• Karice Mitchell (b. 1996, Toronto, ON) is a photo-based installation artist whose practice engages with the representation of the Black femme body through found imagery and digital manipulation. Her work critically examines vintage Black erotic publications as culturally significant sites that negotiate the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. By recontextualizing archival material, Mitchell explores the cultural, political, and temporal complexities of Black femme representation, imagining new modes of agency and visibility.

    She holds a BFA from York University (2019) and an MFA from the University of Waterloo (2021), where she presented her thesis exhibition 1b, black legs, 52”. She is currently based in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, where she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Art, Art History and Theory at the University of British Columbia.

    Karice is currently represented by Franz Kaka gallery in Toronto.

  • Karice Mitchell (b.1996)

    2021 MFA, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CA

    2019 BFA & BA, York University, Toronto, CA

    Solo & Two-person Exhibitions

    2025

    economy of pleasure. Silke Lindner. New York, US.

    2024

    becoming and unbecoming (working title), The Polygon, Vancouver, CA.

    will to adorn, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA.

    matter of becoming, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA.

    2023

    Capture Photography Festival 2023, Will Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, CA.

    2022

    Together / Apart, Susan Hobbs, Toronto, CA

    1b, Black Legs, 52” , Gallery Stratford, Stratford, CA

    2021

    take care, Hamilton Artists Inc Wall Project, Hamilton, CA

    1b, Black Legs, 52” , Thesis Exhibition, University of Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo, CA

    2018 Hottentot Venus, York University Gales Gallery, Toronto, CA

    Pink Matter, York University Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, CA

    Group Exhibitions

    2025

    The Lind Biennial, The Polygon, Vancouver, CA

    2024

    Soft Focus, Bradley Ertaskiran. Montreal, QC

    2023

    Please be Gentle, The Plumb. Toronto, ON

    2022

    Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular, Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BC

    Proof 28, Gallery 44 Centre of Contemporary Photography. Toronto, ON.

    2021

    Temporary Collection, Ed Video. Guelph, ON

    The Way You Look Tonight, Xpace Cultural Centre. Toronto, ON

    Salonsdale, Lonsdale Gallery. Toronto, ON

    Loose Buttons/Tight Seams, Waterloo Button Factory Arts. Waterloo, ON

    Nuit Rose, Artscape Youngplace. Toronto, ON

    2017

    Embedded, York University Gales Gallery. Toronto, ON

    Clement, Gallery 50. Toronto, ON

    GRANTS & AWARDS

    2025 Philip B. Lind Prize Finalist

    2023 BC Arts Council Individual Arts Award

    Canada Council Research Creation Grant

    2022 Ontario Arts Council Career Catalyst GrantArt Canada Institute Small Project Grant

    2020 Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship and Internship

    2019 The University of Waterloo Full-Time Student Bursary

    York University Jennifer Ivey Bannock Photography Scholarship

    Jack Bush Scholarship for studio and academic achievement

    2017 Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) Best in Show Award

    York University Drawing Department Recognition Award

    Publications

    2024

    “Karice Mitchell’s sexual subversions”, British Journal of Photography. Print.

    Essay by Emilie Croning and Interview by Chelsea Yuill, Capture 2024. Exhibition Catalogue. Print.

    2023 Edited by Bridget Cauthery and Jonathan Osborn. take care photo essay,

    Return to the Body, PUBLIC Issue 67. Print.

    Olumoroti George, Alex Gibson. Karice Mitchell.

    Wil Aballe Art Projects x Capture Photography Festival. Online.

    Emilie Croning on Together/Apart. Susan Hobbs. Online.

    2022 Nya Lewis. take care: Karice Mitchell. Hamilton

    Artists Inc. Hamilton, ON. Online & Print.

    Fehn Foss. “The Work Comes Back Home.

    ” Proof 28.

    Gallery 44, Centre of Contemporary Photography. Toronto, ON. Online & Print.

    Subin Park. “Karice Mitchell’s art reminds Black women and Black folks to take care”, The Silhouette. Online & Print.

    2021

    “Karice Mitchell, Artist — Vancouver” . Akimbo Artist Hit List. Akimblog. Online.

    2019 Loose Buttons/Tight Seams: Juried Exhibition, Button Factory Arts 25-Year Anniversary Publication. Print.

    Golnaz Taherian. “Black Female Sexuality Through a New Lens” , York

    University Excalibur Community Newspaper. Online & Print.

    Artist Talks

    2023 Resonance Speaker, Emily Carr. Vancouver, BC.

    In Conversation with Olumoroti George, Wil Aballe Art Projects.

    Vancouver, BC.

    Saturday Session: Karice Mitchell on Dionne Lee, Contemporary Art

    Gallery. Vancouver, BC.

    2022 In Conversation: Karice Mitchell and Nya Lewis, Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, ON.

    1b, black legs, 52” , MOA Visual + Material Culture Research Seminar Series. Vancouver, BC