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March 2024
A Half Cup Full: New Works by Lee Masterson
NADA New York, May 2-5 at 548 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, New York with P.A.D. Gallery.
A Half Cup Full: New Work by Lee Masterson continues the P.A.D. tradition of bringing a longtime member of its roster and its inclusive vision to the broader community of artists, collectors and enthusiasts. Lee Masterson has been a member of P. A. D. since its inception.
Lee Masterson’s newest body of ceramic work combines exquisite form with a slightly twisted sensibility. He takes forms from history such as the classical amphora, the Baroque frame, the Canopic jar, the Art Nouveau teapot, the Japanese sake set. He turns them around, splits them, warps them, coats them in gold, decontextualizes them and makes them new and surprising.
The combination of impeccable craft and an understanding of the lineage and context of forms gives this work its power. The riotous “end of day” pieces complete the story and reveal the leftovers of the process. They show the love of the material and the things that might otherwise be lost, overlooked, or discarded.
The exhibition is curated by Sam Gassman and Janet Zweig, with the help of Patrick Mohundo of P.A.D.
ABOUT
Leopold (Lee) Masterson is a visual artist who lives and works in New York City. Masterson works across platforms in ceramics, painting, publishing and public art. He received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2011). His work is in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Libraries, Poster House, and Grassi Museum of Art, Germany among other institutions and personal collections.
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Artistic Training
2011 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) • Providence, RI
Master of Fine Arts
2008 The University of Iowa • Iowa City, IA
Bachelor of Fine Arts • Ceramics
2007 The University of Iowa • Iowa City, IA
Bachelor of Science and Nursing
Public Collections
2022 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art • Cedar Rapids, IA
2021 Musée des Arts Décoratifs • Paris, France
2021 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Libraries • New York, NY
2021 Poster House • New York, NY
2019 Grassi Museum of Art • Leipzig, Germany
2018 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Libraries • New York, NY
2018 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art • Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Christian Peterson Museum • Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2016 Long House Reserve • Collection of Jack Lenor Larsen • East Hampton, NY
Scholarships and Awards
2015 Vermont Studio Center • Residency • Johnson, VT
2012 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) • Fellowship and Residency • Amherst, VA
2012 BRIC Media Arts • Fellowship • Brooklyn, NY
2012 Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) • Brooklyn Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts Grant • Brooklyn, NY
2011 Ox-Bow • Residency and instructor • Saugatuck, MI
2011 RISD Graduate Studies Grant • Affected Productions • Providence, RI
2010 Graduate Fellowship & Teaching Assistantship • RISD Ceramics • Providence, RI
2010 Funded Proposal • Sitings 2010: Museum as Action • RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Werk Gallery • St. Petersburg, Fl
Queerness
2022 a space gallery • New York, NY
Under The Big Tops (in Collaboration with John Manion curated by Sam Gassman)
2022 Grassi Museum of Art• Leipzig, Germany
Schmuck + Image
2021 Walter Elwood Museum • Amsterdam, NY
P.A.D. Retrospective
2021 a space gallery • New York, NY
Diamonds, Razors and Champagne
2020 Grassi Museum of Art • Leipzig, Germany
Grassimesse
2020 The Parlour • Frenchtown, NJ
Portraits
2019 Sweet Pass Sculpture Park • Dallas, TX
Away Message
2019 PAD Gallery • New York, NY
On The Lamb
2018 EFA Project Space • New York, NY
Nurtureart Benefit
2018 a space gallery • New York, NY
Fucking Terrible Art Exhibition
2017 BRIC Arts • Brooklyn, NY
Truth
2014 The Emerson • Brooklyn, NY
Masks (Collaboration with Marty Allen)
2014 Katrina Van Tassel Gallery • New York, NY
Digital Skin
2013 Violetscafe • Brooklyn, NY
Fishing in the Dark
2013 a space gallery • Brooklyn, NY
13|23 Exhibition
2013 Greenville Museum of Art • Greenville, NC
Tongue in Cheek
2012 Ateliers D’Art De France • Paris, FR
The International Film Festival on Clay and Glass: Cup (2010)
2011 Samson Projects • Boston, MA
Chain Letter
2011 RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI
Video Art Screening: The Cave of Time (2011) • Juried by Judith Tannebaum
2011 Rhode Island Convention Center • Providence, RI
RISD MFA Thesis Exhibition 2011
2011 Gelman Gallery • Providence, RI
Digital Plastic
2010 RISD Museum of Art • Providence, RI
Sitings 2010: Museum as Action, Column
Publications
2022 Milosch, Jane (Masterson, Leopold; Smith, Paul J.; Lenor Larsen, Jack) • Arnoldshe Publishers
Chunghi Choo and Her Students | Contemporary Art and New Forms in Metal
2022 Epple, Sabine and Thormann, GRASSI Museum • Arnoldshe Publishers
Schmuck + Image
2020 Henderson, Aneeka Ayanna • UNC Press
Veil & Vow, Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture
2017 Sharp, Sarah
Tool Book (Volume 1)
2015 Allen, Marty • Cisco Books
Emojis: The Secret Behind the Smile
2012 BRIC Contemporary Art • July 12, 2012
The Following of Two Fellows
2011 West, Anne • Moth Press
Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work
