EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Painting, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002 BFA, Painting, East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville, NC
2001 University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Summer Semester, Cortona, Italy
SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2017
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
2015
Jason Mitcham: Video Installations, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Destiny Manifested, a benefit exhibition, sponsored and presented by the Snyderman Fund, Durham, NC
2017
The Future is but the Obsolete in Reverse, Flecker Gallery, SUNY Suffolk County Community College
2016
The Future is but the Obsolete in Reverse, BRIC Media Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Future Histories, Elon University, Elon, NC
Moving Paintings, 407 Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
2011
Nowhere is Everywhere, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2008
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2006
Urban Form, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2021
Transformation, Blowing Rock Art Museum, Blowing Rock, NC, curated by Larry Wheeler
2020
White Rock Summer Invitational II, White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY
2019
INVISIBLE, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, curated by Linda Dougherty
2018
STOP: Video Work by Jason Mitcham and Gerco de Ruijter, Block 2 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, curated by Stacy Bloom-Rexrode
2017
Beyond the Horizon: Contemporary Landscapes- Teresita Fernandez, Maya Lin, Jason Mitcham, and Colby Parsons, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, curated by Holly Tripman
Digital Profiling, Made in New York Media Center, Brooklyn, NY, curated by David Terry & New York Foundation for the Arts
Digiscapes, Lump, Raleigh, NC, curated by Anthony Hamilton
HY-BRID, Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, curated by Melissa Hall
2016
Borderless: In Time, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, curated by David C. Terry, New York Foundation for the Arts
Someplace Elsewhere, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL, curated by Victor Perez
Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition Featuring Jason Mitcham, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State
University, NH
2015
Image, Object and Idea, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, curated by Richard Heipp
2014
State of Emergency, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, curated by Lia Newman
Pixel Perfect/Analogue Output, Center for the Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY,
curated by Nicole Tschampel
2013
Talking Transition, Public Screenings, Duarte Park, New York, NY, curated by the New York Foundation for the Arts
Flint Free City Festival, Flint MI, projection installation on former site of Chevrolet Factory
NurtureArt Benefit, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Friends of Ai Weiwei Benefit, AW Asia Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Empire Drive-In, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Manchester, England, curated by Todd Chandler
and Jeff Stark
Return to Rattlesnake Mountain, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
The Quasimodo Project, Mile Long Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2011
Material Matters, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL, curated by Kim Anderson
Rising Into Ruin, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, curated by Lia Newman
The Constructed Landscape, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Lia Newman
2010
Absence, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, curated by Hector Canonge
The Paul Hartley Legacy, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh NC, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
2007
Lumin Wakoa & Jason Mitcham: New Paintings, Dead End Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL
CAA Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES
2020
Snyderman Fund Art-Supporting-Art Grant
2016
BRIC Media Arts Fellowship
2015
Foundation For Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
2014
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant nominee
1858 Prize Nominee and Finalist, Gibbs Museum, Charleston, SC
2012
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, Interdisciplinary Work
Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
Elizabeth Greenshield’s Foundation Grant
FILM FESTVALS/ SCREENINGS
2013
New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame Benefit, New York, NY
Roger Smith Hotel Video Series, New York, NY, curated by Danika Druttman
Animator International Film Festival, Poznan, Poland
As the Eye is Formed, Parrish Museum of Art, Water Mill, NY, curated by Peter Campus
Lumen Festival, Staten Island, NY
Northside Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2012
A Frame Apart 2: Queens Shorts Showcase, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
High Tide Picture Show, Brooklyn, NY
Moving Picture, Performance Space 122, New York, NY
Speculation and Spectacle, Rogue Art Film Screening, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Los Angeles International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Wassaic Project Residency Visiting Artist Screening, Wassaic, NY
Watch This! Emerging Filmmakers, Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/ CRITIQUES
2018
Visiting Artist, Public Lecture, Stop-motion Animation Workshop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2017
Visiting Artist, Public Lecture, Reinhardt University, GA
Public Lecture, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Public Lecture, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Public Lecture, SUNY Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
2016
Visiting Artist, Plymouth State University, NH
2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Elon University, Elon, NC
Lecture, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
2014
Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Guest Critic, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
PANEL DISCUSSIONS/ WORKSHOPS
2020
CAA Paper and Panel Presentation: Modern Ruins, Transitivity and Moving Paintings, as part of the panel
Contemporary Painting and Materiality, Chair: Kristy Deetz, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, Chicago, IL
2017
Drawing Stop-Motion Animation Workshop, Cameron Art Museum, NC
2016
Painting TIME within the Landscape, one-week painting stop-motion animation workshop, Arrowmont School of
Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2015
Life After the MFA, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Panel discussion in conjunction with
exhibition.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2014
A Forest for the Trees, Public Art Project commissioned by the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Hudak, Joseph. The Avett Brothers Address Divided U.S. in New Video for ‘We Americans’, Rolling Stone, July 2,
2020.
Smith, Sophie. Watch The Avett Brothers’ Poignant Animated Video For ‘We Americans’, U Discover Music, July 1,
2020.
Frolish, Andrew. Video: The Avett Brothers ‘We Americans’, Americana UK, July 6, 2020.
Bernstein, Scott. The Avett Brothers Share ‘We Americans’ Video, JamBase, June 30, 2020.
2017
Lacy, Justin. Cameron Art Museum exhibit looks ‘Beyond the Horizon’, Star News, March 7, 2017.
Davidson, Mary. 11 New Art Exhibits to Check Out This Season, Hour Detroit, November 16, 2017.
2015
Dasal, Jennifer. Jason Mitcham: Video Installations, North Carolina Museum of Art quarterly.
Schweers, Jeff. Public Art Projects Spring Up Around UF Campus, Gainesville Sun, January 3, 2015.
Craig, Leah. Exploring Academia, University of Florida Muse Magazine, June 2, 2015.
2014
Newman, Lia. State of Emergency (Exhibition catalogue)
Kahler, Nick. Artists Respond to States of Emergency, Burnaway.org, March 13, 2014.
Pandolfi, Elizabeth. 1858 Prize Profile: Jason Mitcham, Charleston City Paper, September 16, 2014.
2013
Piper, Matthew. Free City & Jason Mitcham, Miscellany and Mumbo Jumbo, May 4, 2013.
2012
Perrine, Forrest. Video Watch: Jason Mitcham’s Animation Created on a Single Painting,
Beautiful Decay, October 23, 2012.
Fox, Michelle Higa. Jason Mitcham, Motionographer, June 13, 2012.
2011
Benning, Daniel. Animation from Jason Mitcham, OEN, June 29, 2011.
2010
Brown, Nick. The Life and Death of an American City, Set to Music, Struggling Architecture, December 1, 2010
Plitt, Allison. Developed Pictures, Times Ledger, October 21, 2010.
Tuttle, Stephen. Classmates Reunite to Create Music Video, East Magazine, East Carolina University, Fall Issue, 2010.
Hilton, Robin. Exclusive Premiere: New Avett Brothers Video, NPR, All Songs Considered, July 14, 2010.