About the Artist
Biography
Born in Toowoomba, Queensland 1991, Beth Mitchell invested a majority of her youth lost in creative expression and underwater experimentation through the medium of digital photography. Her work explores diverse femininity and contemporary womanhood through environmental, social and cultural stories and experiences in a captivating world under the surface. Beth’s work is held in public and private collections internationally. She is represented by Lethbridge Gallery, Queensland.
“To dive into Beth Mitchell’s contemporary photographic art is to be immersed in an underwater world of female figures suspended in mindful and surreal constructs. With a fierce commitment to celebrating the female form, Beth’s work has evolved and matured in response to internal and external narratives. Her recent work explores connections to culture, nature, and social issues, creating impact with intimate and emotive stories, and a skillful mastery of technical challenges.”
- words by Beautiful Bizarre writer Elizabeth Barden
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Firewater”, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2020 “Force of Femininity”, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2018 “The Dome”, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, Melbourne, VIC
2017 “The Dome”, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2016 “Arafura”, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2014 “The Imaginarium”, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW
2014 “The Imaginarium”, C Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2012 “Whimsical”, Tosari Galleries, Toowoomba, QLD
Select Exhibitions
2021 “Springfinity”, Vitrine Installation, Edward & Queen St, Brisbane, QLD
2021 “Springfinity”, Lightbox (7) works, King George Square, Brisbane, QLD
2021 Brisbane Portrait Prize, Powerhouse, Brisbane QLD
2021 Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, QLD
2020 Artists Down Under, Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2020 “Ascension” projection Antique Centre, Paddington Terraces Precinct Project, QLD
2019 Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Clayton Utz Art Award, Riparian Plaza Brisbane, QLD
2019 Lethbridge 20,000, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Group Show by Manyung Galleries, Singapore Affordable Art Fair
2017 Heritage Bank Art Prize, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD
2016 “She”, Manyung Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2015 “Works on Paper”, Manyung Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria
2014 Queensland Festival of Photography, Tosari Galleries, Toowoomba, QLD
2014 Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba Exhibition
2014 Retrospect Gallery Artists, Hong Kong, Singapore & London Affordable Art Fairs
2013 “See Me”, Digital Art Exhibition, New York, NY
2013 “Keeping Youth” Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay
2013 Grammar Art Show, Feature Artist, Toowoomba Qld
2013 Heritage Bank Art Award, Brisbane Performing Arts Centre,Brisbane, QLD
2013 Retrospect Gallery Artists, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hamburg, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Brussels Affordable Art Fairs
2012 Strutten Collective, Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2012 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
Select Awards/Collections
2021 Brisbane Portrait Prize, ”No Land in Sight” (overall winner) Lord Mayor 50k Prize
2021 Beautiful Bizarre International Art Prize “Amphitrite” (finalist)
2020 Gadens Corporate Art Collection Acquisition “Embers”
2020 Brisbane Portrait Prize, ”Embers” (finalist)
2020 Beautiful Bizarre International Art Prize “Evergreen" (finalist)
2020 Clayton Utz Art Award “Lumina" (finalist)
2020 Mono Awards Australia “Lumina" (honourable mention)
2020 Australia Top Emerging Photographer (honourable mention)
2019 Brisbane Portrait Prize “Ascension" (category winner)
2019 Beautiful Bizarre International Art Prize “Ariadne" (third place)
2019 “The Drapery” Woollongabba Art Collection Acquisition, Aria Property Group
2019 Clayton Utz Art Award, “Equipoise” (finalist)
2019 Australian Photography Award, “Equipoise” (honourable mention)
2019 Brisbane Rotary Art Prize, (finalist & curators choice)
2018 Capture Magazine Emerging Photographer of the Year “The Dome” (winner)
2018 Clayton Utz Art Award, “The Dome” (finalist)
2015 RAW National Photographer of the Year Awards (winner)
2015 Heritage Bank Photographic Award (runner up)
2015 Heritage Bank Bruce Mckenzie Award “Vesuvius” (winner)
2014 NB Art Prize, (honourable mention)
2013 Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize, “Alice” (category winner “creativity”)
2012 Macquarie Photography Prize (finalist)
2012 Muswellbrook Photographic Award (finalist)
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