Liz Mitchell
Liz Mitchell is a multi-media artist working out of her studio in Hunterdon County, NJ. The rural setting influences both the materials and content of her work often intersecting human nature and the natural world.
Her artwork is multi layered both in content and construction. She uses materials and media that best illustrate the context and atmosphere of the story she is telling. Her art making process includes book arts, printmaking, and sculpture to address themes found in religion, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales.
She has shown her work both nationally and internationally for over 30 years most recently at the Moulin du Got Papermill in St.-Leonard-de-Noblat France in 2020.
Her work is included in the collections of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Alexandria, Egypt, Pennsylvania Power and Light, Johnson and Johnson, Allergan Corporate Art Collection, William Paterson University, the Experimental Printmaking Institute and Skillman Library Special Collections at Lafayette College, among others.
Artist Statement:
Liz Mitchell’s artwork is multi layered both in content and construction. She uses materials and media that best illustrate the context and create the atmosphere of the story she is telling. From small handmade books to site specific installations each material used is carefully considered.
Along with a variety of materials she uses a wide range of processes to create the elements within each story. You can often find sewn horsehair, encaustic waxed surfaces, printmaking, ceramic forms, and a range of papers used to create her illusions. These elements are the building blocks of her stories that address themes found in religion, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales.
She works from her studio in Hunterdon County, NJ where the rural environment is a constant source of inspiration.
