Mitch Kern

Associate Professor, Photography

Mitch Kern is a Canadian/American photographer whose work explores themes of identity and social belonging in contemporary society. Some of his career highlights include 50+ group exhibitions, ten solo shows, numerous grants, awards, commissions, and international artist residencies.

Associate Professor, Photography, Mitch Kern. Faculty Profile image

Education

2002

  • MFA, Pennsylvania State University

1999

  • BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Magna Cum Laude

Selected Exhibitions

2026

  • Light, Trace Time, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • A Rare Find, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
  • The Unmasking, Dolly Wiggler Cabaret, #1 Legion, Calgary, AB, Performance
  • Works-in-Progress Faculty Show, Gallery 371, AUArts

2025

  • Wild Suburb, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Solo
  • Exposure Group 2024, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2024

  • Surrealist Ball, Not Real Art, Online

2023

  • Exposure Group 2023, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • The Visitor, 2023 ACIFA Conference, Chateau Lake Louise, Performance
  • Pantalla Parade, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Reading

2021-2

  • Exposure Group 2021, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • Pantalla Parade, Author: L. Swart, Photography: M. Kern, Sea Crow Press, C. 2022

2020

  • Conundrums, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Solo
  • Bodies of Knowledge, Petex Building Lobby, Calgary, AB

2019

  • Images from Everywhere, Pinhole Project, Seattle, WA

2018

  • Exposure Group 2018, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • Summer Show, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2017

  • I am Western, C-Space/King Edward, Calgary, AB
  • Upside Down and Backwards, The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, AB
  • Final Frontier, Telus Spark, Calgary, AB

2016

  • Hack It, Telus Spark, Calgary, AB
  • Festivalscape, Calgary International Film Festival, Theatre Junction, Calgary, AB
  • Camper Obscura, Beakerhead Beakernight, Calgary, AB

2015

  • Inside Out, Tomkins Park, Beakerhead, Calgary, AB
  • Faculty Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, AUArts

2014

  • Not A Love Story, Author: R. Sullivan, Photo Editor: M. Kern, Univ. of Toronto Press, C. 2014

2012

  • Faculty Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, AUArts
  • Exposure Group 2012, Peter Lougheed House, Calgary, AB

2011

  • Making Faces, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, Solo

2009

  • Wow Works by Gallery Artists, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City MO

2008

  • Alberta Contemporary Photography, Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • Good Medicine, Documentary Film, Calgary, AB, Director


2007

  • 31st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
  • Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Keki Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2006

  • Body Language, Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA, Solo
  • Heading Home, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX, Solo
  • Faces of India, Tolliver Hall, Louisiana Tech University, Solo

2005

  • Face to Face, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Solo
  • Kern and Lipski, Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

2004

  • La Fotoz Hatom?, Biggin Gallery, Auburn, AL, Solo
  • Identification Marks, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX, Solo

2003

  • Exhibition of American Art, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
  • Inventory Show, Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2002

  • Whitewashed, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Solo
  • Baker’s Dozen, Adam and Art Gallery, Bellefonte, PA

2001

  • False Index, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Performance
  • Intersections, Adam and Art Gallery, Bellefonte, PA