Canal Cafe, Amsterdam
EDUCATION
1984 - 1987 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
BFA, with Honors
1980 - 1983 San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
AA , Honor roll
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 - present Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA. Pen and Ink, Watercolor and Mixed Media
2004 - 2017 Palomar College, San Marcos, CA. Drawing and Composition
2015-2019 UCSD Extension, La Jolla, CA. Pen and Ink, and Animal Illustration. Illustration Certificate Program.
2017 One week teaching urban sketching on location in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2015 One week teaching urban sketching on location in Nice, France.
2009 LINK, a free once-a-month program for at-risk teens sponsored by the AIGA.
2007 - 2008 Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA. High school conservatory program.
Children’s Book Illustration, Pen and Ink and Mosaic
EXHIBITIONS
JURIED
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Evoking Mystery.” Juror, Alice Kayla. (“Saltshaker Sub”)
2024 2nd Place, Bonita Museum, 80th anniversary, Chula Vista Art Guild, Juror, Beverly Berwicks.
(“Bakery Boys”)
2024 Bonita Museum, 80th anniversary, Chula Vista Art Guild, Juror, Beverly Berwicks.
(“Weightless”)
2024, Bonita Museum, 80th anniversary, Chula Vista Art Guild, Juror, Beverly Berwicks.
(“Mod Squad”)
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Scintillation,” Juror, Robert Erickson. (“Weightless”)
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Scintillation,” Juror, Robert Erickson. (“Chickens in Space”)
2024 32nd Athenaeum Annual Juried Exhibition. La Jolla, CA. Juror, Armando Pulido (“Mod Squad”)
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Optional Paths,” Juror, Linda Doll. (“Place des Vosges”)
2024 National Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, Juror Larry Moore. (“Bakery Boys”)
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Treasures,” Juror Suzanne Nicolaisen (“Going Home”)
2024 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition,"Emerging Free," (“Musée d'Orsay”)
2024 National Watercolor Society and The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, “2024 International
Exchange Exhibition," juried by Carolyn Latanision (“Place des Vosges")
2023 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition,"Luminous Spaces," Juror Chuck McPherson (“La
Valencia”)
2023 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition,"Virtual Show," Juror Angela Chang (“Holly's Garden”)
2023 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “The Element of Surprise," juried by Liz Walker (“Goth
Girls”)
2022 Urban Sketchers, Gallery 21, Spanish Village, Balboa Park, San Diego , CA (San Francisco buildings, San
Francisco Buildings 2, Say Cheese, Man reading news with dog.)
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "Grey Matters," juried by Drew Brandish ("Training Day")
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "Visual Dialogues," juried by Ken Goldman ("Main Street
Fantasy," Honorable Mention)
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "Break for Soup," juried by Edward Abrams ("The Hug,"
Honorable Mention)
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "Simple Pleasures," juried by Thomas Franco ("Mama I
can't Breathe")
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "I Got Rhythm," juried by Ralph Kingery ("Phoebe")
2022 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, "Go Paint," juried by Pierre Guidetti ("Coffee with Dan")
2021 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “Beyond Rules” ("Good Kids" AKA "Summer")
2021 San Diego Watercolor Society, Member Exhibition, “My Life, My Story," juried by Graeme Stevenson
("Saturday", and "Sunday")
2019 Athenaeum, Annual Juried Show, La Jolla, CA, 2 pieces ("US1" and "US3", now called "Family")
2019 Art on 30th, Juried Show "Double Trouble", San Diego, CA, 2 pieces ("US1" and "US3")
2019 Oceanside Museum of Art, Sparks Gallery, Juried Show, San Diego, CA ("10 Women")
2017 Athenaeum, Annual Juried Show, La Jolla, CA ("10 Women")
2016 Cannon Gallery, Annual Juried Show, Carlsbad, CA ("10 Women")
2014 Athenaeum, Annual Juried Show, La Jolla, CA ("Little People")
SOLO
2021 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, “From the Archives”
2019 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, "20 Years of Different Just Like Me"
2019 Athenaeum, Bread & Salt, Barrio Logan, CA, "10 Women," for Women’s History Month.
2018 Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA, “The Super Secret Show”
2018 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, “Coffee Shops”
2017 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, “People & Places”
2015 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, “The Art of Lori Mitchell”
2014 Girard Gourmet, La Jolla, CA, “Illustrations by Lori Mitchell"
GROUP
2023 Flower Pot Cafe, La Jolla, CA. The history of the coffee shop as sketched in their various locations over
several years.
