Pilgrim, 2010 / Soft ground etching with silk chine collé / 14 3/4 x 12 in / Edition of 15 / For Sale: $900
Green Fish and Flower Globular Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 8 x 6 in / For Sale: $3,400
Large Scalloped Bowl with Tiger, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 5 1/4 x 11 1/4 in / For Sale: $5,000
Green Fish Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 8 x 6 in / For Sale: $3,400
Amber Fish and Flower Globular Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 8 x 6 in / For Sale: $3,400
Amber Smiling Flower Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 6 3/25 x 5 in / For Sale: $1,800
Amber Fish Globular Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 8 x 6 in / For Sale: $3,400
Light Brown Dog Bowl, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 3 x 8 1/4 in / For Sale: $1,800
Amber Smiling Flower Vase, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 5 1/2 x 6 in / For Sale: $1,600
Candleholder with Bear, Butterfly, & Owl, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 5 1/4 x 2 1/2 in / For Sale: $1,200
Green Candleholder with Bears, 2020 / Glazed ceramic / 4 1/2 x 4 in / For Sale: $1,200
Ranunculus, 2010 / Watercolor and graphite / 28 x 26 in / For Sale: $4,000
Poppy, 2010 / Watercolor and graphite / 28 x 26 in / $4,000
Roses and Morning Glories, Red, 2010 / Line drawing / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses and Morning Glories, Blue, 2010 / Colored Pencil on paper / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses and Morning Glories, Green, 2010 / Line drawing / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses, Light Green, 2010 / Colored pencil on paper / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Sweet Pea and Roses, Green, 2010 / Colored pencil on paper / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses and Sweet Pea, Violet, 2010 / Colored pencil on paper / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Sweet Pea and Rose, Blue Violet, 2010 / Colored pencil on paper / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses, Orange, 2010 / Line Drawing / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses, Violet, 2010 / Line Drawing / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Skeleton, Cat, and Moth, 2010 / Ink on paper / 20 x 18 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses and Morning Glories, Red, 2010 / Line Drawings / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Roses, Blue, 2010 / Line Drawings / 20 x 16 in / For Sale: $2,500
Foot Vase with Flower, 2012 / Glazed earthenware / 10 x 12 x 5 in / For Sale: $2,500
Poseidon, 2014 / Glazed earthenware / 17 x 15 x 12 in / For Sale: $4,000
Olympus Bear, 2017 / Salt fired stoneware with cobalt and some porcelain additions / 14 x 7 1/2 x 7 in / For Sale: $4,500
CSULB Celadon Pot #1, 2019 / Ceramic and glaze / 12 1/2 x 14 x 14 in (31.8 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm) / For Sale: $5,000
CSULB Celadon Pot #2, 2019 / Ceramic and glaze / 12 1/2 x 14 x 14 in / For Sale: $5,000
Olympus Bear, 2017 / Salt fired stone ware with cobalt and some porcelain additions / 14 × 7 1/2 × 7 in
35.6 × 19.1 × 17.8 cm
Alphabet Pot, 2017 / Salt fired stone ware with cobalt and some porcelain additions / 9 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in
The Wrestler, 2014 / glazed earthenware / 16 x 12 x 12 inches
Foot Vase with Flower, 2012 / glazed earthenware, high fired / 10 x 12 x 5 inches
Jeffry Mitchell’s primary medium is ceramic and he is well versed in its traditions around the globe (references to Early American glazes, Pennsylvania Dutch pickle jars, asymmetrical Japanese aesthetic decisions and Chinese Foo Dogs abound). Mitchell takes a very direct approach to working, often eschewing refinements that commonly accompany many ceramic processes. The resulting pieces radiate an exuberant, unbridled immediacy. He feels that this unfettered approach is essentially relatable to our shared human experience. To explain this idea Mitchell talks about a fundamental familiarity with clay that we all carry with us from our formative years. Perhaps we came to it through playing as children making mud pies or maybe it was making pinch pots in elementary school, regardless he feels that clay is a material that is universally relatable at a very basic level. The imagery that he uses is also very accessible. Bears, elefants (he prefers ‘f’ to ‘ph’), bunnies and flowers appear over and over in his work and though they can be definitely be related to his own personal story he feels that these too spring from an early and universally familiar place. Throughout the work Mitchell seeks to tap into and broadcast a sense of vitality whether it be joyful or colored with more a complex mix of emotions. This throughline can been seen in the thick, dripping glazes, the unabashed appropriation of decorative motifs and an unmistakeable suffusion of playfulness.
Notable solo exhibitions of Mitchell’s work include: Like a Valentine: The Art of Jeffry Mitchell, 2012-2013, Henry Art Gallery; Some Things and Their Shadows, 2009, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; Shiny Happy Pretty (with Tina Hoggatt), 2008, Missoula Art Museum; Hanabuki, 2001, Henry Art Gallery; My Spirit, 1992, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; and Documents Northwest: The Poncho Series, 1990, Seattle Art Museum.
Mitchell’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University), Honolulu Museum of Art, Tacoma Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum.