Mette Mitchell

I worked in the creative fields for the first part of my life. I was heading the visual expression and the trend forecasting department for an international high end furniture chain and it was my job to bring creative input and interpret abstract information and communicate my finding to buyers and visual merchandising. In this job I was in contact with many designers and artists but never found the courage to produce my own work. Or I was simply still searching for my own unique expression. I also partook in setting up many exhibitions, and again here I was presenting other peoples work.

Often I have also been used as what you could describe as a muse, both helping organising and distilling creative expressions of other and to bring an honest and trusted view of a project and respond with my impressions.

My previous position took me on many business trips around the world and I in particular enjoyed going to Japan where I went on many occasions. Here I picked up on the Japanese philosophy wabi sabi that is described like this in popular culture: The appreciation of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". This philosophy allowed me to think of myself as a whole person even with all my flaws and failures.

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2022: Solo show - Roots, Edmonton, AB - Canada