Untitled, 2025

Marlon Mullen (b. 1963, Richmond, CA) has been painting at NIAD Art Center, a progressive studio for artists with developmental disabilities since 1986. Mullen draws his inspiration from art publications, such as: Art in America, ArtNews and Dorotheum auction catalogues, among others. He transforms this source material into a distinctive style with swaths of bold colors and luscious surface textures.

Mullen's solo exhibition at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), NY is on view through April 20, 2025. Past exhibitions include: Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA and White Columns, New York, NY, SECA Art Award exhibition 2019, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA; The Whitney Biennial 2019, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Way Bay 2 and Create, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA; Affinity, the Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA; Under Another Name, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.

Mullen received the 2019 SFMoMA SECA Award and 2014 Wynn Newhouse Award.

His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Museum of Modern Art, both New York, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; and the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.

A certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, accompanies each print.