BIOGRAPHY
Blue Mitchell is an independent publisher, curator, educator, and photographer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has been involved with many facets of the photographic arts. Mitchell received his BFA from Oregon College of Art & Craft. Since then, he has curated and juried several photography exhibitions, created an online photography gallery (platestopixels.com), and launched a new fine art photography annual called Diffusion: Unconventional Photography. Mitchell currently serves on the Board of Directors for Newspace Center for Photography. In his personal work he implements many photographic techniques including toy cameras, pinhole, film and digital cameras as well as alternative processes, aged paper, wax, installation, collage, and hand drawing. His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S.
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EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Evanescent Energy, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX
2011 Evanescent Energy, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2010 Evanescent Energy, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2008 Mythos, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2007 Mythos, Downtown Initiative for the Arts (DIVA), Eugene, OR
2007 Mythos, Filter Talent, Portland, OR
2006 Mythos, Cameraworks Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 ISTORIA: Exploration in Contemporary Narrative, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2011 This Good Earth -Annual Themed Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2010 Spooky Show, 2nd Annual, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria OR
2010 Third Juried Annuale, Juried by Alex Nierges, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2010 Plastic Fantastic Toy Camera Show, Juried by Lauren Henkin, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria OR
2010 TPS Annual Members’ Only Show, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco TX
2009 This Land, Mythos, Studio West, Eugene, OR
2009 1st Juried Members Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2009 Four: Contemporary Approaches to Photography, 12×16 Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2008 It’s Just Life, ArtsWest Playhouse & Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Edgy: Pushing the Limits of Photographic Art, Juried by Michael Itkoff, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2008 International Open Exhibition, Juried by Anthony LaSala, The Photomedia Center, Erie, PA
2007 Craft Biennale Juried Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR
2007 Photography: The Other Fine Art, 2nd Annual, The Midlantic Gallery Arts Consortium, Perkasie, PA
2007 Documentation & Distortion, Juried by Pete Christman, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
2007 OCAC Alumni Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR
2005 SPE NW Juried Exhibition, Gallery II Fine Arts Center, Washington State, Pullman, WA
2005 International Open Exhibition, Juried by Mike Tkach, The Photomedia Center, Erie, PA
2005 Craft Biennale Juried Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR
2005 Visuals 505 Film & Video Festival, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2005 Student Juried Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR.
2005 Thesis Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR
2005 A Square Foot: Juried Exhibition, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Sintax: A Pop Art Exhibition, Gallery 500, Portland, OR
2004 ParkeHarrison Selected Student Work, Feldman Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR
2004 Cross Section Exhibition, Art Adventures Gallery, Madras, OR
2004 Student Juried Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR
SPINNING YARNS - A traveling group exhibition curated by Anne Leighton Massoni & Libby Rowe
2014 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
2014 Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
2014 Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2013 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2013 Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2013 Baylor University Martin Museum of Art, Waco, TX
2012 West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
2011 Gallery 114 and Kendall Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris University, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Lupke Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2012 Issue 116, page 35, summer 2012, Shots Magazine
2010 Camera Obscura Journal, Volume II, Sfumato Press, LLC
2010 Balch Creek, Issue 30, Bear Deluxe Magazine: a project of Orlo 2008
2010 The Mitchell Acrylic Lift on Birch Process, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, 3rd Edition, Focal Press, Robert Hirsch
2010 Issue 100, page 10, summer 2010, Shots Magazine
2010 Issue 15, Post Process: Acrylic Lifts, JPG Magazine
VIRTUAL PUBLICATIONS
2010 Lenscratch, Featured Photographer, http://lenscratch.blogspot.com
2010 Holga Darkroom, Featured Photographer, http://holgajen.blogspot.com
2010 PhotoRadio, Interview by Lauren Henkin, http://www.photoradioblog.com/?p=16
2010 The Pinhole Camera, Take 5 Interview, http://www.thepinholecamera.com/take5_051410.cfm
2008 Issue 30, Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Air, F-Stop http://fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/30/index.html
2006 Issue #20, Winter Issue, F-Stop Magazine, http://fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/20/index.html
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
The Photomedia Center, Erie, PA
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
AWARDS & HONORS
2011 Featured Artist, Texas Photographic Society, Membership Print Program 2011
2010 Third Juried Annuale, Juried by Alex Nierges, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2009 Grow Art, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2009 Art on the Vine, Live Auction Invitee, OCAC, Portland, OR
2007 Featured Artist, July-August, The Photomedia Center, Erie, PA
2007 Third Place Award, Photography – The Other Fine Art, 2nd Annual, MGAC, Perkasie, PA
2005 Photography Student Commission, Art on the Vine Auction, OCAC, Portland, OR
2005 First Place Award, Student Juried Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, OR