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The Visonary Art of S.V.Mitchell

S.V.Mitchell. National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum

April13th to October 13th 2012

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..Penktadienis 2012.04.13- 2012.10.13 Friday 13th April 2012 - October 13th 2012 V. Putvinskio St. 64, LT-44211 Kaunas, LT

A breathtaking spectacle of provocative visions from S. V. Mitchell’s 2007 to 2011 international solo exhibitions. The Works presented are a contemporary vision of Mitc’hells mystical nightmarish world that is inhabited by demons, tortured souls and mystical creatures, and where the DEVIL is King...

SOLO SHOW 66 NEW ORIGINAL WORKS

ART FACTORY LOFTAS | ŠVITRIGAILOS STR. 29, VILNIUS
LITHUANIA
OCTOBER 2011

S.V. Mitchell's visual insight into the ''BARDO'' is a great pre curser for us all, as we navigate the shadow of our own selves, helping us achieve a greater understand of our human condition, as we move towards the LIGHT.

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General
PAINTINGS
CLEAN EXIT. 70X100CM
DIRTY EXIT, 70X100CM
THE SEA OF SOULS. 70X100cm
THE WALL. 70X100cm
THE SHEEP HERDER, 86x61 cm
DELIVERY, 86x61 cm
BLOW 2 [ the snow queen ] 84x61cm
BARDO I (ENTER THE BARDO) , 70x70 cm
THE SHIP, 140x110 cm
BARDO III (MUSE) , 220x150cm
FORCED EXIT, 100X70cm

''Bardo'' in the UK. 25/11/2011

Sacred Symbols Gallery Presents original Paintings and sculpture from S.V.Mitchell's ''BARDO'' 2011.

s v mitchell solo exhibition vilnius lituania 2011

BIO

I remember when I was 18 seeing a friend’s new tattoo. Immediately I knew that this was the genre I wanted to work in. So 1987 I apprenticed as a tattoo artist. My mission as a tattoo artist, was to use my artistic skills to help clients express their inner visions on their skin, and mark their rites of passage in a time honored way. I owned and ran a tattoo studio for many years. In this time I met many fantastic people, who in turn enriched my life experiences; it was very fulfilling to share in this holistic, shamanic experience with them. Towards the late nineties there were new missions growing deep inside of me that I felt compelled to express, but they were outside of the tattoo genre. So in 1999 I stopped tattooing. I then visited the USA and Canada. While in the USA, I spent time with the Navajo and Hopi tribes. In Canada I lived and worked with the Huron [Mohawk/Mohican] tribe on their reserve. I feel privileged to have been embraced by these people, some of whose traditions, craft skills and mystical healing arts I now incorporate into my art and my life today. I am inspired by the unseen, the mystical. When I am painting I go to a different world; a dark and symbolic world. Painting is the medium I feel is best suited to share these visions with you. They are my gift to you. S. V. Mitchell

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THE BARDO

The ''Bardo'' in spiritual teachings is:: "The place in between"" death and rebirth. human souls can wonder aimlessly here.. But with guidance a individual can achieve enlightenment and or rebirth. in the ''BARDO'' the human sole faces horrors. in this confrontation, the individual can achieve liberation by embracing, excepting and understanding that these horrors are aspect of there shadow self, that need to be resolved before moving on into another life or ultimately the LIGHT. A visual insight into the ''BARDO'' is a great pre curser for us all, as we navigate the shadow of our own selves helping us achieve a greater understand of our human condition, aa we move towards the LIGHT