Mason Hershenow is a photographer and designer based in Sacramento, California.
Education
Specialization, Graphic Design — California Institute of the Arts, 2021
Master of Fine Arts, Photography — San José State University, 2020
Bachelor of Arts, Photography — Sacramento State University, 2014
Solo Exhibitions
A Collective Fever Dream — digital thesis exhibition, 2020
But That’s No Way To Tell You, Sylvan Gallery and Design Studio — Sand City, CA, 2020
Sentimentality; or Unimportant Object #200108, John Pickel Gallery — San José, CA, 2020
I’ve Never Been So Sure Of Anything, Gallery 5 — San José, CA, 2019
Advancement to Candidacy: An Unsanctioned Critique of the MFA Program at San Jose State University (performance art piece), Martin Luther King Jr. Library — San José, CA, 2019
godless children | holy objects, Belcher Gallery — San José, CA, 2018
Selections from 'The Quiet Capitol', Insight Pavilions — Sacramento, CA, 2016
The Quiet Capitol, Blue Line Arts — Sacramento, CA, 2015
Group Exhibitions
Extra Ordinary, Embark Gallery at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture — San Francisco, CA, 2019
Cluster-Fun: SJSU MFA Group Show — San José, CA, 2019
Countering Productivity: SJSU MFA Group Show — San José, CA, 2018
West Coast Renaissance Community Show, Cafe Colonial — Sacramento, CA, 2016
Menagerie Community Pop Up Show, District 30 — Sacramento, CA, 2014
CSUS Design Department Spring Showcase — Sacramento, CA, 2013
CSUS Senior Photography Show — Sacramento, CA, 2013
RAW: Radiate — Sacramento, CA, 2012
Publications as Author
Meaning What — weekly art and interview podcast. Host and Lead Creative, 2020 – present
Readymade No. 1 & 2 — self published, 2018
No Thanks — It's No Sam Publications, 2017
Artifacts — Limited edition hand bound book, 2016
Bibliography
Root Division: MFA Now 2019 — featured archive publication artist
Countering Productivity: SJSU MFA Group Show — exhibition catalog, 2018
Sierra Food Wine Art — cover photograph, Winter 2015
TubeMag.com — collection of photo essays on Sacramento, Winter 2014
Photographer's Forum Best of College Photography, 2009
Awards & Honors
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society Member
Honorable Mention, Street Photography — OneShot: Movement, International Photography Awards, 2020
Vernon Davis Scholarship, San José State University, 2018
Dierks-Morgan Scholarship, San José State University, 2018
Best in Show, Photography — Sacramento State Spring Design Show, 2013
Honorable Mention, Black and White Category — Photographer Forum's Best Of College Photography, 2009