Mason Archie Bio 2024

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mason Archie was born and raised in Dayton, OH and currently resides in Indianapolis, IN. Archie is a contemporary oil painter who paints in both traditional and realistic styles, while having the ability to attack all subject matter with the same panache. He has over 15 years experience as the Art Director and pictorial artist for Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Archie founded “Kindred Spirits,” a gallery for young children in Indianapolis, IN to use his gift and talent to instill unity through art among youth.

Archie’s works of art have been exhibited at the Schuster Art Center, Newfields Art Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana State Museum, Charles H. Wright Museum, The David C. Driskell Center, The National African American Museum and Cultural Center, and The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

He has also been featured in The International Review of African American Art, American Art Collector, American Lifestyle Magazine, Black Art in America, and The American Art Review.

Mason Archie was the 2007 recipient of the Creative Renewal Fellowship from The Art Council of Indianapolis/Lilly Endowment, The 2020 Dehaan Artist of Distinction Award, and a perennial award winner from 2007 - 2009 in the Hoosier Salon’s Annual Juried Exhibit and Indiana Artist Club - both are two of the oldest competitions in the country.

His works are in the corporate and institution collections of the Richmond Art Museum, Indiana State Museum, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Art, Nationwide Corporation, Wells Fargo, Lilly Endowment, Elanco, Division of Eli Lilly Eskenazi Health, and Community South Hospital. A host of prominent, private collectors across the country are collecting his breathtaking works of art.

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