Valerie Mitchell
Stick Pins,1998 (wall installation)
Copper, patina & steel
3 - 9 inches
Photo credit: Mark Stephenson

Valerie Mitchell
4th St. Bridge 'Concrete', 2001
18k. gold & cement
2 x 2 x 3/4 inches
Photo credit: Ralph Gabriner

VALERIE MITCHELL

BORN
1954 Hollywood, CA

EDUCATION
1984 Master of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1977 Bachelor of Science, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
1998 Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
1997 Jewelerswerk Galerie, Washington, DC;
Barnsdall Art Center, 12 yr. retrospective, l.A., CA
1993 Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY and in 1992
1992 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA;
South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, CA
1986 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1985 The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ;
1979 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Functional Fine Art”, curated by Marna Braunstein Clark
Martina & Company, Providence, RI "Inspired by Nature"
Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY, 4 person show
Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ, group show
2001 Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Quinta Essentia"
2000 Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. "Structure, Symbol & Substance"
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA. 4 person show.
Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, Ohio. 2 person show.
1999 Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA. "California Metalsmiths.."
OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD. "Secret Gardens"
1998 Hot Glass, Arts Comm. of Grtr. Toledo Auction & Exhibition, Ohio. Catalog.
1997 Mobilia Gallery,Cambridge, MA. "Three Generations..."
Galeria Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain "New Jewellery From the USA"
Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England "New Jewellery..."
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, "The Environmental Bead", catalog.
Susan Cummins Gallery, "Jewelry for the Opera" and '96 "Issues & Intent"
1996 Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge,MA. "The Art of Taking Risks", '95"Art Jewelry..."
Brand Gallery, Santa Ana, CA,"2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition", 4 person show
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. "Cont. American Jewelry"
1995 Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. "Double Vision", & Gallery I/O, LA;
National Ornamental Museum; Arkansas Arts Center; and The Weisman Museum,Minneapolis.
Sun Valley Center Gallery, Ketchum, ID. "Material Nature: Process/Product"
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ., & Mobiilia Gallery, MA "One of a Kind, Am. Art Jewelry Today"
1994 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. "Jewels and Gems: Collecting California Jewelry"
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA. "California Jewelers"
1993 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL. & Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
1992 Gallery Tiller, Vienna, Austria "Jewelry of the New World"
1990 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, CA. "Progressive Metals"
1988 Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA. "Sculptural Jewelry: 4 Artists"
1987 Gallery Kunsthandwerk, Berlin, W. Germany "Hals Arm Ohr; 25 x Junger Schmuck Int'l."
1986 Long Beach Museum of Art, CA. "Enamels Int’l", brochure; Downey Museum of Art, CA.“Contemporary Metals”
1984 Internationalen Handwerksmesse, Munich, W. Germany "Schmuck und Gerat
1959-1984", catalog

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS/Awards
Oakland Museum of Fine Arts, Oakland, CA.;
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.;
American Crafts Council Award of Excellance, 1999
Ornament Magazine, First Place Award, 1984
Various private collections