My artwork reflects my background in interior design and theater. My sculptures and paintings are characterized by a
love of process, a strong sense of color, storytelling, mechanisms, manipulation of materials, humor, and playfulness.
The intensive handwork involved in the creation of my work allows it to cross the boundary between fine art and craft.
VIDEO: “The Dragon And The Bear”
©2011 Alex Mitchell, THE DRAGON AND THE BEAR, Paper Theater for Music Video
©2011 Alex Mitchell, PAPER THEATER MAGIC, Behind the Scenes of My Paper Theater
This year, the opportunity to make a music video presented itself. Always exploring new ways of storytelling, I jumped at the chance to make a paper theater for this song. My inspiration was to capture the magic of a paper theater, tell the story of the song, and express the joy of the music.
VIDEO: "Goodbye Me-Monsters"
©2011 Alex Mitchell, GOODBYE VANARPY, Miniature Book-Sculpture Automata
As my monster-making process reaches its final stage, I am working in miniature and dealing with the idea of
transformation. I say goodbye to my “Me-Monsters” and let go of old familiar ways of thinking in order to accept
all of myself and trust in life. 
VIDEO: "Making Monster Puppets" 
©2010 Alex Mitchell, GIMMEMORUS PUPPET, Hand Puppet
As part of my ongoing process of developing the personalities of my "Me-Monsters," I turned to creating hand puppets.
VIDEO: "The Making of a Monster"
©2010 Alex Mitchell, BRUTUS, Marionette Sculpture
Through my “Me-Monsters” I have tried to discover my true self underneath my egocentric persona. I dissected my ego
and came up with a ridiculous, obnoxious, funny-looking monster for each part.
The first step to bring to life each monster was creating large marionette sculptures. Once I got all the monsters
physically manifested in cardboard, I turned to painting to figure out how I might finish each one.
VIDEO: "El Happy Mundo: The Work in My Studio"
©2008 Alex Mitchell, LOVE STORY, Pedestal Sculpture
“El Happy Mundo” was created as a body of work that playfully places us between two opposing ideas of picture-
perfectness and lurking darkness.
On display were wood sculptures which included the “Knock-Knock Series” dealing with emotions of loneliness, anger,
cruelty, and greed. In contrast, in another room “The Kitties” fabric sculptures were displayed representing beauty and
innocence as the colorful inhabitants of an imaginary world called “La-La Land.”
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