Mittie Cuetara grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the daughter of an architect, she’s always been drawn to the particular interiors and strange paths that humans create for themselves. Graduating from the Boston Museum school, she moved to the Bay Area, where she wrote and illustrated several children’s books, then spent several years teaching art. Since receiving her MFA in 2022 from Mills college, she has shown her acrylic paintings and sculptural work in shows and galleries around the Bay Area.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I’ve always been a misfit, drawn to the imperfections of lived-in lives, attracted by the odd and messy paths that people create for themselves. My work is about accessibility, and the ways that soft human architecture interacts with nature.
In highlighting the architecture of the familiar, I look for new ways to see and appreciate our common understandings. I want the language of paint, and my pleasure of molding and shaping and painting, to tell stories that create new connections and community.