Curriculum Vitae

Last updated: February 2, 1998

Mitchel Smith

Born Liverpool, England, 1959
Lives in Edmonton, Canada
E-mail:mitsm@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca

BIOGRAPHY

1982 - Graduated B.F.A., University of Alberta.

1986 - Attended "Triangle Artists Workshop", Pine Plains, N.Y.

1989- Attended "Emma Lake Artists Workshop", Emma Lake, Sask.

1990- Attended "Emma Lake Artists Workshop", Emma Lake, Sask.

1993 - President, Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society.

1997- President, Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1997

"Tactility: The New Paintings of Mitchel Smith", Commerce Place, Edmonton.

1995

"Mitchel Smith, Recent Paintings", Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton.

1993

"Mitchel Smith, Recent Paintings", The Edmonton Art Gallery.
"New Paintings", Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton.

1991

"Studio Watch", Curated by Roget Boulet, The Edmonton Art Gallery
"Untitled: An Exhibition of Recent Paintings", The Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Edmonton.

1990

"Mitch Smith: Paintings", Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton.

1989

"Collage on Canvas", Manulife Place, Edmonton.
"Mitchel Smith, Recent Work", Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton.

1986

"Mitch Smith, New Paintings", Edmonton Art Gallery.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1997

"The Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society", The Arts Barns, Edmonton.

1996

"The Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society", The Arts Barns, Edmonton.

1995

"Artworks From The Norcen Collection", Edmonton Art Gallery
"The Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society", Commerce Place, Edmonton.

1994

"The Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society", Commerce Place, Edmonton.

1993

"The Edmonton Contemporary Artists Society", City Cnetre, Edmonton.
"Masters of Abstraction", Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary.

1992

"New Gallery Artists", The Gallery's Framer, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
"The Emerging Landscape", Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary.

1991

"Three Edmonton Artists", Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia.
"The Millar Building Show", Edmonton.

1990

"Alberta Now", The Edmonton Art Gallery.
"Concurrents", Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta.

1989

"Gallery Artists At Emma Lake", Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton.
"Edmonton '89", The Edmonton Art Gallery.

1988

"New Paintings", An Exhibition in conjunction with "The Works: A Visual Arts Festival", Edmonton.
"Collage", Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia.
"Paint and Paper", Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton.
"The Feel Of Abstract Art", A Travelling Exhbition curated by Lelde Muelenbachs for the Extension Program, E.A.G.

1987

"Mitch Smith and Gerald Faulder: New Paintings", Studio Exhibition, Edmonton.
"In Touch with Abstract Art", Mcmullen Gallery, Edmonton.
"Edmonton Contemporary Art", The Edmonton Art Gallery.
"Studio Watch", curated by Valentin Tatransky, The Edmonton Art Gallery.

1986

"Abstract Painting in Edmonton", The Edmonton Art Gallery.

1985

"Recent Aquisitions", The Edmonton Art Gallery.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Edmonton Art Gallery,Edmonton

The Glenbow Museum,Calgary

The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon

Nickle Arts Museum,Calgary

Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton

The University of Lethbridge,Lethbridge

The Norcen Collection,Calgary

The Westburne Collection, Montreal

Sharecom Corporation,Calgary

Triangle Trust,New York

Comino Foundation, Vaduz,Liechtenstein

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Interview: Mitchel Smith The Edmonton Review, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring, 1994.

Mitchel Smith, Recent Paintings Elizabeth Kidd, Edmonton Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, 1993

Gerald Faulder and Mitch Smith, Studio Exhibition Lelde Muelenbachs, Artpost, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring, 1988

West of Jersey Valentin Tatransky, Update, Third Issue, 1987

Mitch Smith, New Paintings Russell Bingham, Update, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1986

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