Artist Statement
My figurative classical sculpture in stone and bronze from intimate to monumental all convey a unifying message which celebrates our human experience.
B.M. McMullen (Am, b. 1967) is a classically-trained artist whose work can be found worldwide, including the Florence Nightingale Museum and Trust, the American Association of Architects, the US Embassy of the Ivory Coast, the Witt Family Memorial in the National Cathedral, Washington DC and for the State of Maine’s Houlton Courthouse as well as in many private collections. Mark recently chose to settle in South Portland, Maine after living in Costa Rica and Minneapolis.
McMullen developed his art career in a distinctly European sculptural tradition. His training and artistic development has followed the classic medieval pattern.
While working in several monument shops and stone quarries around the country, McMullen apprenticed under veteran Italian and French stone carvers. First fashioning decorative elements in stone from the architect’s drawings then graduating to the more highly skilled task of chiseling specific reliefs and ornamental motifs, eventually mastering portraiture, in the Giotto tradition, in bringing the human form alive.
Collections
The Kemper Trust Collection; New York, Chicago, London
The Florence Nightingale Museum and Trust London England
Nightingale Museum and Trust, London, England
The Fire Fighters Combat Challenge Award
The American Association of Architects
The WWI Unknown Soldiers Monument Roma GA
Christ the King Retreat Center Chapel Crucifix, MN
Portraits and portrait busts For Police and Fire Monuments and Memorials throughout the United States and Canada for Brodin Studios Inc.
Saint Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN
States Chapel Crucifix The National Cathedral Washington DC. Witt family memorial
Commissions
1990 The Florence Nightingale Museum and Trust London England
1994 The Fire Fighters Combat challenge Award (Brodin Studios Inc.)
1996 The American Association of Architects United States
1997 The WWI Unknown Soldgers Monument, Roma, GA. (Brodin Studios inc.)
1997 Christ the King Retreat Center Chapel Crucifix
1993-1997 Portraits and Portrait busts For Police and Fire Monuments and Memorials mioeals throughout the United States and Canada for Brodin Studios inc.
1999 The National Cathedral Washington DC. Witt Family Memorial
2000 Saint Olaf Catholic Church Minneapolis, MN, Chapel Crucifix
Bibliography
The Tico Times/ Arts and Culture Costa Rica C.A. February 23 2007 U.S. Sculptor Makes Home in Costa Rica. Pg. Front Cover, W1,W3 Author Katherine Roff, Photos by Katherine Roff and Drew Till
Northeaster/ Arts and Culture Minneapolis Minnesota USA. May 2nd 2002 Master Carver, sculptor Brian McMullen works in bronze, stone? Pg. Front Cover 19,20.
Art Business News International Arts Business News Magazine. March 2007, Gallery Front B.M. McMullen presents Acid on Stainless Steel Works Pg. 23
Su Casa Edition 32 2006 Costa Rica C.A. Forma, Funcion y Arte! Pg 160,161,162 163,164,165,167 #7 Photo Vida Author Doniel Ulibarri. Fotografia: Rodrigo Montoya
Sculpture Review. A publication of the National Sculpture Society.
City Pages/ A List; October 15th 2008 author; Ben Palosaari.Brian Mark, Rogue Buddha Gallery This ghost is on acid Pg,22.
L etoile Magazine/ Arts and Culture, October 2nd 2008
Haunted by Grace
Minnesota Monthly Fall Arts Preview October 22nd 2008 PG, 3. By Carla Continenza, Tim Gihring, and Allison Wickler, Brian Mark Haunted by Grace.
Education
1986 Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1987 The Atelier Lack
1995 and 1996 Patination training with Ron Young and Patrick V Kipper
Related education
1993 Apprenticeship with Georgia Marble Co.
1988-89 Apprenticeships Giorgio Gianetti, Felix de Weldon, Carl Mose, Don Turano 1993-94 Apprenticeships Rodger Brodin, Brodin Studios
1997 Apprentice stone carver and sculptor at Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C.
Related experience
Minneapolis Granite
Cold Springs Granite quarry
Georgia Marble Co.
Awards and mentions
1990 (IGA) Bronze Medal. From the German Stone carvers union
Exhibitions
1995 The Three Dimensions of the sublime in Bronze and Marble The Water Tower Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Keeping It Real; LANGworks Gallery Minneapolis, MN
1998 through 2004 Art-a-Whirl; LANGworks Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Shed Light Reveal Truth, Langworks Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Sculptor and Scoundrel a retrospective of B.M. McMullen’s Minnesota Years. The Jean Stephen Galleries, Minneapolis,MN
2005 Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Kandinsky Galeria, San Jose, Costa Rica,
2007 Klaus Steinmetz Art Contemporaneo Galeria, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 The Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Art Now, Miami, FL(Rogue Buddha Gallery)
2008 Haunted by Grace Rogue Buddha Gallery Minneapolis, MN
2008 Bridge Art, Miami FL