Gavin Mitchell

Artist Statement

I aim to produce an evolving body of work that investigates the harmony,
contradictions and duality of cultural aesthetics within the different societies.
The human and material landscape is where I draw my inspiration, captured through
my own photography or found in the environment in which I live and the world I
travel through. There is all around us a limitless source of cultural references that
enthuse, intrigue and excite.
I am always striving to find ways of adding visual layers to my imagery. Illustrative
and playful mixed media limited edition artworks through the use of found imagery,
collage, screen print, sculpture and photography.
Ultimately I seek to create original and thought provoking works of art that will
make the viewer pause a while.


Biography


Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions
• Their Future. Portraits. Accra, Ghana - Sept 2012
• Fourth Wall. Northcote Gallery. London SW3 - April 2014
• Abstract Notions. Northcote Gallery. London SW3 - February 2015
• Kodachromes. SPH. London EC2 2016 - Sept 2015
• Pictures of The Floating World. Northcote Gallery. London SW11 - April 2016
• Absolutism v Relativism. Turner Barnes Gallery. Shenfield & Chelmsford - January/March 2017
• Transient. Northcote Gallery. London SW11 - October 2017
• A Women in Motion (joint show) Nassau 42 Fine Arts. Antwerp – Jan/Feb 2018
• The Illusion of Permanence (joint) . Thames Side Studios Gallery. London SE18 – January 2018
• East Meets West (joint) Nassau 42 Fine Arts. Antwerp – Dec 18/Feb 1

Group Exhibitions
• On the Perimeter: The Edge of Photography. High House Gallery. Oxon - May 2014
• Strarta. Saatchi Gallery. London SW3 - May 2014
• Return to Splendor. Collagistes Collective. Marylebone Gardens. W1 - Feb 2014
• LAPADA Art & Antique Show. Berkeley Square. London W1 - October 2014
• Cracker. Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong - December 2014
• Signal 8. Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong - August 2015
• Sound & Vision. collab w/Groove Armada SPH. London EC2 - September 2015
• Bustin’ Out On A Dream. Creative Debuts & Whitechapel Gallery. London EC2 June 2016
• Signal 8. Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong - August 2016
• Manipulation. Joint Show w/ Frederick Lowis. Luminaire Arts Gallery. London SW1 - Nov/Dec 2016
• Twelve Days. Cat Street Gallery. Hong Kong - Dec 16 / Feb 17
• Summer Exhibition. Xin Art Gallery. Ile de Ré, France – July – September 2018
• Art Miami – Context. Turner Barnes gallery. Miami, USA – December 2018
• London Art Fair. Turner Barnes Gallery. January 2019
• Art Wynwood. Turner Barnes Gallery. Miami, USA - February 2019

AAF
• Battersea 2014 - 2018
• Hong Kong 2015 - 2019
• Paris 2014
• Hampstead 2018 – 2019
• New York 2019
• Brussels 2019

Charity Work & Professional Residencies
• Drive Forward Foundation - Care Leavers Charity. Artist in Residence. Workshops 2012 - 2014
• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital - Post Graduate Centre - Commissioned Work 2013 - 2016
• Facilitator /Reflection Workshops. End of Life Care. NHS ‘Partners in Innovation’ 2013 - 2016
• Teenage Cancer Trust. ‘Cutting It’ Collage Workshops 2016 -
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts – Visiting Lecturer (BA Lighting & Technical Design ) 2017 -

Commissions
• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital 2014 - BodyMaps
• South Place Hotel / D&D London and Conran & Partners 2013 - 40 Original Artworks
• White Rose Energy. Photographic Portraits / Ghana
• Teenage Cancer Trust . Sound & Vision Collaboration with Groove Armada
• https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/our-story/music/music-news/gavin-mitchell-and-groove-
armada-join-forces-teenage-cancer