Linda Mitchell

Linda Mitchell, who was born in Atlanta in 1960, grew up in a family that nurtured her strong, early interest in both animals and making art. As a child, she started painting, making animal figurines, and sewing, all of which informed her work as a mature artist.
​Mitchell earned a BFA at UGA in Drawing & Painting in 1982. She received MFA’s in painting (1990), and sculpture (1994) from GSU. The paintings and sculptures focused on narrative scenarios depicting animal figures, emphasizing their human qualities. Collage became a great interest near the end of graduate school, allowing her to combine her impulse for image-making with her sculptural facility.
​Mitchell began creating large paintings that combined actual objects with painted illusion. She began using an intuitive approach to allow poetic meaning to emerge from the highly textural layering of painted and digital images with a variety of materials. She also began making animal figures using Play-Doh and began sewing fabric animals as well. These figures are used as models for paintings and as photographic images collaged to the surface of pieces.
Mitchell's work can be found in numerous corporate and private collections. She has exhibited extensively with solo exhibiti...

MFA- Sculpture- Georgia State University 1994
MFA- Painting- Georgia State University 1990
BFA- Painting- University of Georgia 1982

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Truth in Animals, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA.
2016 Truth in Animals, Quincy Arts Center, Quincy, IL.
Truth in Animals, Durham Arts Council, Durham NC.
2015 Truth in Animals, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, NW FL State College, Niceville, FL.
Lucid Dreamer, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA.
Heartfelt, Linda Mitchell and Kim Ramey, Dogwood Gallery, Tyrone, GA.
2014 Wild Things, (2 Artist exhibition.) The Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN.
2013 Truth in Animals, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA.
Truth in Animals, Danville Museum, Danville, VA.
Truth in Animals, The Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA.
Truth in Animals, MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA.
2012 Truth in Animals, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
Anecdotes & Parables: 3 Artist Exhibition, Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, VA.
Linda Mitchell-Selections from Big Muse and Other Series, Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA.
2011 Reveries: Works by Linda Mitchell, Gallery One Twelve (non-profit), Atlanta, GA.
Radford University Museum, Radford, Virginia.
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL.
Mary G. Hardin Center for the Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL
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