Mitchell’s work explores psychology, boundaries, and control. Beginning with a linen surface lying flat on a table, she dribbles acrylic and clear medium, smooshing it intuitively with her fingers. Once dry, she uses these marks as guides, filling them in with color and outlining them. Always staying within the bounds of the original composition, she traverses the landscape of the composition over days and weeks, methodically moving over mountains, islands, and peninsulas. This process-based approach offers the opportunity to explore the intuitive mark, reiterating the quick, uninhibited gesture with slow and precarious maneuvers. She is also a Knicks fan, and is currently writing about the relationship between basketball and painting.
Ariel Mitchell is a painter living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA from CUNY Hunter College (2021) and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2007). She has attended residencies at Greenhut, (Harvard, MA, 2026), Vermont Studio Center (2007), Griffis-Orpheus Foundation (Bulgaria, 2008), Arteles (Finland, 2011), and SiM Reykjavik (Iceland, 2013). She is currently featured on the Hauser and Wirth spotlight emerging artists page, and has been published in Forbes, Whitehot Magazine, Studio Visit magazine, and ROV 4. She has work in public and private collections in Europe and the US.
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New York: ashley@mcbridedillman.com
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