John Mitchell
John Mitchell (b. 1971) was born in Illinois, and now lives and works in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Mitchell paints from direct observation. Sessions repeat at a set time week after week for as long as it takes to complete his project. His method centers around the changes that happen in a person’s appearance over the passage of time. A sitter assumes a new position and the shift is registered in the painting; if a ring is lost, it will be painted out. His works are reflections of his time spent looking at, painting and being with each person.
Mitchell received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995, and his MFA from Yale University in 1999. His first one-person exhibitions in NYC were at Alexandre De Folin Gallery in 1999 and RIVA Gallery in 2003. Since then, Mitchell has been actively exhibiting in and out of NYC. In 2015, Mitchell was awarded an Art Symposium Residency, Austevoll Kunstforening, Austevoll, Norway and in 2016 attended the Emerson Landing Residency in Wye Mills, Maryland.