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Alexis Kyle Mitchell

Education
Master of Fine Arts (Film Production) // York University // 2008 to 2010
Coursework for M.F.A (Documentary Media) // Ryerson University // 2007 to 2008 – completed 1 of 2 year program
Bachelor of Arts Honours (Stage and Screen Studies) // Queen’s University // 2002 to 2006

Awards
Kodak Imaging Award // Best New Canadian Student Director for CAMP
Awarded a camera and $4200 of film at the World Film Festival, Montreal, 2011
Ontario Arts Council // Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2011
Awarded $800 for the completion of a multi-media installation for Nuit Blanche 2011
Nuit Blanche // Special Projects Acceptance Grant, 2011
Awarded up to $5000 to produce multi-media work for Nuit Blanche 2011
Toronto Arts Council // Media Artists Grant, 2011
Awarded $2000 for documentary project
Canada Council for the Arts // Media Arts Production Grant, 2010
Awarded $18,000 for documentary project
York Graduate Scholarship // York University, 2008
Awarded a minimum of $25,000 for 2 years of study in the MFA program.
Ryerson Graduate Scholarship // Ryerson University, 2007
Awarded $3,500 to attend the MFA Documentary Media program.
Dean’s List // Queen’s University 2005 - 2006
Aiming for the Top Scholarship // Queen’s University, 2002
Awarded $3,500 to attend first year in Arts & Sciences at Queen’s University.

Major Exhibitions
    Film Festivals
Merlinka International Queer Festival // Belgrade, Serbia, December 2011
28th Kasseler DokFest // Kassel, Germany, November 2011
Rebels with a Cause Film Festival // Toronto, Canada, October 2011
Festival des Films du Monde (The World Film Festival) // Montreal, Canada, August 2011
NewFest – New York LGBT Festival // New York, New York, July 2011
Paranoid Paradise and Bildwechsel // Leipzig and Hamburg, Germany, July 2011
Entzaubert Queer Film Festival // Berlin, Germany, July 2011
Some Prefer Cake // Bologna, Italy, 2011
CGLA Canadian Filmmakers // Toronto, Ontario, September 2010
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Festival // Austin, Texas, September 2010
Rostock Queer Film Festival // Rostock, Germany, July 2010
Milan Gay & Lesbian Film Festival // Milan, Italy, June 2010
SASOD Lesbian & Gay Film Festival // Georgetown, Guyana, June 2010
BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival // London, England, March 2010
A Million Different Loves // Touring Festival, Poland, February 2010
Queer Screen // New South Wales, Australia, February 2010
Stem Cell: Experimental Documentaries // Edmonton, Alberta, February 2010
The Queer Fest // Delhi, India, October, 2009
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival // London, England, March, 2009
Kansai Queer Film Festival // Kyoto, Japan, January, 2009
Madurai International Documentary & Short Film Festival // South India, November, 2008
International Queer Film Festival // Lodz, Poland November, 2008
Image Out - Queer Film Festival // Rochester, NY, October 2008
Fairy Tales - Queer Film Festival // Calgary, Alberta, May, 2008
London Lesbian Film Festival // London, Ontario, April, 2008
Reelout - Queer Film Festival // Kingston, Ontario, January, 2008
Reeling - Queer Film Festival // Chicago, Illinois, November, 2007
Reel Pride - Queer Film Festival // Winnipeg, Manitoba, October, 2007
Out on Screen - Queer Film Festival // Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2007
Inside Out - Queer Film Festival // Toronto, Ontario, May, 2007

    Gallery Exhibitions
Hidden and Forbidden Identities, International Art Expo // Venice, Italy, February 2012
Catalyst Arts // Border Sounds // Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 2012
Nuit Blanche // Border Sounds // Toronto, ON, October 2011
Propeller Gallery // Here and There // Toronto, ON, March 2011
XPACE Cultural Centre // The Greatest Show on Earth // Toronto, ON, July 2010
VMAC Gallery // Paper Planes // Toronto, ON, August 2009
The Goldfarb Centre Gallery // Toronto, ON, June 2009
The Drake // Video Art is Queer // Toronto, ON, Summer, 2008
TTC // Pride Toronto // on 40 public transit platforms, Toronto, ON, June 23-29, 2008
The Gladstone Hotel // Video Art is Queer – Launch Party // Toronto, ON, June 25, 2008

