Marlon Mullen

Marlon Mullen
Born	1963 United States
Occupation	Painter
Organization	NIAD Art Center

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]} He achieved widespread acclaim for his work when it was displayed at the 2019 Whitney Biennial. In 2024, Mullen became the first developmentally disabled person to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. ^[3]

Life

Born in 1963 in Richmond, California, Mullen is autistic and is primarily nonverbal. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Artistic practice

Mullen has maintained his art practice at NIAD (Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development) Art Center in Richmond, CA, since 1993. ^[4] Mullen makes text-inspired paintings, referencing the graphic design of art magazines such as Artforum. ^[2]

Solo exhibitions

Mullen has exhibited throughout the United States.

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2024) ^[7]
• Massimo De Carlo (2021) ^[8]
• Adams & Ollman (2020) ^[9]
• JTT (2019) ^[10]
• NIAD (2017) ^[11]
• Adams & Ollman (2016) ^[12]
• Jack Fischer Gallery (2016) ^[13]
• JTT (2015) ^[14]
• White Columns (2012) ^[15]
• Atlanta Contemporary (2015) ^[4]

Group exhibitions

• After Shelly Duvall '72 at Maccarone (2011) ^[16]
• Create at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (2011) ^[17]
• Color and Form at Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco (2013) ^[2]
• Under Another Name, organized by Thomas J. Lax at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2014) ^[18]
• NADA Art Fair in Miami with White Columns (2014) ^[19]
• Way Bay 2 at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (2018) ^[20]
• Whitney Biennial (2019) - curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta ^[21]
• SECA 2019 at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2020) ^[22]
• Image Power at The Frans Hals Museum (2020) ^[23]
• Into The Brightness at The Oakland Museum (2023) ^[24]

Awards

• Wynn Newhouse Award (2015) ^[25]
• SFMOMA SECA Award (2019) ^[26]

Public collections

• Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY ^[27]
• Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, NY ^[28]
• Berkeley Art Museum - Berkeley, CA ^[29]
• Portland Art Museum - Portland, OR ^[30]
• Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami - Miami, FL ^[31]
• High Museum of Art - Atlanta,GA ^[31]
• MADMusée - Belgium ^[32]
• RISD Museum - Providence, RI ^[31]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -San Francisco, CA ^[31]
• Studio Museum in Harlem - New York, NY ^[31]

References

1. "Marlon Mullen (b. 1963) – – NIAD Art Center". January 25, 2013.
2. "Marlon Mullen at JTT". Disparate Minds. May 2, 2017.
3. Griffin, Jonathan (December 16, 2024). "With This MoMA Artist, the Painting Does the Talking". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 13, 2025.
4. Studio, Familiar. "Marlon Mullen". Atlanta Contemporary. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
5. "Marlon Mullen at JTT". Disparate Minds. May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
6. "Marlon Mullen (b. 1963)". NIAD Art Center. January 25, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
7. "Projects: Marlon Mullen".
8. "MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman".
9. "MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman". adamsandollman.com.
10. "Marlon Mullen: 2017–2018". Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
11. "Marlon Mullen (b. 1963) – – NIAD Art Center". January 25, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
12. "MARLON MULLEN PREVIEW - Adams and Ollman". adamsandollman.com.
13. "The Jack Fischer Gallery : Shows". www.jackfischergallery.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
14. The Editors of ARTnews (January 25, 2019). "Marlon Mullen at JTT, New York". ARTnews. Retrieved April 8, 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
15. "White Columns - Exhibitions". www.whitecolumns.org.
16. "After Shelley Duvall '72".
17. "Create | BAMPFA". December 22, 2014.
18. "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. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
19. "Celebrating a Vision: Art and Disability | www.flysfo.cn". FlySFO | San Francisco International Airport. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
20. "Way Bay 2 | BAMPFA". April 16, 2018.
21. "Whitney Museum Announces 2019 Biennial Participants, But One Artist Withdraws". Hyperallergic. February 26, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
22. "2019 SECA Art Award".
23. "Image power".
24. "Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD".
25. "Wynn Newhouse Exhibition". Disparate Minds. April 15, 2015.
26. Desmarais, Charles. "Trio of Bay Area artists named SFMOMA's 2019 SECA Award winners". SF Chronicle.
27. "Marlon Mullen. Untitled. 2017 | MoMA".
28. Russeth, Andrew (September 24, 2018). "Here's a Look at What the Whitney Museum Has Acquired Over the Past Year". ARTnews. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
29. "Art Collection | CollectionSpace".
30. "Marlon Mullen".
31. "Biography". Archived from the original on February 16, 2019.
32. "Marlon Mullen | NIAD artist". January 25, 2013.

External links

• Marlon Mullen - JTT