Kate Mitchell




Kate Mitchell’s practice spans video, public interventions and sculpture. The artist places herself in absurd cartoonish scenarios which talk to issues surrounding effort, opportunity, success, and time.  Mitchell’s video artworks are staged documentations of the outcomes of these situations and her conceptual sculptural works masquerade ultimately as questions for the viewer to ponder the structural beliefs to which they hold. She often uses humour as a means of bringing the viewer into the present moment with the intention of reminding them that they exist only for a short time.

Her work is included in leading public and private collections across Australia including: Kadist Foundation, Paris and San Francisco; Michael Buxton Collection, Melbourne; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Mitchell is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney.