Catherine Mason is a American born, London based freelance art historian with a background in adult education and the commercial art world. Her specialities are 20th-Century visual arts and contemporary art

She has a BA (Hons) in History of Art from Birkbeck College, University of London in 1993 and obtained a Masters degree in Museums & Gallery Management from City University, London.

From 2002 to 2005 she was the researcher on the CAChe project in the School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at Birbeck, University of London.

She continues to lecture to art societies, clubs and groups around the British Isles on a regular basis.