Melanie Masson

Melanie Masson is a photographer, writer, and arts organizer in Seattle, WA. She began developing her craft while growing up in the American South, and moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2006. A graduate of Winthrop University and the University of Washington, she works in the museum field following more than a decade in the commercial photography industry.

Masson's photographs have been published by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Stranger, Seattle International Film Festival, City Arts, Photographic Center Northwest, 4Culture, Ploughshares Literary Magazine, Till, Shunpike, Rubicon Foundation Seattle, The Seattle-Havana-Tehran Poster Show, ARCADE Magazine, Haven Stad, Microsoft, Nordstrom, DaimlerChrysler, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle Children’s Museum, The Center for Wooden Boats, 48° North, The Greenville Journal, and Winthrop University.

Exhibitions

Nov. - Dec. 2023 - “Sunshady Days: A 50 Year Retrospective of Bumbershoot” (group show) - Photographic Center Northwest. Seattle, WA.
Oct. - Dec. 2023 - “VIVID: Alumni Exhibition” (group show) - Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC.
Sept. 2023 - “Sunshady Days: A 50 Year Retrospective of Bumbershoot” (group show) - A/NT Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Aug. 2019 - "Big Developments in the Nanoforest", a collaboration with Daniel R. Smith for “Repossessed” (group show) - SOIL Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2019 - "Passage" presented by Storefronts, a program of Shunpike (solo show) - corner of Boren Ave. & John St. Seattle, WA.
Aug. - Dec. 2016 - "The Seattle-Havana-Tehran Poster Show" (group show) - Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery. Keene, NH.
Apr. 2016 - "The Seattle-Havana-Tehran Poster Show" (group show) - Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura. Havana, Cuba.
Mar. - Jun. 2016 - "Passage" (solo show) - Carillon Point. Kirkland, WA.
Jun. 2016 - "Capitol Hill Art Invasion II" (group show) - 12th & John. Seattle, WA.
Apr. 2016 - "Capitol Hill Art Invasion" (group show) - 12th & John. Seattle, WA.
Mar. - Apr. 2015 - "Passage" (solo show) - The Virginia Inn. Seattle, WA.
Sept. - Oct. 2014 - "Passage" (solo show) - Iridio. Seattle, WA.
Mar. - May 2014 - "Passage" (solo show) - Elliott Bay Cafe. Seattle, WA.
Feb. 2014 - "Passage" (solo show) - Ballard Landmark. Seattle, WA.
Jun. 2013 - "Passage" (solo show) - Fresh Flours. Seattle, WA.
Aug. 2012 - "Passage" (solo show) - Johnston Architects. Seattle, WA.
Jun. 2012 - "Passage" (solo show) - 509 Wines. Seattle, WA.
Apr. 2011 - "Red Light Nights" (group show) - Canoe Social Club. Seattle, WA.
Apr. 2011 - "Neighborhood Portrait" (solo show) - Starbucks, Georgetown. Seattle, WA.
Dec. 2010 - "Doppelgänger" (solo show) - Notebleu Design. Seattle, WA.
Nov. 2010 - "Urban Landscapes" (group show) - Fremont Abbey Arts Center. Seattle, WA.
Oct. 2009 - "(untitled portraiture exhibition)" (group show) - Fremont Abbey Arts Center. Seattle, WA.