Alan Mitchell

Born 1964 in Liverpool, England and studied art at the Central School of Art and Design (Central/St Martins) in London. He has taught art in the UK and Malta before coming to Belgium and St. Johns International School in 1996.

ALAN MITCHELL____________________________
HISTORIES AND IDENTITIES, REALITIES AND ILLUSIONS Between photography and painting

In constructing our personal and collective histories and identities from fragmentary surviving documentary images like photographs, the recent past is as remote as antiquity. Damaged, incomplete or faded photographic images are like fragments of pottery or broken statues, poignant reminders of the ephemeral and impermanent nature of our existence.

Things in their true nature and illusions are of the same basic substance Thich Nhat Hanh. (Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the four establishments of mindfulness)

Photography by mechanically recording a moment in time gives a sense of objective truth or realism to images. The subjective aspects in the process of selecting, framing and capturing subjects and the fleeting effects of light and shadows in spontaneous moments or carefully posed situations create distortions which are infinite especially wi...

Individual Exhibitions
2000. Paintings
St Johns International School Art Gallery.
2001 Paintings on Paper.
LArte, Accademia Editori Fine Art, 3 Rue Lombard, Bruxelles.
2002 Paintings on Paper
Defense d afficher/Verboden aan te plakken
Swedish Art Club, Chateau d Argenteuil
Waterloo, Bruxelles
2003 Metaphysical Paintings
LArte, Art Gallery, 3 Rue Lombard, Bruxelles.
2005 Painting: Memory and Metaphor
St Johns International School art gallery
2007 Paintings for a Baroque Music Concert
Eglise de Saint Denis. Forest. Bruxelles
2007 Pictura Metaphysica.
St Johns International School.

Group shows
1986. Joint show with Cluny South and Neil Bunting. The Conway Hall, London.
Exhibited work in Fragments. Lambs Conduit Street, London. UK
Class of 86 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London.UK
1987 Joint Show Two Artists with Joanne Griffiths. Acorn Gallery, Liverpool. UK
1988 Exhibited Pastor Bonus in group show at the ...