Jo Mitchell

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Born: Northampton
Lives: London

Education
Goldsmiths College, London. MA Fine Art, 1998-99
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London. BA Fine Art, 1994-97


Solo Exhibitions
Concerto for Voice & Machinery II, performance at ICA, London, 20th February 2007
Cruiser, Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany. Sept/Oct. 2002
Double Suicide, project space, fa Projects Gallery, London. March/April. 2002


Group Exhibitions
2007 4.33; group show as part of Kunstverein Bregenz summer festival curated by Pete Lewis & Wolfgang Fetz including Celine Condorelli, Martin Creed & His Band, Szuper Gallery & others, Magazin 4. Bregenz, Austria. July (cat.)
The Sneeze 80x80……a Featured Film, group video show curated by Peter Lloyd-Lewis and Natasha Makowski, Iziko South African National Gallery [SANG]. June/Oct
The Juddykes, group show curated by Howard Dyke & Ben Judd including Shez Dawood, Kaye Donachie, Anne Hardy & others, The Old Art Shop at John Jones, London. June (cat.)
2006 Peace Camp, hosted by Bob & Roberta Smith with The Brick Lane Gallery, London. Dec
Metropolis Rise, survey of London based artists curated by temporarycontemporary, Moganshan Art Village, Shanghai. April and DIAF 06, 798 Space Beijing. May (cat.)
Everything Must Go, VTO Gallery closing show, London. March/April
2005 Strange Attractors, Jo Mitchell, Jan Rohlf & Michael Schultze, General Public Project Space, Berlin. Nov/Dec 05
ART SHEFFIELD 05: Spectator T, curated by Gavin wade including Gelatin, Christian Jankowski, Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan and others, various venues, Sheffield. Oct/Nov 05
Pencil, drawing show curated by Jamie Robinson including Marcus Harvey, David Rayson, Bob & Roberta Smith and others, Carter Presents, London. Oct/Nov 05
Post Notes, curated by Adam Carr including Dave Beech, Liam Gillick, Jonathan Monk, Lawrence Weiner and others, ICA, London. March & Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, USA. April
Consignia, group show curated by Sas Mackie, British Council & Elliot McDonald including Andrew Cross, Matthew Houlding, Donald Urquart and others, Hiscox Gallery, London. Feb/April
2004 Chaim Soutine: tattoo project curated by Another Roadside Attraction, with Wim Delvoye, Svetlana Hager, Mark Titchner and others, Happy Sailor Tattoo Parlour, London. Dec 04/Jan 05
Contrapop: group show curated by Suhail Malik with Caroline Achaintre, Matt Franks, Ian Monroe, Seb Patane, Daniel Pflumm and Toby Ziegler, Vamiali’s Gallery, Athens. Nov 04 - Jan ’05 (cat.)
Willkommen, group show curated by Luke Oxley with Bob and Roberta Smith, Gavin Turk and others, Metropole Art Galleries, Folkestone. Sept/Oct
East International 2004, selected by Neo Rauch & Gerd Harry Lybke including Frank Ahlgrimm, Daniela Brahm, Sean Dawson and others, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich School of Art & Design. July/Aug (cat.)
The Sneeze……a Featured Film, group video show curated by Peter Lloyd-Lewis and Natasha Makowski including Fabienne Audeoud, Ellen Cantor, Barry McGee, Ernesto Neto, Abigail Reynolds, John Russell and others, Gazon Rouge Gallery, Athens, Greece. June/July (cat.)
Fly Utopia, installation for Club Transmediale, festival for electronic music and related visual arts curated by Jan Rohlf, Oliver Baurhenn and others – artists including Angela Bulloch, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Costa Vece and others, Maria Am Ostbahnhof, Berlin. Jan
2003 Wheeling, curated by Marcus Sendlinger including Liz Craft, Martin Eder, Grayson Perry and others, Cell Project Space, London. Dec 03-Jan 04
Hands to Work, Minds to God: group show with Haluk Akakce, Polly Apfelbaum, Joan Backes, David Burrows, Madeleine Hatz, Oliver Herring and Jo Mitchell, curated by Elga Wimmer. Borusan Art Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey. Nov/Jan (cat.)
Group Show, curated by Nth Art collective, Ols & Co, London. October/Nov
Post It, group show curated by Adam Carr, Floating Ip Gallery, Manchester. October
Entranced, curated by Eva Karapanou, VTO Gallery, London. July
Bologna Art Fair, with Galerie Wieland, Bologna, Italy. Feb 03
Wheeling: Motorcycles in Art, Post Space II, Los Angeles, California. Jan/Feb
2002 Magik, group show curated by Jari Lager including Rick Buckley, Rory Macbeth, Jim Morrisroe, Simon Patterson and others, VTO Gallery, London. Nov/Dec.
Spring, Luke Caulfield Kirsten Glass & Jo Mitchell, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London. Nov/Dec.
Wheeling! Krad Kult Tour - Motorcycles in Art, Natalie De Ligt, Frankfurt a.m. Nov/Dec.
Artforum: Berlin Art Fair, with Galerie Wieland, Berlin. Sept 02
Sitting Tenants, curated by Anna Vickery including Richard Hughes, Jeroen Offerman, Bob & Roberta Smith and others, Lotta Hammer, London. Jan/Feb.
2001 What If I Told the Truth, presented by Wooden Heart, Cell Space, London. Nov/Dec.
Group show presented by Wooden Heart for Deptford X, London. Sept.
Trick-Peaser, curated by Luke Oxley for Mandarina Duck including Reza Aramesh, Amanda Beech, Craig Fisher and others, Flagship Store, London. Aug/Sept.
Forever Yours, presented by Wooden Heart including Henry Coleman, Goshka Macuga, Monika Oechsler and others, London. June/July.
Arco Art Fair, with Galerie Arte et Personae, Madrid. Spring 01
Desert Rose, curated by Reza Arameshi including Ben Judd, Dawn Mellor, Neil zakiewicz and others, London. Feb/March.
All of my Heart, curated by Stephen Hepworth, Gallery Hotel Art for Isabella Brancolini, Florence, Italy. Feb/Mar.
Insider Trading, curated by Lisa Prior. Mandeville Hotel, London. Jan.
2000 Hard Candy-Berlin, group show curated by Fiona Drummond with Steven Gontarski, Martin Maloney, Eva Rothschild and others, Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany. Sept/Oct.
The Wreck of Hope, group show with Torie Begg, Sean Dawson, David Thorpe and others, The Nunnery, London. March/April.
Hard Candy, Westbourne Gardens, London. Feb.
1999 Natural Dependency, curated by Stephen Hepworth with Anya Gallacio, Jim Hodges, Virgil Marti, Simon Periton and others , Jerwood Gallery, London. Nov/Dec


