Karice Mitchell, The Lind Biennial, installation view, 2024. The Polygon, Vancouver, CA. Photo courtesy of The Polygon and Akeem Nermo
She May Be Many Things II, 202, Archival inkjet print, glossy lamination, mounted on UltraBoard, with custom frames, 45 x 54 in (114.30 x 137.16 cm)
She May Be Many Things I, 2024, Archival inkjet print, glossy lamination, mounted on UltraBoard, with custom frame, 45 x 48 in (114.30 x 121.92 cm)
Karice Mitchell, matter of becoming, installation view, 2024. Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA.
Photo: LF Documentation.
Karice Mitchell, sundress, 2024. Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 24 in (91.4 x 70 cm).
Karice Mitchell, body still I, 2024. Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 10 x 30 in (25.4 x 76.2 cm).
Photo: LF Documentation.
Karice Mitchell, pleaser, 2024. Archival inket print mounted on aluminum, 52 x 12 in (132 x 30.4 cm).
Karice Mitchell, matter of becoming, installation view, 2024. Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA.
Photo: LF Documentation.
Karice Mitchell, becoming and unbecoming (working title), installation view, 2024. The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, CA. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Karice Mitchell, becoming and unbecoming (working title), 2024.
Karice Mitchell, II and II, from Will to adorn series, installation view, 2024. Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Karice Mitchell, IV, from Will to adorn series, installation view, 2024. Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Karice Mitchell, I, from Will to adorn series, installation view, 2024. Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Karice Mitchell, Untitled Diptych (Woman in Pink Bikini), 2022. Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 48 x 16 in (121.9 x 40.6 cm). Photo: LF Documentation.
Karice Mitchell, Adorned I, 2022. Archival inkjet print mounted on plexiglass, 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm).
Karice Mitchell, 1b, black legs, 52”, installation view, 2021. University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, CA. Photo: Scott Lee.
Karice Mitchell, 1b, black legs, 52”, installation view, 2021. University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, CA. Photo: Scott Lee.
Karice Mitchell
b. 1996 Toronto, CA
Lives and works in Vancouver, CA
Education
2021 MFA, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA
2019 BFA & BA, York University, Toronto, CA
Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
2024 becoming and unbecoming (working title), The Polygon, Vancouver, CA
2024 will to adorn, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA
2024 matter of becoming, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2023 Capture Photography Festival 2023, Will Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, CA
2022 Together / Apart, Susan Hobbs, Toronto, CA
2022 1b, Black Legs, 52”, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, CA
2021 take care, Hamilton Artists Inc Wall Project, Hamilton, CA
2021 1b, Black Legs, 52”, Thesis Exhibition, University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, CA
2018 Hottentot Venus, York University Gales Gallery, Toronto, CA
2018 Pink Matter, York University Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Soft Focus, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, CA
2023 Please be gentle, the Plumb, Toronto, CA
2022 Proof 28, Gallery 44, Toronto, CA
2022 Salon 44 (online), Gallery 44, Toronto, CA
2022 Sacred Spit, 49 McCaul Blackbox, Toronto, CA
2021 Art Toronto, presented by The Plumb, Toronto, CA
2021 Temporary Collection, Ed Video, Guelph, CA
2021 The Way You Look Tonight, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, CA
2020 Salonsdale, Lonsdale Gallery Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CA
2019 Loose Buttons/Tight Seams, Waterloo Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, CA
2018 Nuit Rose, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, CA
2018 We the Creators Showcase, Soho House Toronto, Toronto, CA
2017 Embedded, York University Gales Gallery, Toronto, CA
2017 Clement, Gallery 50, Toronto, CA
Grants & Awards
2023 BC Arts Council Individual Arts Award
2023 Canada Council Research Creation Grant
2022 Ontario Arts Council Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists
2020 The University of Waterloo Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship and Internship
2019 The University of Waterloo Full-Time Graduate Student Bursary
2019 York University Jennifer Ivey Bannock Photography Scholarship
2017 York University Jack Bush Scholarship for studio and academic achievement
2017 Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) Best in Show Award
Publications
2022 “Karice Mitchell’s art reminds Black women and Black folks to take care”, The Silhouette
2021 “Akimbo Artist Hit List”, Akimbo
2019 “Loose Buttons/Tight Seams: Juried Exhibition”, Button Factory Arts 25 Year Anniversary Publication
2019 “Black Female Sexuality Through a New Lens” York University Excalibur Community Newspaper
Artist Talks
2022 1b, black legs, 52”, MOA Visual + Material Culture Research Seminar Series, Vancouver, CA