DANE MITCHELL
b. 1976, New ZealandSince 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.
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