Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Alexis Kyle Mitchell

A photograph with a circular area of translucent neon blue in the centre with a black and white partially visible room interior in the background with a chandelier suspended from the ceiling on the right hand of the image.
Alexis Kyle Mitchell, The Treasury of Human Inheritance, 2024

Courtesy of the artist. Co-commissioned by Glasgow International and The Vega Foundation
a photograph taken from above showing two people sitting on opposites sides of a black table. Their arms reach towards the centre of the table and between them they hold an image of an eye. In the room surrounding them sits some potted plants and two lava lamps
Alexis Kyle Mitchell, The Treasury of Human Inheritance, 2024

Courtesy of the artist. Co-commissioned by Glasgow International and The Vega Foundation
A photograph with an area of translucent neon blue in the centre, in the background are a pair of outstretched arms with palms facing upwards.
Alexis Kyle Mitchell, The Treasury of Human Inheritance, 2024

Courtesy of the artist. Co-commissioned by Glasgow International and The Vega Foundation
A photo with a grainy texture in black and white of showing a view through a concrete structure which is painted with graffiti.
Alexis Kyle Mitchell, The Treasury of Human Inheritance, 2024

Courtesy of the artist. Co-commissioned by Glasgow International and The Vega Foundation

Alexis Kyle Mitchell is an artist and scholar based between New York and Glasgow. Her work has circulated internationally, including exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), Kunstverein Munich, and Mercer Union (Toronto), screenings at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Art of the Real (New York), and Indie Lisboa International Film Festival (Lisbon); lecture-performances at the University of Toronto and the New School; and residencies at Cove Park (Scotland), MacDowell (USA), Sommerakademie Paul Klee (Switzerland), and Akademie Schloss Solitude (Germany). Mitchell often works collaboratively, most frequently with Sharlene Bamboat. Bamboat/Mitchell recently launched the web project Before Law. Mitchell was a Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University’s Center for Disability Studies and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (NYU).

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