irreducible: Spanish & Latin American Artists", The Hudson County Community College Benjamin J. Dineen, III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2005 “Mirrors-Espejos”, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C.
2001 “Mexico – Nueva York”, Mexican Cultural Institute, Nueva York, N.Y.
1993 “10 Artistas de Mexico”, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
1993 “Europalia”, Contemporary Mexican Art, Provinciaal Museum von der Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Bélgica.
1990-92 “Por el Camino de Ecos”: Contemporary Art in Mexico. Itinerario:
– Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
– Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, N.Y.
– Tedman Art Gallery, Camdem, Nueva Jersey.
– Western Art Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
– Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas.
– The Art Museum at Florida, International University, Miami, Florida.
– Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“The face of the Pyramid”, The Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
“Parallel Project”, Contemporary Abstract Art in Mexico, Nueva York, N.Y.
1989 Ruth Siegel Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
1987 “Abstract Visions”, Contemporary Abstract Art in Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Nueva York, N.Y.
1986 “Raices Populares en el Arte Contemporáneo”, Galería O.M.R., Mexico, D.F.
1985 “17 Artistas de hoy en Mexico”, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico, D.F.
“El Retrato”, Galería O.M.R., Mexico, D.F.
“Pintura joven mexicana”, Galería Metropolitana, Mexico, D.F.
1984 “Image Pilgrimage”, Court Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
1983 Court Gallery, Nueva York, N.Y.
1981 Galería Mer-Kup, Mexico, D.F.
1980 Galería Misrachi, Mexico, D.F.
1979 “Contemporary Drawing”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.