Mason James Lee is an independent leading figure in Fiji’s contemporary art scene, carrying both Fijian (Bua, Vanua Levu) and Chinese ancestral heritage.
Mentored by the legendary Dr Epeli Hau’ofa at USP’s Oceania Centre for Arts & Culture, Mason was a pioneering member of the Red Wave artists collective, exploring an approach to artmaking detached from the rules and expectations of Eurocentric trends, and invigorated by a reconnection with indigenous Pacific identity.
Honed over two decades of freelance engagements, Mason’s trademark attention to realistic detail combined with interpretive symbolism rooted in local culture and environmental themes has attracted the attention of collectors and curators both locally and across the world. Mason’s masterpieces have been exhibited in the UK, Germany, China, USA, New Zealand and Australia, as well as within the Pacific region, where he has represented Fiji in a number of prominent arts festivals.
Mason enjoys art as a visionary practice and often compares it to the revelation of the unseen world. His willingness to experiment and innovate sets his oeuvre apart as a dynamic and important archive of contemporary Oceanic art. His paintings offer the viewer a journey through the rich symbolic imagination of one of Fiji’s most daring and distinctive visual artists.
Read more in the Imago Mundi Collection: Ancient World Currents.
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