Mitchell Wiebe

Mitchell Wiebe lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he practices painting, music, installation and performance. He received his MFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, and his BFA from ECUAD in Vancouver. Wiebe’s time spent growing up in Regina, SK, influenced an early appreciation of a local whimsical approach to art. Often populated by strange characters, Wiebe’s paintings echo social scenarios in a bombastic, pointed and playful manner. Collaborations with artists such as Ray Fenwick, Graeme Patterson and Craig Leonard inevitably get distilled back at the studio, where large canvases carry blobs and impressions of those rich experiences.

Wiebe’s paintings can be found in public and private collections throughout Canada, the USA, Germany and Venice, Italy. Recent solo exhibitions include Bad Magic at Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC in 2018 and the nationally touring VampSites organized and circulated by the Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI from 2018 to 2024.