Marie Mitchell

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Biography

Marie Mitchell, a WA Peel Region mixed media textile artist from the Canadian West Coast, integrates education and environmental/social justice advocacy into her work. Her art reflects her commitment to the environment's vulnerability. Inspired by Australia's biodiversity, her work "Starting the Cycle: from Dead Dirt to Living Soil" was a finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize and won the South Perth Emerging Artist Prize in Textiles. Her international exhibits include "Walking the Refugee Road: Forced to Flee" in the USA & UK and the "Disconnected Habitat" series at the "Scythia" exhibition in Ukraine. Her residencies at North Metro TAFE and Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, resulting in the "Wetland Stories" exhibition. Her works are held in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK, and the USA.

Group Exhibitions

2023
Wetland Stories
Artist Trio, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, WA

2023
Selected Artist, Stillness
Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, Mandurah, WA

2022
Finalist, Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, NSW

2021
Selected Artist, 10th International Biennial Mini Textile Art Exhibition 'Scythia'
Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2021
Selected Artist, 2nd International Biennial Micro Textile Art exhibition 'Scythia’
Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine

2021
Selected Artist, Oceania: Distance and Diversity
Exhibition touring New Zealand & Australia to 2023, premiere Rotorua, NZ

2021
Finalist, 6th Biennial Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Exhibition
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, VIC

2020
Selected Artist, Australia Wide 7
Exhibition touring Australia & USA til 2022, premiere Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen, ACT

2020
Hanging by a Thread
Holmes a Court Gallery @ no.10, West Perth, WA

2019
Selected Artist, Forced to Flee
Exhibition touring USA & UK til 2022, premiere Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, FL, USA

2019
Now: 2019 Artsource Salon
Old Customs House, Fremantle, WA

2018
Brooching the Subject #2
Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2018
Selected Artist, Australia Wide 6
Exhibition touring Australia til 2020, premiere 76 Queen Street Gallery, Concord West, Sydney, NSW

2018
Selected Artitst, CrossXpollinatioN
Colac Ottway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre, Colac, VIC

2018
Selected Artist, 6th Biennial Petite Miniature Textiles
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC

2018
Selected Artist, Bridges and Borders
Exhibition touring til 2019, premiere Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

2017
Eco Echo
Midland Junction Art Centre, Midland, WA

2017
Selected Artist, Stitched and Bound
Zig Zag Gallery, Kalamunda, WA

Awards

2022
Textile/Sculpture Prize
South Perth Emerging Artist Prize, South Perth, WA

2018
Judges Choices
'Bridge to Extinction', Bridges and Borders Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

Publications

2020
Art Quilt Australia
Textile Fibre Forum, no. 138, pp. 43-48, author Firth, D.

Residencies

2022
Artist in Residence
Contamporary Art Spaces Mandurah, Mandurah, WA

2018
Artist in Residence
The Shopfront, North Metropolitan TAFE, Northbridge, WA

Marie Mitchell
Fibre textiles, Print making

Artist Statement

Marie Mitchell uses art to inspire action for the environment, reflecting her social conscience and joy in birdlife. She employs fibre and printmaking to create allegorical imagery. Her storytelling bridges environmental science with broader audiences. She values informal education through community outreach and conservation efforts.