Alexandra Mitchell
Artist, Curator, Writer, Program Facilitator
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts, UNSW Art and Design/UNSW, 2012-2016
Masters of Curating and Cultural Leadership (MCCL) with Excellence, UNSW Art and Design, 2018
Statement of Attainment in Gallery and Museum Skills (Working with Collections), Meadowbank TAFE, 2019
Statement of Attainment in Dance Teaching with Inclusive Practices, TAFE, 2019
Awards
The Nick Waterlow Curatorial Scholarship 2018 (Awarded for Academic Merit to undertake MCCL Program at UNSW Art & Design, 2018)
Group Exhibitions
2019, Critical Animals, This is Not Art Festival, The Lock Up, Newcastle
2019, In Our Nature, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2017, WAS printed Exhibition, The Corner Gallery, Stanmore
2017, Solidarity, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2017, Conversing with the Natural World, 107 Projects, Redfern
2016, Articulate Turns 6, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2016, Memorial, Wellington St Projects, Chippendale
2015, Annual Graduation Exhibition, UNSW Galleries, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington
2015, Interrogation Space, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2014, Annual Graduation Exhibition, UNSW Galleries, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington
2014, Not My Mate, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2014, Customs House Library Art & About Opening Night, Customs House Library, Circular Quay
2014, You just have to get crazier, COFAspace, Paddington
2013, Youth Up Late in the Library, Youth Week Late Night Library, Customs House Library, Circular Quay
2013, Ephemera, COFAspace, Paddington
2012, Tooling Up, COFAspace, Paddington
2012, Half a Desk, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2011, Artexpress, New England Regional Gallery, Armidale
2011, Artexpress, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Curated Exhibitions and Events
2024, Drawing on watch: Shazia Fazal, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
2024, Wiray Midhang (Not Alone): Bree Riley, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
2021, The River, The Cottage at Brooklyn, NSW
2020, Postcards from Brooklyn, The Cottage at Brooklyn, NSW
2019, Once Lauded Objects, Tributary Projects, Fyshwick, ACT
2019, Pyjama Girl: Elizabeth Rankin, Brindley Family Gallery, MAMA, Albury
2018, The Figure is Present, Farr Side Gallery, Marrickville
2017, Solidarity (with Akil Ahamat, Sarah Fitzgerald & Delilah Lyses-sApo), Articulate project space, Leichhardt
2016, Folk at the Festival Late Night Library at Sydney Festival Village (with Claudia Roosen), Sydney Festival Village, Hyde Park, Sydney
2015, SlamRant Late Night Library at Sydney Festival Village (with Seizure), Sydney Festival Village, Hyde Park, Sydney
2014, Art & About Opening Night Late Night Library, Customs House Library, Circular Quay
2014, Glebe Library Late Night Library Season, Glebe Library, Glebe
2014, Not My Mate, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2013, Art & About Opening Night Late Night Library, Customs House Library, Circular Quay
2013, Youth Up Late in the Library, Youth Week Late Night Library (with Melinda Reid), Customs House Library, Circular Quay
Art Residencies
2014, Dangar Island Pollack/Collins Artist Studios
Art Writing
2021, Aline Cusack (1867-1949), Sheila Foundation form Women in Visual Art, Into the Light: Recovering Australia’s lost women artists 1870- 1960, Into the Light: Donor Circle Acquisitions, 2021, https://sheila.org.au/news/into-the-light-donor-circle-acquisitions-2021/
2020, Jessie E. Scarvell (1863-1950) & Aline Cusack (1867-1949), Sheila Foundation form Women in Visual Art, Into the Light: Recovering Australia’s lost women artists 1870- 1960, Into the Light: Donor Circle Acquisitions, 2020, https://sheila.org.au/publications/into-the-light-donor-circle-acquisitions-2020/
2020, Artist Spotlight: Aline Cusack, Sheila Foundation for Women in Visual Art Website Blog, https://sheila.org.au/blog/artist-spotlight-aline-cusack/
2019/20, Alice J. Muskett (1869–1936), Aline Cusack (1867-1949), Annie E. Potter (1863–1936), Gladys Gibbons (1903–1977), Edith Wall (1904–2012) & Erica McGilchrist (1926–2014) Sheila Foundation form Women in Visual Art, Into the Light: Recovering Australia’s lost women artists 1870- 1960, Into the Light: Donor Circle Acquisitions, 2019/20, https://sheila.org.au/news/into-the-light-donor-circle-acquisitions-2019/
2018, ‘Terraformed’ by Louise Morgan, Framework, Issue 23, Disguise, Arc @ UNSW Art & Design, https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/uploads/Framework%2023%20-%20Disguise_1.pdf
Program Facilitation
Studio ARTES Hornsby & Inner West Program Facilitator in Dance, Art & Life Skills, 2019-2021
Contact
alexandra.j.mitchell18[at]gmail.com
@alexandrajmitchell