Alexis Kyle Mitchell is an artist and scholar based between New York and Glasgow. Her work has circulated internationally, including in exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Kunstverein Munich; and Mercer Union, Toronto; in screenings at International Film Festival Rotterdam; Art of the Real, New York; and IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Lisbon; in lecture-performances at University of Toronto and the New School, New York, and residencies at Cove Park (Scotland); MacDowell (USA); Sommerakademie Paul Klee (Switzerland); and Akademie Schloss Solitude (Germany). Mitchell often works collaboratively, most frequently with Sharlene Bamboat — the duo recently launched the web project Before Law. Mitchell was a postdoctoral fellow at New York University in the Center for Disability Studies and is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Her first experimental feature film titled The Treasury of Human Inheritance, will be featured in Glasgow International Biennial 2024 and GTA24 MOCA Triennial (Toronto).

Education
PhD (Human Geography and Sexual Diversity Studies) University of Toronto 2013 – 2018; M.F.A (Film and Video Production) York University 2008 – 2010 ; B.A. with Honours (Film and Performance Studies) Queen’s University // 2002 - 2006

Selected Grants & Awards
Visiting Scholar: Center for Study of Gender and Sexuality // NYU 2023-25
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship // New York University 2020 - 2023
Canada Council for the Arts // Digital Now, 2021-2022 
Sobey Art Award Longlist (Bambitchell) // Canada 2020

Residencies and Commissions
Macdowell // Fellow // Spring-Summer 2025
 GTA24 MOCA Biennial Commission // Toronto, June 2024
Cove Park Moving Image Residency // Cove Park, Scotland, Spring-Summer 2021
CCA Creative Lab Residency // Glasgow, UK, January 2020 MacDowell // Fellow, Spring 2018
Sommerakademie Paul Klee curated by Tirdad Zolghadr // Fellow, 2017-2019
Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship & Residency (Bambitchell) // April - August 2016

Critical Writing and Reviews
 Exhibition Review // PUBLIC Journal. 70: The Weather // Winter 2024/2025 
Review // Tank Magazine // Disobey you master’s voice // Winter 2024  
Review // The Guardian // Glasgow International Review // June 10, 2024
Review // Frieze // The Best Shows to See During Glasgow International // June 6, 2024
Review // The Art Newspaper // ‘Glasgow International has no title…’ // June 12, 2024
Article // Art Papers // An Eye for An Eye—Bambitchell’s Bugs and Beasts…by Daniella Sanader, Fall 2021
Review // Canadian Art // Bambitchell – Bugs and Beasts Before the Law // Nov 13, 2019
 Review // Hyperallergic // Reimagining Cinema from Nature’s Perspective // Oct 14, 2019
 Critics’ Pick // Artforum // Bambitchell by Steffanie Ling // October 2019
 Review // The Brooklyn Rail // Bambitchell: Bugs and Beasts Before the Law // Oct 2019  
Review // MAP Magazine // Against dialogue, or, we need to sing… // Oct 2019  
Exhibition Review // The Senses and Society Journal 14:1 by Erica Cristobal, 2019
 Review // Canadian Arts // Bambitchell’s Surveillance Romance, Februrary 2018

Selected Screenings & Exhibitions 
2024
The Treasury of Human Inheritance // MIX NYC, New York City, November 
The Treasury of Human Inheritance // RIDM Documentary Festival, Montreal, November
The Treasury of Human Inheritance // London Film Festival, London, October 
The Treasury…(Circuits) (performance w/ Luke Fowler) // GTA24 Triennial, Toronto, Jun
The Treasury of Human Inheritance (film) // GTA24 Triennial, Toronto, June
The Treasury of Human Inheritance (film installation) // Glasgow Intl Biennial, June
The Treasury of Human Inheritance (film) // Prismatic Ground, New York, May
The Treasury of Human Inheritance (film) // European Media Arts Festival, DE, April
Bugs & Beasts Before the Law // Group Exhibition // The Polygon, Vancouver, January