Bibliography
2007 Concerto for Voice & Machinery II, review by JJ Charlesworth, p128, Art Review, Issue 11. May
Concerto for Voice & Machinery II, by Paul Clinton, Exibart.com, www.exibart.com/notizia.asp/IDNotizia/19400/IDCategoria/215. Published 12 April
Concerto for Voice & Machinery, review by Virginie Guichard, p50, Frieze, Issue 106. April
Concerto for Voice & Machinery II: The Final Word, by Mick Sinclair, http://micksinclair.com/sounds/einica2.html. March
Concerto for Voice & Machinery Re-enacted; Edwin Pouncey, p28, The Wire. Issue 278, April
Back to the Future: Re-enactments in Art; Helen Sumpter, pp26-28, Time-Out. 14th March
Concerto for Voice & Machinery, Today programme by Mike Thompson. 21st February
And The Crowd Went Wild; Concerto for Voice & Machinery, preview by Alex Hacke & Dave Simpson, The Guardian. Feb 16th
Concerto II; Tragedy or Farce?, preview by Chris Bohn, p.4, The Wire. February Issue 276
Concerto for Voice & Machinery, news by Richard Dyer pp12-13, Contemporary. February, Issue 90
Head2Head: Jo Mitchell & Blixa Bargeld, by Rod Stanley, p.42, Dazed & Confused, February, Vol 2 Issue 46
2006
Concerto for Voice & Machinery, re-enactment commission, News, p23, a-n Magazine. July
Concerto for Machinery & Voice, Bitstream News, p11, The Wire. June Issue
VTO: Everything Must Go, David Barrett, pp 26-27, Art Monthly. May Issue
2005 Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T, Michelle Atherton, pp34-36, Art Monthly. Dec05/Jan06
Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T, Manick Govinda, pp3 & 22, a-n Magazine. November
Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T, bbc.co.uk. 4th November
Art Lovers, Philistines and Serial Killers (Art Sheffield 05), Sheffield Telegraph. October
Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T, Caroline Lewis, Exhibitions, 24 Hour Museum. October
Braziers International Artists Workshop 05, Richard Dyer, pp 12-13, News, Contemporary Magazine. Oct/Nov Issue
Consignia, Helena Keers, City Diary, The Daily Telegraph. 17th February
2004 East International, Daniela Johnson, p65, Flash Art. October Issue # 238
East International, Martin Herbert, pp28-30, Art Monthly. September Issue # 279
East International, Andrea Mason, pp6-7, a.n. Magazine. September Issue
East International, George Szirtes, pp118-119, Modern Painters. Autumn
The Sneeze, review by G Vamvakidis & S Panagiotis, Time-Out, Athens. 1-8 July
Go East, News, p22, a-n Magazine. July
Centrefold: You Are Not Safe Here, review by Kathy Battista, pp54-55, Contemporary. Issue 63 – June.
Hands to Work, Mind to God, November Paynter, Reviews p101, Art Review. March
You Are Not Safe Here, Centrefold Issue #2, launch at Redux, London. March


