Karice Mitchell at Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP

Artist: Karice Mitchell

Venue: Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver, Canada

Date: April 22 – June 3, 2023

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell (b. 1996, Toronto, Canada) is a photo-based installation artist whose practice uses found imagery and digital manipulation to engage with issues relating to the representation of the Black female body in pornography and popular culture. Her work seeks to re-contextualize pre-existing images to reimagine the possibilities for Black womanhood and sexuality detached from the white gaze and patriarchy. She received her BFA at York University in 2019 and her MFA at the University of Waterloo in June 2021.

She currently resides on the unceded territory of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam) people where she is a full-time lecturer at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus.

Karice Mitchell, 2023, exhibition view, Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell, 2023, exhibition view, Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell, 2023, exhibition view, Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell, 2023, exhibition view, Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell, 2023, exhibition view, Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP, Vancouver

Karice Mitchell, Adorned I, 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm), 62 x 42 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Adorned II, 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed), 30 x 30 in (76.2 x 76.2 cm), 32 x 32 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Adorned III, 2023, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 36 x 24 in (91.4 x 61 cm), 38 x 26 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled (Black and Blue), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm), 41 x 31 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled Diptych (Woman in Pink Bikini), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 48 x 16 in (121.9 x 40.6 cm), 49 x 17 in each (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled (Red Acrylics), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Plexiglass, 18 x 12 in (43.2 x 27.9 cm)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled (Woman in Gold), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 58 x 48 in (147.3 x 121.9 cm), 60 x 50 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled (Woman in Gold), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Aluminum (Framed) 58 x 48 in (147.3 x 121.9 cm), 60 x 50 in (framed)

Karice Mitchell, Untitled (Gold Hoop), 2022, Archival Inkjet Print Mounted on Plexiglass, 24 x 16 in (45.7 x 30.5 cm)