Hipkiss
Alpha & Christopher Mason
Born 1964 in Widnes (England), born 1964 in London (England)
Live and work in Gers (France)
Galerie C
Hipkiss’ is the collective pseudonym of the couple, Alpha and Christopher MASON, who have been sharing their life and vision since 1983. Originally from the UK, they have lived and worked in France since 2001, settling in the Gers after five years. The work of Hipkiss is the result of a symbiotic interaction between two accomplices in a thematically structured creative process, evolving through a continuous exchange of ideas and techniques. Both devoted to drawing since their teens, they innovate techniques using graphite mixed with other media. They find inspiration in everyday landscapes – including their land, which is part of the Natura 2000 network – the frontiers of industry and the natural world. Always influenced by their concerns about human impact on the environment and their belief in the benefits of a more egalitarian society, these themes are omnipresent in their work.
Hipkiss is represented in various collections, including: FRAC Occitanie, FRAC Picardie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Cindy Sherman, Rudolf Zwirner, Antoine de Galbert, Kupferstichkabinett and The Whitworth. Four-time winners of the Pollock-Krasner grant.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 – Hipkiss: Bulwark, The Drawing Center, New York, United States
2013 – Hipkiss, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, United States
2009 – Hipkiss – Visionäre Landschaften, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
2000 – Mercury Springtime (Hipkiss), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, USA
1999 – Hipkiss – Visionary Drawings, MAC Birmingham – Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
1996 – Hipkiss – Visionary Drawings, Galerie Pecka, Prague, Czech Republic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 – XXL Le Dessin en Grand, Musée Kenisch Vevey, Switzerland
2021 – Chamboulement, Galerie C, Neuchâtel, France. Artists: Nicolas Aielo, Mathieu Dufois and Massinissa Selmani: Nicolas Aielo, Mathieu Dufois and Massinissa Selmani
2020 – Hinterland, Centre d’art et de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France. With Gozard
2020 – Archicolor, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France. Artists : Oliver Beer, Evire Bonduele, Camille Bryen, Jean-Louis Garnell, Remy Jacquier, Samir Ramdani, Nissrine Seffar, Gustave Singier, Mina Taniere and Simone Villemeur-Deloume
2019 – In bester Gesellschaft, Kupferstichkakabinett, Berlin, Germany. Artists: Irma Blank, Ralf Ziervogel, Yves Tanguey, Michael Wutz and 52 others
2017 – La Plume et le Crayon, Maison de la culture d’Amiens, Amiens, France. Artists: Giles Barbier, Gérard Colin-Thiébaut, Matt Mulican, Raymond Pettibon
2014 – The Wall, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France. With some 800 artists
2013 – Landschaft nach 2000, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany. Artists : Ged Quinn, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Rainer Fetting, Per Kirkeby, Uwe henneken and 26 others
2012 – Surrealist contemporary drawings from Rotterdam,collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Institut Néerlandais, Netherlands. Artists : Charles Avery, Ronald Cornelissen, Trenton Doye Hancoc, Kinke Kooi, Paul Noble and 11 others
2009 – Fixsterne: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseen – Schloss Gottorf, Germany. Artistes : Valerio Adami, Georg Baselitz, Otto Dix, Almut Heise, August Macke, Hanna Nagel, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, Stefan Thiel and Yiannis Varelas
2001 – The First 10 Years: Selected Works from the Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. Artists : Janine Antoni, James Coleman, Barrie Cooke, Gilbert & George, Damien Hirst, Juan Muñoz, Victor Vasarely, Michael Warren, Gillian Wearing and Lawrence Weiner
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