Grants/Awards
Re-enactment Commission, Live & Performing Arts Programme, ICA, London. April 06
Commission for ART SHEEFIELD 05: Spectator T, Sylvester Works, Sheffield. Oct/Nov 2005
Individual Visual Artists Award, Arts Council, London. June 2004
Warden’s Purchase Prize, Goldsmiths MA Show 1999.


Projects
NoShowSpace; internet project curated by Tina Spear, London. Launched July 2007 www.noshowspace.com
Slash Seconds; Multitude, online magazine edited by Pete Lewis & Derek Horton, Issue 5. Launched May 2007 www.slashseconds.org/issues/002/001/articles/jmitchell/index.php
Concerto Panel Discussion, with Chris Bohn, Vivienne Gaskin, Suhail Malik & Michael Morris, ICA. 16thMarch 2007
Concerto Radio Show, with Sean Dawson & Rob Flint, Resonance FM. 13th February 2007.


Publications
4’33”, catalogue produced by Pete Lewis & Magazin 4, Bregenz. October 2007
The Juddykes, catalogue produced by Howard Dyke, Ben Judd & Outset. October 2007
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, catalogue produced by TemporaryContemporary, published by Article Press. April/May 2006
The Sneeze: 80x80, catalogue produced by Pete Lloyd Lewis & Natasha Makowski and published by Article Press. 2006
Being Bold: CTM06, commission for Club Transmediale Catalogue, Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin. Feb 2006
Braziers Workshop, 2005 Catalogue
Contrapop Catalogue, produced by Vamiali’s Gallery, text by Suhail Malik, Athens. Nov 04 -Jan ‘05
EAST International 2004 Catalogue (Jo Mitchell text by Kathy Battista.) July/Aug 2004
Hands to Work, Mind to God, catalogue produced by Borusan Art Foundation. Text by Elga Wimmer. Nov ’03-Jan ‘04