Mitch Greer

**Mitch Greer** is a transdisciplinary artist whose work bridges the visible and transcendental perspectives of the sublime. Trained as a concept artist and impressionist painter, his practice spans painting, animation, sound, writing, and experimental film—exploring luminous interiors, mythic storytelling, and the spiritual edge of modern life. Rooted in the contemplative spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, his work integrates urban sensibility with the quiet wisdom of nature.
Greer’s paintings evoke emotional clarity and meditative presence, while his moving image work extends that vision into narrative abstraction, live-action collage, and stop-motion poetics. Through *Skymachine*, his pop-surrealist platform for animation and mythic cinema, and *Atorie*, a design and research studio, he channels a unified philosophy of image-making—where sacred pursuit of form, sensory beauty, and speculative inquiry converge.
Educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Art Institute, and California College of the Arts, Greer’s career has moved between studio practice, sound-art performance, and immersive digital media. His work with collaborators such as Rachel Smith (*The Lickets*) has been featured at Issue Project Room (NYC), Olympia Experimental Festival, Garden of Memory, and Stanford’s Day of Noise. In 2025, his films have earned recognition across international festivals in India, Italy, Greece, and the UAE, with awards for *Best Short Foreign Film* and *Best Music Video*.
His books are held in the Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in the library of SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, affirming the work’s place in critical, cross-cultural dialogue.
Across all mediums, Mitch Greer’s work reflects a lifelong devotion to meaning, wonder, and the quiet flame of the mystery of reality.

Exhibitions

2o26 Veneto International Film Festival, Cornuda, Italy
2025 International Celebration of Cinema, Standish, United Kingdom
2025 Swedish International Film Festival, Sweden
2025 Mei International Film Festival, Los Angeles, United States
2025 Chambal International Film Festival, India
2025 New York Movie Awards, New York, United States
2025 Florence Film Awards, Italy
2025 Milan Gold Awards
2025 Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
2025 Hollywood Gold Awards
2025 Indian Indpendent Film Festival, India
2o25 Silicon Beach Film Festival, Hollywood
2025 Bangkok Movie Awards, Best Shortfilm, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 Calgary Film Festival, Semi Finalist, Calgary, Canada
2025 Anatolia International Film Festival
2025 Animation Day in Cannes and Venice, Italy
2025 Cinestesya Film Festival, Portugal
2025 Tamizhagam International Film Festival, India
2025 Tokyo International Shortfilm Festival, Tokyo, Japan
2025 Post Cinema Film Festival, Siracusa, Italy
2025 Detroit Independent Film Festival, Detroit, MI
2025 Madrid Arthouse Film Festival, Semi Finalist, Madrid, Spain
2025 Durgapur International Film Festival, Durgapur, India
2025 Monza Film Festival, Nominee For Best Musical Monza, Italy
2025 Dubai Independent Film Festival, Semi Finalist, Dubai, UAE
2025 MindField Film Festival Semi Finalist, Albuquerque, NM
2025 Athens Indie Film Festival Semi Finalist, Athens, Greece
2025 Eastern Europe Film Festival, Romania
2025 Abstract Mind, CICA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2024 Esomnia, San Francisco, CA
2024 Animaze Animation Day in Cannes & Venice, Montreal, Quebec
2024 Blue, St. Louis Art Gallery Oxford, Wantage, Oxford, UK
2024 7 Artists, St. Louis Art Gallery Oxford, Wantage, Oxford, UK
2022 Art Placer Featured Exhibitions, Online
2022 Tides of Change, Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2021 Finding Peace, St Augustine’s Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2020 A Line Across Time, Ruby's, Emeryville, CA
2018 Merged, d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2018 Drink Me, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
2018 Invented Landscapes, Fertile Grounds, Berkeley, CA
2017 Drawings and Collage, Fertile Grounds, Berkeley, CA
2016 Open Studio: Cuba, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 BFA Exhibition, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2016 Colonization is Not a Metaphor, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Flooded Corners, Enregla, Havana, Cuba
2015 Hot Off the Grid, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2013 Post-Human Nature, Platform, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 Art Biologic, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 Music of the Hemispheres, Issue Project Room, New York, NY
2009 Olympia Experimental Music Festival, Olympia, WA
2006 Active Liberty, Student Union Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL

Collections

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Library, Chicago

SAVVY Contemporary Library, Berlin

Education

2024 Zenva
2024 Meritt College
2023 Codecademy
2017-2020 MFA California College of the Arts (CCA)
2014-2016 BFA San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
2004-2007 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Grants/Awards

2025 Best Short Film, Bangkok Movie Awards, Thailand
2025 Siver Award, Experimental Film, Hollywood Gold Awards
2025 Best Indie Short Film, Milan Gold Awards, Italy
2025 Best Short Film, Bangkok Movie Awards, Thailand
2025 Honorable Mention, East Village New York Film Festival
2025 Best Animation Short, Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
2025 Best Short Film, Durgapur International Film Festival, India
2025 Best Short Film Indian Independent Film Festival, India
2025 Best Silent Film Indian Independent Film Festival, India
2025 Best Short Film, One-Reeler Short Film Competition, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Best Music Video, Tamizhagam International Film Festival, India
2025 Next Best Short Film, Ayodhya Film Festival, India
2016 Recognition of Academic Achievement SFAI
2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award: Design and Technology SFAI
2016 Deans Scholarship SFAI
2014 Deans Scholarship SFAI
2004 Merit Scholarship SAIC