
Mike McMullen
Printmaking & Drawing
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Mike McMullen creates work as an Artist, Art Director and Designer in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and partner Cheryl Humphreys and their son Cyan. Experienced in printmaking, McMullen also elevates the role of play in his work, encouraging him to expand his practice into other mediums.
STATEMENT
“Making is play. A desire to be present and truly enjoy the small moments of magic that can unfold. A place that only YOU occupy, however brief. Everything else is a blur.” - Mike McMullen
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, L.A. Made, Tappan, Los Angeles, CA
2018, Exploration vs Expectation, Arms, Los Angeles, CA
2016, Poetics of Relation, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013, What A Drag, Cacao, Santa Monica, CA
2013, Nightmare on Helms Street, Pop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012, Nightmare on Helms Street, Pop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005, Birth of Man, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA
2005, ONSITE, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA 2004, ONSITE, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION
2005, BFA in Experimental Video & Printmaking, Atlanta College of Art
In the Journal

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