Since graduating from the Auckland University of Technology in 1998 Dane Mitchell has exhibited a series of controversial works, (for example; placing a witch’s curse on a gallery), considering ideologies, systems, hierarchies and social behaviours.
Read MoreRecent projects in New Zealand include Radiant Matter I, II and III (2011), a suite of exhibitions exploring the material and sensory implications of the vaporous. International projects include Minor Optics (2009) realised while artist in residence on the Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD, Berlin and The Dragon, The Purple Forbidden Enclosure, exhibited as part of the 2011 Singapore Biennale.
Mitchell has work in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery.
Since graduating from the Auckland University of Technology in 1998 Dane Mitchell has exhibited a series of controversial works, (for example; placing a witch’s curse on a gallery), considering ideologies, systems, hierarchies and social behaviours.
Recent projects in New Zealand include Radiant Matter I, II and III (2011), a suite of exhibitions exploring the material and sensory implications of the vaporous. International projects include Minor Optics (2009) realised while artist in residence on the Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD, Berlin and The Dragon, The Purple Forbidden Enclosure, exhibited as part of the 2011 Singapore Biennale.
Mitchell has work in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery.
Ocula Feature Auckland Lowdown: Shows to See By Sam Gaskin, Auckland During the Auckland Art Fair, a host of intriguing exhibitions are being mounted around the city.
Ocula Conversation Dane Mitchell: ‘Entanglements occur in a state of reciprocity’ By Dr Zara Stanhope, Auckland Dane Mitchell talks to Dr Zara Stanhope about Post hoc, which he premiered at the 58th Venice Biennale.
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Related Video & Audio Dane Mitchell: Iris, Iris, Iris 14 October 2018, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki New Zealand's artist for the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2019, Dane Mitchell discusses his current exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery 'Iris, Iris, Iris' with Curator, Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland.
