David Mitchell
Bacardi Limited Biennal at the Bermuda National GalleryBacardi Limited Biennial 2002Artists featured in the Bermuda National Gallery's BiennialsBacardi Ltd.Biennial 1994Biennial 1996Bacardi Biennial 1998Bacardi Ltd Biennial 2000

jellyfish cabinet by david mitchell

Jellyfish cabinet

basswood, milkpaint, found objects
34 x 8 x 6 inches


David Mitchell Bermudian, born September 16, 1953



artist statement
My English training in time-honoured artisanship and design has left me with a legacy in thoroughness and quality of workmanship. Working only in solid wood with traditional joinery, I try to strip the design and construction to essential elements. Design and making combine with function to form a single entity and my aim, in the process of creation, is always to find harmony among these aspects.

education
1972-73 Cheltenham College of Art, Foundation Course
1974-77 Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic, BA Hons in Furniture Design
1977-80 Woodbeer Perrington, Whimple, Devon, apprenticeship as carriage body builder and wheelwright
1998- Penland School of Craft, "Allegories & Memoirs course with Wendy Maruyama"

solo exhibitions
1999- Woodart Studio

selected group exhibitions
1986- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Wood and Wool"
1987- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Wood and Wool II"
1989- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, 5 person show with Charles Zuill, Paul Doughty, David Morell, Trevor Line
1990- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, Craft '90
1991- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, Craft '91
1992- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, Craft '92
1993- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard
1994- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard
1996- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Re Turn of David Mitchell"
1997- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Four Men"
- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Fiber Art"
1998- Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, "Driven to Abstraction"

Major commissions
Government House, Camden, Bermuda Monetary Authority, Corporation of Hamilton
,ACE Insurance Co., Swiss Re Insurance,
Bermuda Government for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II