Jeffry Mitchell
Not Waving but Drowning, 2012. Glazed earthenware and wood,
67 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 15 inches
Korea Korea, 2012. Glazed earthenware and wood, 51 x 15 x 20 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Seattle, Washington, 1958
Resides: Seattle, Washington
Education: Tyler School of Art, Temple University
(M.F.A., 1988); University of Dallas (B.A., 1980)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
"Like a Valentine," Henry Art Gallery, University
of Washington, Seattle.
"Shamrock Edelweiss Seaweed," Ambach & Rice,
Los Angeles.
2010
"A Music Stand for a Tuba Player," Denison University
Gallery, Granville, Ohio.
"vases and flowers, flowers and vases," James Harris
Gallery, Seattle.
"Joy and Reffry," with Roy McMakin, Pulliam Gallery,
Portland, Oregon.
2008
Missoula Art Museum, Montana.
"Works on Paper," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery,
Portland, Oregon.
2007
"New Ceramics and Watercolors," Pulliam
Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
James Harris Gallery, Seattle. Also 2005.
2006
"New Ceramics," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery,
Portland, Oregon.
2004
Elliot Brown Gallery, Seattle. Also 2002.
2001
"Hanabuki," Henry Art Gallery, University of
Washington, Seattle.
DiverseWorks, Houston.
Domestic Furniture, Los Angeles. Also Seattle 1999.
2000
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Also 1996.
"Smile," Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle.
1997 Esso Gallery, New York. Also 1996.
"The Tomb of Ree Morton," Elliot Brown Gallery,
Seattle.
1995
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle. Also 1994, 1993.
1994
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco. Also 1991.
1992
"My Spirit," Workspace Gallery, New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York.
"Pictures for Boys," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Nugent
Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
1991
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle. Also 1990, 1989.
"Life," Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma, Washington.
1990
"Documents Northwest, The Poncho Series," Seattle Art
Museum. Catalogue.
1987
"Recent Prints and Drawings," Pearl Fox Gallery, Melrose
Park, Pennsylvania.
1985
"Prints and Drawings," Watertown, Seattle.
1984
"Large Paintings," Gallery Love Connection, Nagoya, Japan.
"Pottery," Maruei Department Store, Nagoya, Japan.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
"Dirt on Delight," Institute of Contemporary Art,
Philadelphia.
"somethings and their shadows," Kiteridge Gallery,
University of Puget Sound, Seattle.
2008
"Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Exhibition,"
Portland Art Museum, Oregon.
"No Joke: Selections from the Pruzan Collection,"
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington.
2007
"Still Life," Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland,
Oregon.
"8th Northwest Biennial," Tacoma Art Museum,
Washington.
2006
"Boys and Flowers," Western Bridge Museum, Seattle.
2003
"2nd World Ceramic Biennale, NOW & NOW: World
Contemporary Ceramics," World Ceramic Center,
Icheon City, South Korea.
"Cross Roads: Art for the Northwest," CoCA, Seattle.
2002 "By Hand: American Drawings from the Permanent
Collection," Portland Museum of Art, Oregon.
Selected Bibliography
2007
Blake, Victoria. "Northwest Visions," The Oregonian
(September 21).
2006
Libby, Brian. "William Blake Meets Duran Duran," The
Oregonian (March 17).
2001
Farr, Sheila. "Japanese Influence Raises Artist's Work
to a New Level," Seattle Times (September 28).
2000
Hackett, Regina. "Jeffry Mitchell's Figures Reinvent the
Animal World," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (February 18).
1997
Allan, Lois. Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest.
New York: Craftsman House.
1994
Allan, Lois. Contemporary Art in the Northwest. New
York: Craftsman House.
De Vuono, Frances. "Jeffry Mitchell at Greg Kucera,"
ARTnews (May).