Alex Mitchell Artist Author

 

Okay, is this the part where I tell you about how an interior designer gone theater props artisan took the leap to making art only to figure out later that she’s obsessed with making books?  Yes?  Oh good, because I just did.  And that pretty much sums up the last 20 years of my life.

But if you were to run into me somewhere and ask me what I do, I’d tell you that I’m in the process of making a beautiful life.  Because that’s what it’s really all about in the end.  Figuring out how to make my joy for life shine through my art.

For more information about me please refer to my biography and bibliography in the section titled “BIO."

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COMMISSIONED ARTWORK
2015-2016

THE HOUSE OF SMILES, Orthodontics Pediatric Dentistry - San Francisco, CA, USA.

WHERE DOGS PLAY, Camp K-9 of Marin - Corte Madera, CA, USA.

 

2015

TOGETHER, Patricia Rivero Tougard - Paris, France.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
FROM CART TO ART, Straub Environmental Center - Salem, OR, USA.

2012
HOLIDAY SHOW, Campfire Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA. 
THE ART OF COMMUNICATION, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery - Salem, OR, USA.

2008
ARTE LISBOA '08, Feira Intl. de Lisboa, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2007
ARTE LISBOA '07, Feira Intl. de Lisboa, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.
MORIDEN, Monkdogz Urban Art - New York, NY, USA.
COLECTIVA AO 8 MES, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2006
ARTE LISBOA '06, Feira Intl. de Lisboa, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2005
ARTE LISBOA '05, Feira Intl. de Lisboa, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2004
ARTE LISBOA '04, Feira Intl. de Lisboa, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.
LIGHTEN UP, Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA, USA.
P.K. 630,7: MADRID-LISBOA, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2003
DOS AÑOS, DOS CONTINENTES, Galería La Factoría del Perro Verde - Madrid, Spain.
VIVID, Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA, USA.
29/3, Galería Los 29 Enchufes - Madrid, Spain.

2002
TOTEM, Galería La Factoría del Perro Verde - Madrid, Spain.
COLORS OF WHITE, Hang - San Francisco, CA, USA.

2001
WINTER WALLS: A Collection of Small Works, Hang - San Francisco, CA, USA.
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, SomARTS Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.
RED, Junius Productions for the Arts - San Francisco, CA, USA.
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Hang - San Francisco, CA, USA.

2000
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, SomARTS Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.
5 @ EYELEVEL, Rizzoli Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.
DYADS AND TRIADS, Hang - San Francisco, CA, USA.

1999
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, SomARTS Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.

1998
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, Live Art Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.
SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, SomARTS Gallery - San Francisco, CA, USA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
ME-MONSTERS, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2008
EL HAPPY MUNDO, Galería Rita Castellote - Madrid, Spain.

2007
WHERE IS MY MIND?, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2006
MISERY LOVES COMPANY, Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando - Madrid, Spain.

2005
WELCOME TO THE HIDDEN LIFE, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Lisbon, Portugal.

2004
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF?, Galeria Pedro Serrenho - Oporto, Portugal.
CUENTACUENTOS, Galería La Factoría del Perro Verde - Madrid, Spain.

2003
DREAM, Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA, USA.

2002
AMUSE, Hang - Palo Alto, CA, USA.
WONDER, Solomon Fine Art - Seattle, WA, USA.

2001
PICTOGRAMS, Oakland Museum of California - Oakland, CA, USA.
MOSTLY STORIES, Hang - San Francisco, CA, USA.

1999
WORKS IN THE E AND F SERIES, Gensler Architects - San Francisco, CA, USA.

PUBLICATIONS
Are You Ready Little Caterpillar, A Poem Picture Book
©2015 Alex Mitchell

 

My Colors Inside, A Bilingual Poem Picture Book

©2014 Alex Mitchell

 

Go Ahead, Be A Monster, But Don’t Forget To Smile, A Bilingual Poem Picture Book

©2013 Alex Mitchell

COLLECTIONS
MAH - Museu de Angra do Heroísmo Arte Contemporânea - Ilha Terceira, Açores, Portugal.
De Mora-Granados Family Collection - Madrid, Spain.

AWARDS
Artist in Residence. California Palace of the Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA, USA, 2002.
Artist Studio. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum - San Francisco, CA, USA, 2000.

EDUCATION
BS in Interior Design, University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1994.