About Martin Dull
Martin Dull uses abstraction to communicate the contemporary zeitgeist. By conflating personal narrative, poetry, mythology, and iconography in curated environments, he seeks to rattle viewers’ preconceptions, opening them to broader questions of humanity, spirituality, and the role of art in fostering meaningful dialogue. He raises questions about the efficacy of appropriation within art, religion, and politics, without taking a particular standpoint ethically or rhetorically. His deliberate distance enables viewers to develop and interpret the content on their own terms, offering a forum for democratic discussion. He studied at the Pratt Institute, Marywood University, and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture where, in 2015, he received his MFA. He worked as a guest speaker at numerous New York universities, co-curated exhibitions in the New York Metropolitan Area, and co-founded the curatorial collaborative JMN Artists. His work has been in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States.
New Brunswick Art Salon 2021 – Oil and Mixed Media: “Bonds Beyond Time”
Artist Personal Website: https://www.martindullart.com
Email: martindullart@gmail.com
Artist Statement
My current body of work uses abstraction to communicate the contemporary zeitgeist. The conflation of personal narrative, poetry, mythology, and iconography create environments that rattle the viewer’s preconceptions and open them to broader questions of humanity, spirituality, and the role of art in fostering dialogue. My blatant appropriation of objects and ideas and the frequent allusion to iconic forms within the work are used as personal and universal tropes, raising pressing questions about the efficacy of appropriation within the arts, religion and politics without asserting a particular ethical stand point or rhetoric. This gives viewers a space to develop and interpret the content on their own terms, offering a theoretical transparency aimed at dispelling mystery and democratizing experience. The goal is to encourage communication and foster debate. The work calls for a loosening of the subjective truths and opinions people hold, and provides a greater objectivity of experience and identity. The result becomes a mirror image of a true, universal self –both the beautiful and horrible. Here, one can address, without risk of oppression, the inconsistencies and dichotomies that define human existence. Through dialogue and self-appraisal, it offers an opportunity for unity in an increasingly divided world.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Transubstantiation: New Paintings by Martin Dull, M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Sailing to Byzantium, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010
Solo Exhibition, The Bog, Scranton, PA
2008
Solo Exhibition, Paper Kite Gallery and Press, Kingston, PA
Solo Exhibition, Test Pattern, Scranton, PA
Group Exhibitions
2020
Wild Geese: A Selection of Irish Artists, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Food Show, SFA Projects, New York, NY
All Art Works (curated by Sarah Corona and Tyler Loftis), The Yard –Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2019
RAC Juried Show 2019, Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
Interboro Tiger force presents: Thunderdome, 59-50 Summerfield Street, Queens, NY
All Art Works Show at Project 1 during ArtPrize, All Art Works, Grand Rapids, MI
28th Annual Juried Show, The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
XIV Stations, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
2018 Trestle Gallery Resident Show curated by Carmen Hermo, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Walking is a Way of Knowing curated by Jannell Turner, 817 5thAve, Brooklyn, NY
Art and Friendship, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
A Montage of Heck, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
Leaving a Mark, M. David Studio, Brooklyn, NY
All Art Works (juried exhibition), Second Avenue Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
27th Annual Juried Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
Rhuminate, Vivid Space, San Diego, CA
On Site (juried exhibition), Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
2017 Trestle Gallery Resident Show curated by Katherine Murdock, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collectors Show (juried exhibition), Second Avenue Arts at The Venue Tower, Grand Rapids, MI
Material Matters (curated by JMN Artists), Peninsula Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Alumni Invitational (juried exhibition) Selected by Hauser& Wirth and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, The New York Studio School, New York, NY
Made in Paint: Golden Foundation Resident Artists of 2016, Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, NY
2015
Parallel Lines: Recent works by John Erianne & Martin Dull, The New York Studio School, New York, NY
2012
Group Exhibition, Lena DiGangi Gallery and Studio, Totowa, NJ
2011
Group Exhibition, The William Carlos Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ
2008
Group Exhibition, Paper Kite Gallery and Press, Kingston, PA