Marlon Mullen Explained

Marlon Mullen
Organization:	NIAD Art Center
Birth Date:	1963
Birth Place:	United States
Occupation:	painter

Marlon Mullen (born 1963) is a painter who lives and works in Contra Costa County, California, maintaining a studio practice at NIAD Art Center.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Born in 1963 in Richmond, California, Mullen is autistic and is primarily nonverbal.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Artistic practice

Mullen has maintained his art practice at NIAD (Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development) Art Center in Richmond, CA, since 1993. Mullen makes text-inspired paintings, referencing the graphic design of art magazines such as Artforum.

Solo exhibitions

Mullen has exhibited throughout the United States.

• White Columns (2012)^[6]
• JTT (2015)^[7]
• Atlanta Contemporary (2015)
• Jack Fischer Gallery (2016)^[8]
• Adams & Ollman (2016)^[9]
• NIAD (2017)^[10]
• JTT (2019)^[11]
• Adams & Ollman (2020)^[12]
• Massimo De Carlo (2021)^[13]

Group exhibitions

• After Shelly Duvall '72 at Maccarone (2011)^[14]
• Create at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (2011)^[15]
• Color and Form at Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco (2013)
• Under Another Name, organized by Thomas J. Lax at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2014)^[16]
• NADA Art Fair in Miami with White Columns (2014)^[17]
• Way Bay 2 at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (2018)^[18]
• Whitney Biennial (2019) - curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta^[19]
• SECA 2019 at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2020)^[20]
• Image Power at The Frans Hals Museum (2020)^[21]
• Into The Brightness at The Oakland Museum (2023)^[22]

Awards

• Wynn Newhouse Award (2015)^[23]
• SFMOMA SECA Award (2019)^[24]

Public collections

• Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY^[25]
• Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, NY^[26]
• Berkeley Art Museum - Berkeley, CA^[27]
• Portland Art Museum - Portland, OR^[28]
• Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami - Miami, FL^[29]
• High Museum of Art - Atlanta,GA^[29]
• MADMusée - Belgium^[30]
• RISD Museum - Providence, RI^[29]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -San Francisco, CA^[29]
• Studio Museum in Harlem - New York, NY^[29]

External links

• Marlon Mullen - JTT

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marlon Mullen (b. 1963) – – NIAD Art Center . January 25, 2013 .
2. Web site: Marlon Mullen at JTT . Disparate Minds. 2 May 2017 .
3. Web site: Marlon Mullen. Studio. Familiar. Atlanta Contemporary. en-us. 2019-04-08.
4. Web site: Marlon Mullen at JTT . Disparate Minds . 2 May 2017 . 16 May 2019.
5. Web site: Marlon Mullen (b. 1963) . NIAD Art Center . January 25, 2013 . 16 May 2019.
6. Web site: White Columns - Exhibitions . www.whitecolumns.org.
7. Web site: Marlon Mullen at JTT, New York. The Editors of ARTnews. 2019-01-25. ARTnews. en-US. 2019-04-08.
8. Web site: The Jack Fischer Gallery : Shows. www.jackfischergallery.com. 2019-04-08.
9. Web site: MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman . adamsandollman.com . en.
10. Web site: Marlon Mullen (b. 1963) – – NIAD Art Center. January 25, 2013 . en-US. 2019-04-08.
11. Web site: Marlon Mullen: 2017–2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714012253/http://www.jttnyc.com/6953,266301,31240,31241,312542 . 14 Jul 2020 .
12. Web site: MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman . adamsandollman.com . en.
13. Web site: MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman .
14. Web site: After Shelley Duvall '72 .
15. Web site: Create | BAMPFA . December 22, 2014 .
16. Web site: Installation shot of the Under Another Name exhibition, curated by Thomas Lax, at the great Studio Museum in Harlem. The show features the book *Shadow of Freedom - Lugo Land. www.lugoland.it. 2019-04-08.
17. Web site: Celebrating a Vision: Art and Disability www.flysfo.cn. FlySFO San Francisco International Airport. 2019-04-08.
18. Web site: Way Bay 2 | BAMPFA . April 16, 2018 .
19. Web site: Whitney Museum Announces 2019 Biennial Participants, But One Artist Withdraws. 2019-02-26. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-04-08.
20. Web site: 2019 SECA Art Award .
21. Web site: Image power .
22. Web site: Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD .
23. Web site: Wynn Newhouse Exhibition . Disparate Minds. 15 April 2015 .
24. Web site: Trio of Bay Area artists named SFMOMA's 2019 SECA Award winners. Desmarais. Charles. SF Chronicle.
25. Web site: Marlon Mullen. Untitled. 2017 | MoMA .
26. Web site: Here's a Look at What the Whitney Museum Has Acquired Over the Past Year. Russeth. Andrew. 2018-09-24. ARTnews. en-US. 2019-04-08.
27. Web site: Art Collection | CollectionSpace .
28. Web site: Marlon Mullen .
29. Web site: Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20190216061122/http://www.jttnyc.com/6953,266301,31240,31242 . 16 Feb 2019 .
30. Web site: Marlon Mullen | NIAD artist . January 25, 2013 .