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 Wisconsin at 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

2023

Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2021   

Transformation, Blowing Rock Art Museum, Blowing Rock, NC, curated by Larry Wheeler

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 Hall

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.