Mason Taylor (b. 2004) is a queer African American multimedia fine artist, ceramicist, and educator from Bowie, Maryland. He is graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in General Fine Arts (2026) and a Master’s of Arts in Teaching (2027). Growing up attending schools in Arlington, Virginia, named after plantations, battlefields, and slave owners, Taylor’s work confronts American history, identity, and race. He addresses past and present, U.S. and personal histories through portraiture and archived materials. His paintings challenge tradition, contemporary art, and historical ideals by swapping narratives. In installations that combine portraits, items from his grandmother’s house, and wheel-thrown ceramics, he reflects on image, ritual, and family history. His work builds an archive of found and handmade materials in response to the loss of many primary sources

Taylor’s work has appeared in the Prince George’s County 2025 Annapolis Delegation Art group exhibition and several group shows at MICA. He placed second in the 2022 Congressional Art Competition in Virginia and was a 2021 Scholastics American Visions Award nominee and the recipient of the Alliance/ACT-SO Journey scholarship that year.