Mark Mitchell

I am a multimedia artist, specializing in painting Conceptual Pop Art, as seen during ART BASEL MIAMI at SCOPE and SELECT FAIR, SEE | ME Exhibitions at THE LOUVRE and ARMORY ARTS WEEK NYC, GASPARILLA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, TAMPA and featured on FOX13-TV GOOD MORNING TAMPA BAY.

As a Pratt graduate, SVA student and former advertising Creative Director, I have spent my career honing my visual and communication skills.

Always in pursuit of “The Big Idea”, I have learned how to put concept first, and manipulate imagery to surprise, provoke and reward the viewer. Whether the medium is painting, photography, design, music, spoken word or video, I reach for everything in the toolbox that can help achieve that goal — sometimes all of the above.

Today, my approach as an artist is to draw on the power of mass media and pop culture, while repurposing its icons, imagery and techniques to deliver a more personal artistic statement. Through the use of meaningful juxtaposition and social commentary, my work is an exploration of the irony, contradiction, parallels and harmony to be found in 21st-century life.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Look deeper.
In a world where we are bombarded every day by images through mass media, what makes any single image re...

Pratt Institute, New York, NY
School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
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2025

“THE SOURCE” - MERIT AWARD | DFAC
Featured Artist, Juried Group Exhibition
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
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2024

“GRAPHIC WORLDS” | IMAGINE MUSEUM
Featured Artist, Pop / Comic / Anime Group Exhibition
Imagine Museum, St Petersburg, FL

#SMF - MERIT AWARD | DFAC
Honored at Annual Member Group Exhibition
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL

“TRUE COLORS” SOLO SHOW | WOODFIELD FINE ART
Month-Long Featured Solo Exhibition
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery, St Petersburg, FL
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2023

WOODFIELD FINE ART | GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Representation in St Petersburg
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery, St Petersburg, FL
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2021

HYATT HOUSE | HOTEL COMMISSION
Selected as Featured Artist for Lobby + Common Areas
Hyatt House Tampa Airport Westshore, Tampa, FL
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2020

CREATIVE LOAFING | BEST OF THE BAY WINNER
Reader’s Choice for Best Visual Artist, 2nd Place
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR on ARTSY
Four Originals Featured in Group Exhibition
ARTSY | Presented by BG GALLERY, Santa Monica, CA

DOUBLE VISION | SOLO EXHIBITION AT TECO, TAMPA
The Concept...