Daniel Mullen
Bio
Rotterdam based abstract architectural painter, Daniel Mullen was born in Glasgow, Scotland 1985. He graduated in 2011 with a BFA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Mullen has exhibited internationally; London, Vancouver, New York, Lima, São Paulo and has had recent museums shows in Curitiba Bienal at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Brazil and Direktorenhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany. His work has also been acquired by notable private and corporate collections. He was recently shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize. Mullen calls himself a “devoted craftsman” who meticulously creates his works without digital or mechanical aid.
Statement
With his work, Mullen aim’s to question these shifting modes of perception
through dialectical compositions, and expressions of color
light, and darkness. That results in works that might appear as digital
renderings however upon closer inspection reveal the materiality by
which they are constructed. A time-consuming craftsmanship that
does not seek binary perfection, but rather embraces nuisance, imperfection,
and materiality.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in