mittie Cuetara
Instagram: @mittiecuetara
Website: https://mittiecuetara.net
Bio: Mittie Cuetara is an Oakland artist working in acrylics and mixed media.
She has a BFA from the Boston Museum School and an MFA from Mills College in Oakland. She has shown in juried shows across California.
Her paintings and sculpture use humor and a feminist perspective to explore the imperfection of lived-in lives, the nests and paths that humans create for themselves.
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Statement: As a non-native Californian, my paintings process feelings of displacement and longing for connection. Old houses, old furniture, my subjects are often prosaic but carry connection to community and the weight of history. I’m interested in how certain light and shadows can activate and build a sense of time.
I work in acrylic because it’s fast and I can feel a sense of connection from the visual to my body when I move the paint around. I also use paper mache and recycled cardboard to express an idea that needs dimension.
My work emphasizes commonality, using humor and the beauty of the mundane to highlight our shared experience as humans, in the face of massive commercialism and relentless sowing of divisiveness.
