Dean Mitchell

Career

Mitchell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1957, and raised in Quincy, Florida. Mitchell"s artwork has been the subject of numerous articles, and is represented in museum and corporate collections, including the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. His life is the subject of an illustrated book for children, Against All Odds: Artist Dean Mitchell"s Story.

Achievements

• His subjects, derived largely from African American culture, have been cited for their emotional depth, avoidance of facile sentimentality, and accomplished sense of formal design.