2022-23
 Featured Filmmaker // The Flaherty Film Seminar // Saratoga Springs, NY, June
Bugs & Beasts & Other Bodies // The New School // New York, NY, April
The Treasury: Performance Lecture // MVS Speaker Series University of Toronto // Mar
Before Law (Website Launch) // Mercer Union // Toronto, Canada // December

2021
The Horse Hospital // Bugs & Beasts Before the Law // London, UK, November
Kunstverein Munich // Bugs & Beasts Before the Law // Munich, DE, Oct - Dec
Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival // Bugs & Beasts // Chicago, IL, June
Henry Art Gallery // Dolphins, Ships and Other Vessels // Online, March
Henry Art Gallery // Bugs & Beasts (Solo Exhibition) // Seattle, US, Jan - May

2020
 Beijing International Short Film Festival // Bugs & Beasts // Beijing, China, Dec 2020
Art of the Real // Bugs & Beasts Before the Law // Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Nov  
Kassel DokFest // Bugs & Beasts Before the Law // Kassel, Germany, November
La Casa Encendida // Bugs & Beasts // Madrid, Spain, November 
Cámara Lúcida Film Festival // Bugs & Beasts // Cuenca, Ecuador, November 
Curtocircuíto International FF // Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, October
 IndieLisboa International Film Festival // Bugs & Beasts // Lisbon, PT, August 
European Media Arts Festival // Bugs and Beasts // Osnabrück, DE, April  
Vilnius International Film Festival // Bugs and Beasts // Vilnius, LT,
March International Film Festival Rotterdam // Bugs and Beasts // Rotterdam, NL, January 

2019
 RIDM Festival // Bugs and Beasts // Montreal, QC, November  
Dazibao // Special Works School (Solo Exhibition) // Montreal, QC, Nov - December
Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema // The Break // Paris, FR, October 
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival // Bugs and Beasts // Northhumberland, UK, Sept 
Mercer Union // Bugs and Beasts Before the Law (Solo Exhibition) // Toronto, Sept - Nov 
La Cinémathèque Française// Stealth // Paris, FR, June
Grande Palais // BLOCC web launch // Bern, CH, April
CCA Glasgow & LUX Scotland // Special Works School // Glasgow, SCT, April  

2018
 Anthology Film Archives // Stealth // New York, November
 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival // Special Works School // November
BFI London Film Festival // Special Works School // London, UK, October 
Videomedeja // Special Works School // Novi Sad, Serbia, August 
Union Docs // Special Works School // Brooklyn, New York, May
MIX NYC // Gabey and Mike // New York, New York, March
AKA Gallery // Silent Citizen (Solo Exhibition) // Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March
Berlinale – Forum Expanded // Special Works School // Berlin, DE, February
Gallery TPW // Special Works School (Solo Exhibition) // Toronto, January

Publications
Bugs & Beasts Before the Law: Appendix A - L // Artist Book - Henry Art Gallery
Digital Lives in the Global City: Contesting Infrastructures // Eds. Deborah Cowen, Alexis Mitchell, Emily Paradis, Brett Story // UBC Press, Fall 2020
Queer at Summer Camp // “Nation-Bonding” // Eds. Kenneth Kidd, Derrett Mason // Fordham University Press, May 2019
Contemporary Citizenship, Art, and Visual Culture. “Sounding Citizenship”. Routl, 2017
Prefix Photo 34 // “A Conversation with Bambitchell & Morehshin Allahyari” // Fall 2016
C Magazine: Citizenship // “Inventory” by Bambitchell // Winter 2015-2016
Scapegoat: Landscape, Architecture, Political Economy // “Bunk Buddies” // Winter 2015
Los Angeles Review of Books // “Empire Symbol” // Spring 2015
Undercurrents: Journal of Critical Environment Studies // “Where the Trees…”, 2015