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Curtis Mitchell

Lives in New York, NY

Born 1957, New York, NY

Visual Artist

I was reminded of a chat with my friend Bruce one day a long time ago. "Remember all the movies, Curtis, we'd go see, trying to learn how to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be? And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest."

1983 M.F.A., Yale University

1979 B.A., Swarthmore College

Adjunct Professor, New York University

Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt Institute of Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Personas, Martos Gallery, New York, NY

2008 Personas, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2006 MoMA PS1, Long Island City NY

2003 Track, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Esso Gallery, New York, NY

2001 Esso Gallery, New York, NY

1999 AC Projects, New York, NY

1998 KX Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

1996 One Great Jones Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, Switzerland

1990 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Processed, Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, NY

2009 More Mergers..., Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2008 Three Degrees, Galerie Maisonneuve, Paris, France

2008 Year '07, County Hall, London, England

2007 Modeling the Photographic: The End(s) of Photography, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH

2006 Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2006 Material Abuse, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

SELECTED GRANTS, HONORS AND AWARDS

2005 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant

1990 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Year Awarded 2011
Category Visual Arts
OUT in the West - 1aweb.jpg Curtis Mitchell, photo by Hermann Feldhaus
OUT (detail) - 2aweb.jpg Curtis Mitchell, photo courtesy of the artist
Portrait photo courtesy of the artist