Dane Mitchell

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Dane Mitchell
Born1976
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater Auckland University of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Known forsculpture
Notable workPost hoc (2019)
Website danemitchell.co.nz

Dane Mitchell is a New Zealand artist who represented Aotearoa New Zealand at the 58th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition. [1] [2]

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Biography

Dane Mitchell was born in 1976, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. [3] In 1997, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh and graduated from the then Auckland Institute of Technology in 1998 with a BFA in sculpture. [3] [4] In 2012, he returned to receive a Masters degree from Auckland University of Technology. [3]

In 2009-2010, Mitchell was in the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, following a 2008 residence at the Gasworks in London. [4] [5] In 2011, he was the Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s Visiting Artist. [5] In 2016, he was a Cove Park Artist-in Residence. [6]

In 2009, he won the New Zealand National Contemporary Art Award for his work Collateral, which was controversial as it was made of packaging that had been used to transport other artists' artworks and had been formed by the curators using instructions from Mitchell as he was in Berlin at the time. [7] [8]

Mitchell now lives in Naarm/Melbourne and holds an academic position at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. [9] [10]

Exhibitions and artworks

In 2019, He represented Aotearoa New Zealand at the 58th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition with a work was titled Post hoc. [11] [12] [13] He has also been included in São Paulo Biennial, (2004); [14] Busan Biennale (2010); [15] Ljubljana Biennia (2011); [16] Singapore Biennale (2011); Gwangju Biennale (2012); [17] Liverpool Biennial (2012); [18] [19] Sydney Biennale (2016); Thailand Biennale (2018) and Bangkok Biennale (2020). [20]

He has held solo exhibitions at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2017); [21] Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, France (2018) [3] and Te Papa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand. [22]

His artworks are in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki [5] and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. [23]

References

  1. ↑ "The art of making the unseen visible". The New Zealand Herald . 2 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Mann, Britt (19 September 2018). "At home with Auckland artist Dane Mitchell". Stuff .
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Dane Mitchell". Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Residencies | Gasworks". www.gasworks.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dane Mitchell". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Dane Mitchell". Cove Park. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Dunn, Megan; Amery, Mark (6 August 2019). "The art award that's been annoying the Waikato (and Paul Henry) for 20 years". The Spinoff . Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Smith, Charmian (20 May 2011). "Mystery and magic". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Dane Mitchell". The University of Melbourne.
  10. ↑ "Dane Mitchell". Sculpture On The Gulf. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Biennale Arte 2019 | Homepage 2019". La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "History". New Zealand at Venice. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Russeth, Andrew (1 August 2018). "Dane Mitchell Will Represent New Zealand at 2019 Venice Biennale, Zara Stanhope and Chris Sharp Curating". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "26th São Paulo Biennial, 2004". universes-in-universe.de.
  15. ↑ Brown, Kimberly (27 October 2010). "Living in Evolution'". Frieze. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "The 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts". Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  17. ↑ "9th Gwangju Biennale 2012: List of Artists". universes.art.
  18. ↑ "2012". Liverpool Biennial. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  19. ↑ Jones, Catherine (2 May 2013). "Liverpool Biennial artist Dane Mitchell looks for ghost stories for his new art work". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  20. ↑ "Bangkok Art Biennale". bab20.bkkartbiennale.com.
  21. ↑ "MAM Project 024: Dane Mitchell | Mori Art Museum". www.mori.art.museum.
  22. ↑ "Dane Mitchell: Iris, Iris, Iris". Te Papa. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  23. ↑ "Dane Mitchell". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
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