About

TRAVIS MITCHELL

Originally from the small town of Clinton, MO, Travis relocated to Chicagoland to attend the Illinois Institute of Art and since has been working in the visual communications field for over 15 years as a graphic/web designer/illustrator. Travis is the owner of ID3NTITY CRISIS, LLC and works with clients from coast-to-coast. As well as design, Travis creates traditional art out of the Flat Iron Arts Building, with a focus on advancing in painting, sculpture, songwriting & spirit with an overtoned theme of “identity”.

DESIGN EXPERIENCEDSC03631

  • Website Development
  • Logo & Identity
  • Print & Packaging
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • HTML / CSS
  • Javascript
  • Web Audio API
  • HTML Canvas (Animation, Game Loop)
  • Flash Animation
  • Custom WordPress Templates
  • Mac & PC Platforms
  • Digital Illustration
  • Photo Retouching
  • Design Consulting

ID3NTITY CRISIS

Who are you…how do you identify yourself? I am. Are you a name…a body…a face in the mirror? I see you. Are you a collection of characteristics, tendencies, memories? I forget. Who are you when you’re alone? I am a liar. Who are you in relationship? I am an actor. Who are you in dialog? At my best, I am your servant…no one, serving nothing. You and I, How can we be together?

I woke up this morning….again…just like every other morning, You wake up. You hear your dreams materialize into life. You feel the blanket, hot against your nightmare sweaty skin. You feel the bed supporting you dead weight. You feel vibrations of traffic through the floor, building, street. You open your eyes. You are in a space, a room in a structure. Your awareness expands as you remember that you fell asleep in a city, state, country, continent. You must be there now. You lose breath as the atmosphere thins and you see yourself as a planet. A blue and white speck in an unimaginable blackness. Can you see the edge of the expansion and define the borders between something and nothing? …again, I wake up this morning….again, by nature, I am an addict.

ARTIST STATEMENT

(For what it’s worth…if I could communicate effectively through words, I would be a poet. If I could communicate effectively through images, I would…)

“Fragmented by contradiction, stripped of logical order, relentlessly reflected by nature, the reality of mind cannot rest. Inflicted with fear, wonder, awe and panic, my work is an obsessive compulsive expression of the human emotional experience. I fantasize that time will reveal itself as a journey to peace and acceptance of life.”

My work had been described as psychotic, obsessed, methodical, paranoid, and labor intensive to an almost painful quality.

ARTIST CV

  • 4Art Gallery OpeningFebruary 08 – July 08: Artwork on display at Emerald City Coffee Shop, 3938 N. Sheridan Road.
  • Nov 20, 2010 – Jan 20, 2011: Art on display at 4Art Gallery, 1029 W. 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609.
  • February 4 & 11, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event & follow-up show.
  • February 26, 2011: Artwork displayed at The Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St. Chicago, IL during the Five Step Drop CD Release show.
  • March 4, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • April 1, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • May 6, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • Censorship ShowMay 7, 2011: Participated in the 4th Annual Art Auction to benefit Gilda’s Club Chicago at the Flat Iron Arts Building. Donated a piece of work for the live auction.
  • June 3, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • July 1, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • July 9, 2011: Live figure drawing at the “This Things I Believe” show at Happy Dog Gallery, 1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. (Read the RedEye Article)
  • August 5, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • September 2, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • September 30–October 2, 2011: Participated in the Bucktown/Wicker Park Coyote event.
  • October 7, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • November 4, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • December 2, 2011: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • December 9–10, 2011: Participated in the “Long Night Moon” Goth-Erotic Celebration of the Arts at The 1901 Gallery/Theatre located at 1901 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Showed work and did a couple music performances.
  • January 6, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • February 3, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • March 2, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • April 6, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building “Now you see it, Now you Don’t” mural show.mural-newspaper-writup
  • May 4, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building “Now you see it, Now you Don’t” closing show.
  • May, 2012: Participated in the Fine Arts Building 2nd Friday art walk (410 S. Michigan Ave.) Guest Artist at Tiffany Gholar’s studio (632).
  • June 1, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • June 9-July 15: Theater sculpture installation in Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 12 – Reincarnate.
  • July 6, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • July 13, 2012: Featured “Refections” series at Temple Gallery, 1749 S. Halsted, Chicago, during Pilsen 2nd Friday art walk event.
  • August 3, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • Guest Artist Cindy Prokop.September 7, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • September 28-30, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building 3-day “Coyote” show.
  • October 5, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building “Coyote” closing show.
  • November 2, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • December 7, 2012: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • December 12, 2012: Guest artist speaker for an interview on Columbia College’s Frequency TV “Hoods: Wicker Park” live tv show.
  • January 4, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • February 1, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • March 1, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • April 5, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • May 3, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • July 5, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • August 2, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • September 6, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building First Friday art walk event.
  • September 27 & 28, 2013: Participated in the Flat Iron Arts Building “Coyote” show.