EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Painting, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002 BFA, Painting, East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville, NC
2001 University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Summer Semester, Cortona, Italy
SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2017 Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
2015 Jason Mitcham: Video Installations, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Destiny Manifested, a benefit exhibition, sponsored and presented by the Snyderman Fund, Durham, NC
2017 The Future is but the Obsolete in Reverse, Flecker Gallery, SUNY Suffolk County Community College
2016 The Future is but the Obsolete in Reverse, BRIC Media Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Future Histories, Elon University, Elon, NC
Moving Paintings, 407 Gallery, University of Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
2011 Nowhere is Everywhere, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2008 This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2006 Urban Form, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 White Rock Summer Invitational II, White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY
2019 INVISIBLE, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, curated by Linda Dougherty
2018 STOP: Video Work by Jason Mitcham and Gerco de Ruijter, Block 2 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, curated by Stacy Bloom-Rexrode
2017 Beyond the Horizon: Contemporary Landscapes- Teresita Fernandez, Maya Lin, Jason Mitcham, and Colby Parsons, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, curated by Holly Tripman
Digital Profiling, Made in New York Media Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by David Terry & New York Foundation for the Arts
Digiscapes, Lump, Raleigh, NC, curated by Anthony Hamilton
HY-BRID, Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, curated by Melissa Hal
2016 Borderless: In Time, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, curated by David C. Terry, New York Foundation for the Arts
Someplace Elsewhere, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL, curated by Victor Perez
Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition Featuring Jason Mitcham, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State University, NH
2015 Image, Object and Idea, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, curated by Richard Heipp
2014 State of Emergency, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, curated by Lia Newman
Pixel Perfect/Analogue Output, Center for the Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY, curated by Nicole Tschampel
2013 Talking Transition, Public Screenings, Duarte Park, New York, NY, curated by the New York Foundation for the Arts
Flint Free City Festival, Flint MI, projection installation on former site of Chevrolet Factory
NurtureArt Benefit, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Friends of Ai Weiwei Benefit, AW Asia Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Empire Drive-In, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Manchester, England, curated by Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark
Return to Rattlesnake Mountain, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
The Quasimodo Project, Mile Long Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2011 Material Matters, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL, curated by Kim Anderson
Rising Into Ruin, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, curated by Lia Newman
The Constructed Landscape, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Lia Newman
2010 Absence, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, curated by Hector Canonge
The Paul Hartley Legacy, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh NC, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
2007 Lumin Wakoa & Jason Mitcham: New Paintings, Dead End Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL
CAA Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES
2020 Snyderman Fund Art-Supporting-Art Grant
2016 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship
2015 Foundation For Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
2014 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant nominee
1858 Prize Nominee and Finalist, Gibbs Museum, Charleston, SC
2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, Interdisciplinary Work
Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation Grant
FILM FESTVALS/ SCREENINGS
2013 New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame Benefit, New York, NY
Roger Smith Hotel Video Series, New York, NY, curated by Danika Druttman
Animator International Film Festival, Poznan, Poland
As the Eye is Formed, Parrish Museum of Art, Water Mill, NY, curated by Peter Campus
Lumen Festival, Staten Island, NY
Northside Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2012 A Frame Apart 2: Queens Shorts Showcase, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
High Tide Picture Show, Brooklyn, NY
Moving Picture, Performance Space 122, New York, NY
Speculation and Spectacle, Rogue Art Film Screening, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Los Angeles International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Wassaic Project Residency Visiting Artist Screening, Wassaic, NY
Watch This! Emerging Filmmakers, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/ CRITIQUES
2018 Visiting Artist, Public Lecture, Stop-motion Animation Workshop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2017 Visiting Artist, Public Lecture, Reinhardt University, GA
Public Lecture, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Public Lecture, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Public Lecture, SUNY Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
2016 Visiting Artist, Plymouth State University, NH
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Elon University, Elon, NC
Lecture, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Guest Critic, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
PANEL DISCUSSIONS/ WORKSHOPS
2020 CAA Paper and Panel Presentation: Modern Ruins, Transitivity and Moving Paintings, as part of the panel Contemporary Painting and Materiality, Chair: Kristy Deetz, University of Wisconsin at
Green Bay, Chicago, IL
2017 Drawing Stop-Motion Animation Workshop, Cameron Art Museum, NC
2016 Painting TIME within the Landscape, one-week painting stop-motion animation workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2015 Life After the MFA, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Panel discussion in conjunction with exhibition.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2014 A Forest For the Trees, Public Art Project commissioned by the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Hudak, Joseph. The Avett Brothers Address Divided U.S. in New Video for ‘We Americans’, Rolling Stone, July 2, 2020.
Smith, Sophie. Watch The Avett Brothers’ Poignant Animated Video For ‘We Americans’, U Discover Music, July 1, 2020.
Frolish, Andrew. Video: The Avett Brothers ‘We Americans’, Americana UK, July 6, 2020.
Bernstein, Scott. The Avett Brothers Share ‘We Americans’ Video, JamBase, June 30, 2020.
2017 Lacy, Justin. Cameron Art Museum exhibit looks ‘Beyond the Horizon’, Star News, March 7, 2017.
Davidson, Mary. 11 New Art Exhibits to Check Out This Season, Hour Detroit, November 16, 2017.
2015 Dasal, Jennifer. Jason Mitcham: Video Installations, North Carolina Museum of Art quarterly.
Schweers, Jeff. Public Art Projects Spring Up Around UF Campus, Gainesville Sun, January 3, 2015.
Craig, Leah. Exploring Academia, University of Florida Muse Magazine, June 2, 2015.
2014 Newman, Lia. State of Emergency (Exhibition catalogue)
Kahler, Nick. Artists Respond to States of Emergency, Burnaway.org, March 13, 2014.
Pandolfi, Elizabeth. 1858 Prize Profile: Jason Mitcham, Charleston City Paper, September 16, 2014.
2013 Piper, Matthew. Free City & Jason Mitcham, Miscellany and Mumbo Jumbo, May 4, 2013.
2012 Perrine, Forrest. Video Watch: Jason Mitcham’s Animation Created on a Single Painting, Beautiful Decay, October 23, 2012.
Fox, Michelle Higa. Jason Mitcham, Motionographer, June 13, 2012.
2011 Benning, Daniel. Animation from Jason Mitcham, OEN, June 29, 2011.
2010 Brown, Nick. The Life and Death of an American City, Set to Music, Struggling Architecture, December 1, 2010
Plitt, Allison. Developed Pictures, Times Ledger, October 21, 2010.
Tuttle, Stephen. Classmates Reunite to Create Music Video, East Magazine, East Carolina University, Fall Issue, 2010.
Hilton, Robin. Exclusive Premiere: New Avett Brothers Video, NPR, All Songs Considered, July 14, 2010.