Exhibition, Publication and Teaching History

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 - Water Falling, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wash.

2006 - Cloudscapes and Nocturnes, Lisa Harris gallery, Seattle, Wash.

2005 - Light Snow: Alaskan Landscapes, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wash.

2004 - A Sense of Place, Steele Gallery, Seattle Wash. Selected landscapes from the Alaskan series

SELECTED group EXHIBITIONS

7–8/10 - Landscape, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, Ore.

5–6/10 - Celebrate Art! Guest exhibitor at Seattle Co-Arts 60th Annual Art Show, Seattle

11/09–1/10 - Landscape Painting: The Book, Steele Gallery at Gage Academy of Art, Seattle. Wash.

2009 - Gage Academy 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Steele Gallery, Seattle

10/08–2/09 - Above and Below, University House, Seattle

7/06–10/06 - Artistically Engaged, Washington State Convention Center

2004 - Instructors' Juried Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle

2002 - Five Contemporary Artists, Douglas Fraser Fine Art, Bellevue, Wash.

2001 - Selected Landscapes, Allison & Ross Gallery, Issaquah, Wash.

1999 - Northwest Landscapes, Studio Gallery, Gage Academy of Art

1998 - Composing Reality, Daniel Smith Gallery, Seattle, Wash.

1993, 1994 - Selected Landscapes, Instructors' Exhibition, Art Institute of Seattle

1992 - Selected Plein Air Paintings, Small Works Gallery, Seattle, Wash.

1987 - Whose Woods are These? Sloan Walter Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1985 - Selected works from the World Trade Center series, Henry Hicks Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

1983 - Selected works from the senior thesis, Sycamore Series. Zoma Gallery, New York, New York

PUBLICATIONS

2009 - Author, Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill/Random House)

2000 - American Artist Magazine, article Working in the Elements, July 2000

1995 to present - Host and creator of mitchalbala.com, an online gallery and learning center

teaching

1997 – present - Gage Academy of Art, Seattle

1995 – 2003 - Seattle Central Community College

1999 - Seattle Art Museum, Landscape painting demonstration and lecture in
conjunction with Thomas Moran exhibit

1998 - Seattle Art Museum, Impressionism: A Studio Perspective: lecture and tour in conjunction with Impressionism exhibition

1992 – 1995, Art Institute of Seattle

1986 – 1989, State University of New York at F.I.T.

distinctions

2010 - Juror, Art Kudos, International Art Competition and Exhibition

2010 - Juror, Seattle Co-Arts 60th Annual Juried Art Show

3/99 - Centerpoint, Forum panelist: "Careers in Art and Design"