Dubhe Carreño Gallery

                    Contemporary Ceramic Art

 

 

Dennis Lee Mitchell

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Solo Exhibitions

 

2008    “Human Nature”, Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

            March 14-May9

                                                  

2007    “Material Transformation”, Kemper Art Gallery, Illinois

            Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, January 25-

            February 24

 

2006    “Sense of Origin”, Clarke House Museum, Chicago, Illinois,

             April 21-June 30

 

             “Source”, Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,

             March 10-May 6

 

2005    “Manifest”, Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,

             March 11-May 10

 

2004    “Sculptures”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa,

             May 29-Aug. 8

 

             “New Works”, Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,

              April 9-May8

 

2001     “Sculptures”, Amalgama Gellery, Thessaloniki, Greece,

             October 2-28

 

Recent Group Exhibitions

 

2008     Trompe L’oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis California

              January 2-February

 

2007     Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju

             City, Chungbuk, South Korea, October 2-October28,

             Honorable Mention

 

            “Botanical”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico,

            August 10-September 8

 

            “Sculpture Invasion”, Koehnline Museum of Art,

            Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois,

            July12-August 30

            

            “Contemporary”, Aldo Castillo Gallery, 465 East

            Illinois Street, Chicago, Illinois, June 22-August 30

 

            Art XIII, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California,

            December 1-January 13

 

            21st International Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of

            New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, February 9-March 30

 

            “Match”, Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,

            March 9-May5

 

 

 2006   “Ingrained Passion”, Function + Art, Chicago, Illinois

            October 20-November 30

           

            Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center,

            St. Joseph, Michigan, September 28-October 29

 

            Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Museum of Art,

            Rockford, Illinois, May 19-July 23

 

            “30 Ceramic Sculptors”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis,

            California, April 28-May 27

 

            “Nature/Culture”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico,

            April 21-May 20

 

            Chicago Sculptors Biennale, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago,

            Illinois, May 5-June 7

 

            2006 Biennale, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana,

             June 10-August 20

 

            “People of the Mud”, A Look at Chicago Ceramics, Chicago

            Tourism Center, Chicago Illinois, November 18-January 2

 

2005    SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, November 10-12

 

            “Magnificent Extravagance”,  Artists and Opulence, Wustum

             Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin, June 14-November 26

 

            “Manifest”, Solo Exhibition, Dubhe Carreño Gallery,

             Chicago, Illinois, March 11-May 10

 

2004    “Earth”, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, December 3-30

 

            “Global All Media International”, Gallery International, Baltimore,

            Maryland, November 9 – December 3

 

            SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, November 5-7

 

            “Sculptures”, Solo Exhibition, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque,

            Iowa, May 29-Aug. 8

 

            “Drawing to Sculpture”, Drawing/Sculpture Exhibition, Delaplaine

            Visual Arts Center, Fredrick, Maryland, April 3-25

 

             “A Sense of Identity”, Contemporary Ceramic Art, University

            of Indianapolis & NCECA 38th Annual Conference, Indianapolis,

            Indiana, March 6-April 16

 

            “A Sense of Identity”, Contemporary Ceramic Art, Indiana

            University- Purdue University, Visual Arts Gallery, Fort Wayne,

             Indiana, January 12-February 27

 

            “That 70’s Show”, The Age of Pluralism in Chicago, June 7-July 9,

            Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana

 

2003    “State of Clay”, Regional Survey of Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture,

            Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, September 21-November 16

 

2002    “Artists Educators”, The Work of 12 Illinois Professors, Lill Street Art

            Center, Chicago, Illinois, January 12-February 24

 

2001    “Sculptures”, Solo Exhibition, Amalgama Gellery, Thessaloniki,

            Greece, October 2-28

 

Bibliography

 

2006     John Natsoulas, “30 Ceramic Sculptors 2006”,

             John Natsoulis Press

 

2005     Bridgette R. McCullough, Review, Solo Exhibition,

             Dubhe Carreno Gallery, TimeOut Chicago, June

 

2005     Elaine Levin, “I Have Always been Driven with Desire for the Straightforward

              Truth of the Natural World”, Ceramic Art and Perception, September

 

2005     Glen Brown, Review of Solo Exhibition at Dubuque Museum of Art,

             American Ceramics, 14/4

 

2004     “Dennis Lee Mitchell’s Microcosm of Transformation”, Solo Exhibition,

             Essay by Glen R. Brown, Dubuque Museum of Art,

             Dubuque, Iowa

 

2004     Tarkassis, Kostas, “Dennis Lee Mitchell” Kerameiki Techni, May

 

Public Collections

 

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri

Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, Arizona

Deloitte & Touche Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Illinois Collection for the State of Illinois Center, Chicago, Illinois

 

Private Collections

 

Paul Klein, Chicago

William Lieberman, Chicago

Tarkassis Collection, Greece

Mavridis Collection, Greece

 

Grants and Award

 

2004    Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant

1977    National Endowment for the Arts, Crafts Critic Fellowship Grant

1975-6 National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsmen’s Fellowship Grant

 

Education

 

1971    Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

1969    Master of Arts in Ceramics, Fort Hays Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas

1968    Bachelor of Arts, Fort Hays Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas

 

Current Position

 Professor of Art, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

 

 

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