2023 “Athenaeum Faculty Show," San Diego, CA
2023 “Synchronicity,” Sips Gallery, with *TWA, San Marcos, CA
2023 "Black and White," Fallbrook Library, Fallbrook, CA
2022 “Turning Tides,” with TWA, BFree Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2022 “Metamorphosis of a Coffee Shop,” Flower Pot Cafe, La Jolla, CA
2021 "NOW" with TWA, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2020 "20/20" with TWA, Fresh Paint, La Jolla, CA.
2019 San Diego Art Institute, "A Tribute to Pam Whidden: Models are to Artists Like Flowers are to Bees,"
San Diego, CA.
2018 Cannon Gallery, “Prom Show” with TWA, Carlsbad, CA
2018 Inspiration Gallery, “San Diego and Beyond,” Art Posse, Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.
2018 Fallbrook Library, Exhibit with TWA, 10 Women, Fallbrook, CA.
2017 Helmuth Projects, “Nasty Women” Juried exhibit, San Diego, CA,
2016 Girard Gourmet, "Three Generations," La Jolla, CA,
2015 California Center for the Arts Museum, "Writing with Pictures,” Escondido, CA.
2015 Art Walk, Liberty Station, San Diego, CA
2014 Cannon ArtGallery, “Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Books,” Carlsbad, CA
2004 - 2015 Boehm Gallery, Annual Faculty Exhibit, Palomar College, Escondido, CA.
*TWA, Time For Women Artists
PERMANENT COLLECTION
2019 Baldessari, Athenaeum Music and Art Library, La Jolla CA. Acquired 201
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
2021 Warwick’s 125 year Anniversary. La Jolla, CA. Three panel timeline of the family-owned bookstore from 1896 to 2021.
MURALS
2023 Otay Mesa Fire Station 38, San Diego, CA. "Tranquil/Tranquila"
The mural is a polyptych consisting of 8 panels, each 8 feet high and 2 feet wide. They are black and white
watercolor transferred to panels depicting the landscape of Otay Mesa.
2021 Warwick’s 125 year Anniversary Mural. La Jolla, CA.
The mural covers the second floor of the Warwick's bookstore with portraits of 20 authors that have visited
the store to sign books.
AFFILIATIONS
2014 - present Time for Women Artists (TWA), San Diego, CA
2013 - present Art Posse: AKA Sisterhood of the Traveling Paints, San Diego, CA
2005 - present San Diego Urban Sketchers, San Diego, CA 2005 – present
2004 - present The Athenaeum Music and Art Library, San Diego, CA
PRESS
2024 SD Voyager, article https://sdvoyager.com/interview/conversations-with-lori-mitchell/
2024 Bold Journey, article https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-lori-mitchell/
2023 WHERE Women Create, Spring
2023 WHAT Women Create, Winter
2023 The Oddball Show, Podcast
2023 CanvasRebel, article https://canvasrebel.com/meet-lori-mitchell/
2021 CBS, Channel 8 news, TV coverage of the NOW exhibit with TWA (Time for Women Artists) at Oceanside
Museum of Art
2020 Shoutout Socal, article https://shoutoutsocal.com/lori-mitchell-artist-art-instructor/
2018 SD Voyager, article http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-lori-mitchell/
2000 The Oprah Show, April
WEB INFORMATION
To see more about Different Just Like Me and related projects go to:
https://www.differentjustlikeme.com/
ART CLASSES
Check with the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA for my next class.
https://www.ljathenaeum.org/art-classes
Classes run during Spring, Fall and Winter terms.
Monday 1-4pm and Wednesday 9:30-12:30pm