   Cultural Events
Worldwide dissemination of a transgender rights media campaign with Chase Joynt // Fall 2011
Pervers/Cité: The Underside of Pride // Montreal, Aug 13, 2011
Camping: Queer Digital Activism for Palestine // Toronto, June 2011
18th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference // Brighton, UK, February 2011
Mayworks: Festival of Working People and the Arts // Buddies and Bad Times Theatre // Toronto, April 2010
LadyFest // The Gladstone Hotel // Toronto, November 2009
Toronto Pride // Toronto, Ontario, June, 2008
Breaking Scales: Re-imagining Body Image // workshop as part of the Converge Conference // Toronto District School Board April, 2008
Queer Cab // Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Youth Program // Toronto, ON, June, 2007
RyePride // Toronto, ON, June, 2007

Collections, Catalogues and Publications
No More Potlucks, Record, Forthcoming
Fuse Magazine, Forms of Struggle 35-1
Art Attack, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Art Auction
Bildwechsel Archives Hamburg, Germany
YorkUniversity 
Seneca College
Ryerson University
University of Toronto  

Critical Reviews and Press
Fuse Magazine // Forms of the Struggle // Winter 2011/2012
Xtra Magazine // September 22 – Oct 6, 2011
Now Magazine // September 22 – 28, 2011
Now Magazine // May 13 - 20, 2009 Vol. 28 No. 37

Artist Talks and Panel Discussions
Queer and Trans Activism // Queers Against Israeli Apartheid // Toronto, ON, Jan 2012
CAMP talk // Kassel DokFest // Kassel, Germany, Nov 2011
Queer and Trans Activism // Panel for Rebels With a Cause Film Festival // Toronto, ON Oct 2011
CFRC Pride Show // Radio Interview about CAMP’s Premier // Kingston, ON June 2011
Lecture // York University // Dr. Alison Bain’s Urban Geography Course // Toronto, ON, Feb 2011
Lecture // Ryerson University // School of Social Work Seminar Series // Toronto, ON, Jan 2011
Panel Discussion // Reelout Film Festival // Kingston, ON, Jan 2011
Queering Urban Geographies Panel // ShOUT Unconference // Toronto, May 2010
York University // Thesis Seminar // Toronto, December 2009
Granny Boots // Curated a Night of Queer Video // Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, 2009
Panel Discussion, Straddling the Mainstream, Fairy Tales Panel Discussion // Broadcasted for NUTV // Calgary, AB, Jun, 2008
Panel Discussion, Kingston Queer Film Festival // Kingston, ON January, 2008

Recent Projects
Voice Project (In Progress) // short experimental documentary (Director, Editor)
Border Sounds // sound and video installation for Nuit Blanche in collaboration with Sharlene Bamboat
Camp (2010) // 25 mins, experimental video essay (Director, Editor, Producer)
50 Plus Women (2010) // 6 mins, performance and video installation (Co-creator with Karine Silverwoman)
Inextricable (2009) // mixed media, video art installation in collaboration with Sharlene Bamboat
Queeropolis (2008) // 5 mins, new media, Documentary (in collaboration with Tori Foster for Pride Toronto commission)
Circus Geeks & Sideshow Freaks (2008) // 12 mins, HD, Documentary in collaboration with Tori Foster
Tell Me A Story (2008) // 4 mins, video, Experimental Documentary (Director, Editor)
It Ain’t Over: Fat Photos and Politics of Size (2007/2008) // photo book, (creator, photographer, designer)
Rubb My Chubb: Fat Activism and the Fat Femme Mafia (2006) // 9 mins, video, Documentary (Director, Editor, Producer)

Teaching Experience
Video Workshop Facilitator // Ontario College of Art & Design (OCADU) // December 2011 – March 2012
Teaching high school students to make stop motion animation videos for their portfolios
Tutor // Master’s of Social Work Student, November 2010 – Present
Work with a Master’s student to incorporate an alternative learning into essay writing
Video and Editing Workshop Facilitator // Various Organizations, June 2010 - Present
Lead workshops in video and editing to groups with various needs and abilities
Teaching Assistant // York University, Toronto, September 2009 – May 2010
Facilitating tutorials on film and media, marking exams, meeting with students
Graduate Assistant // Ali Kazimi and Brenda Longfellow, Toronto, Sept 08 – Jun 09
Research and assistance on film and video projects for York film professors
Research and Teaching Assistant // Ryerson, Toronto, Fall 2007
Assisted in research project and marked papers  for professor Jean Bruce

Other Activities
Intern // Feminist Art Gallery // November 2011 – Present
Board Member and Curator  // Pleasure Dome Film and Video Collective // July 2011 – Present
Freelance Videographer and Editor // Various, July 2009 – Present
Media Activist // Various, 2009 - Present