AWARDS & HONORS        

• Sustainable CT Community Match Fund: Tree Spa for Urban Forest Healing. 2020.
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. 2020.
• Saruul Artist Residency, Selenge, Mongolia. 2019.
• Oaxaca Film Festival, New Industry Selection. 2019.
• Assets for Artists Grant. 2019.
• Macktez Summer Stipend. 2018.
• Artspace CWOS Commission. 2018.
• The NEST Residency. Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia. 2018.
• Emmanuel College Artist Residency. 2017.
• Center for Book Arts Residency. 2011-2012.
• Thanatopolis Prize from i-park. 2010.
• FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) Grant. 2009.
• Smack Mellon Studio Residency and Grant. 2008-2009.
• CUE Art Foundation Studio Residency. 2007.
• Chashama Studio Residency. 2006-2007.
• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space Award. 2006.
• Somerville Arts Council Union Square Event Producers Grant. 2005.
• Mitchell F. Siporin Award in Sculpture. 2002.

EDUCATION                

• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. 2007.
• University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. MFA, High Honors, 2005.
• Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. BA with Highest Honors in Studio Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 2002.

SOCIAL/PUBLIC PROJECTS

• Tree Spa for Urban Forest Healing. 2015-present. NYC and Hartford, CT. Current partners include the University of Hartford, Keney Park Sustainability Project, Knox Parks, Artspace New Haven, and Hartford Maple Syrup Club.
• Clouds Filtered Through Trees. 2019-2020. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
• Rumination Service. Selenge, Mongolia. Collaborator: Namulen Bayarsaihan. 2019.
• Experimental Research on the Nonexistence of Borders. 2018-present. Experimental video and intervention practice interrogating the space occupied by political borders in our natural and social imaginaries. Armenia/Turkey/Kurdistan and USA/Canada/Mexico/Turtle Island.
• Gathering Aveluk like my Medzmama Once Did. 2018. Social Documentary practice in collaboration with food historian, Mari Firkatian. Yerevan, Armenia.
• Walks and Tea Parties for Decolonization. 2017. Emmanuel College, Boston, Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC.
• The Corner Libraries. 2007-2012. Collaborative work with the K.I.D.S. and volunteer librarians in public spaces.
• Pulling Together: the Legends of Willimantic. 2006 – 2010. Open boatbuilding workshop and series of public actions, with Ted Efremoff and the Citizen Shipwrights of Willimantic. Artspace Windham, CT.
• Growing a Network of Secret Gardens. 2009. With Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
• The K.I.D.S. Has Some Work To Do. 2009. Collaborative work with the Kindness and Imagination Development Society and Flux Factory, NYC.
• Cloud City. 2008-9. A collaboration with Huong Ngo, Secret School, and the K.I.D.S. Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA & public spaces, Brooklyn, NY.
• How the K.I.D.S Meets. Apr 2008. BBBP, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY.
• A Lot in Our Lives. Apr 2007. 8000 sq. ft. interactive public installation and event series with the K.I.D.S., including collaborative projects with Frank Brescia, Bob Hurd, Henry Loomis, George Newman, Jon Singer, Steve Tarquino, Kristina Zallinger, and the Teen Docents of Artspace. The Lot at Artspace, New Haven, CT.
• A Sauna -or- Something about Temperature & Time, Memory & Moments, Labor, Leisure & Location, Saving & Sharing, Usefulness & Us. 2007. Functional installation and event series with Sam Ekwurtzel. Skowhegan, ME.
• A Game for the Kids We Were. May 2007. Spontaneously invented participatory and performative games. Night of Museums, Belgrade, Serbia.
• MOBILIZE: the Wandering Workbench. 2007-11. Public actions and installations. NYC.
• MOBILIZE: the Portable Pantry. 2007-11. Public actions and events, including wild tea parties, NYC.
• Work Together. Sep 2006. Spontaneous collaboration with strangers. LMCC Swing Space, NYC.
• Footprint Factory. Begun 2005. Public block printing collaboration. Portable: shown in CT, MA, Germany & NY.
• MOBILIZE: the Moving Picture Show. Begun 2004 (ongoing). Public actions, CT & NY.
• Today is a Work Day. Nov 2003.  Public text interventions. Storrs, CT.
• Play the Game. Sep 2001.  Public participatory event, Waltham, MA.
• The Machine. Nov 2000.  Public participatory event, Waltham, MA.

EXHIBITIONS

• Weather Report. October 2019 - June 2020. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
• Solo Show. Summer 2020 (delayed due to pandemic). Blue Sun Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
• Inalienable World (solo show). Spring 2020 (delayed due to pandemic). Westover School, Middlebury, CT.
• Group Show / Public Art Installation/Performance. Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY. Fall 2021.
• Curatorial project. Spring 2022 (expected). Eastern Connecticut State University Gallery.
• Distance. February-April, 2019. Dorsky Gallery, NYC.
• Tree Spa for Urban Forest Healing. March 2019. Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
• We are the Introspective Collective. December 2018. LES Gallery at the Clemente, NYC.
• Art of Armistice. Fall 2018. Target Gallery, Torpedo Center, Alexandria, VA.
• Tree Spa for Urban Forest Healing. October 2018. Commissioned by Artspace, New Haven, for CWOS.
• Book Meet. October 2018. Skowhegan, NYC.
• The Possibility of the Impossible Choice. August, 2018. Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia.
• Experimental Research on the Nonexistence of Borders. June, 2018. Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia.
• BYOBatter Pancake Breakfast. Spring 2018. Keney Park Pond House, Hartford, CT.
• Skowhegan Performs. Fall 2017. Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY.
• ECAR show. August, 2017. Emmanuel College, Boston, MA. Included a participatory site-specific two channel video installation with related reading materials, seating, and a new way to play chess.
• Personals. May 2017. Skowhegan, NYC.
• 20th Anniversary Show. Nov 2016. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY.
• Faculty Exhibition. Sep 2016. Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT.
• Hand/Made: the Digital Age and the Industrial Revolution. Sep 2015. Kleinert/James Center, Woodstock, NY.
• Then & Now: Ten Years of Residencies. Apr 2015. Center for Book Arts, NYC / Sep 2015, New Rochelle.
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Visualized. Feb 2015. CAG, Storrs, CT.
• Brother Can You Spare a Stack? Jan 2013. Center for Book Arts, NYC. With the K.I.D.S., Word Up Collective, Eyelevel BQE, Launchpad, NURTUREart, Weeksville Heritage Center, and individual partners.
• Insite/Out. June 2012. Art space, New Haven, CT.
• re/spond/re/peat. June 2012. Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
• 2011 Workspace Artists-In-Residence. Apr-June 2012. Center for Book Arts, NYC.
• SP Weather Station. 2011. Portfolio displayed at Center for Book Arts, International Print Center, Flux Factory.
• Barri-o-rama. June 2011. El Taller Boricua, NYC. With Hatuey Ramos-Fermin.
• High/Low. Apr 2011. Eyelevel BQE, Brooklyn, NY. With Gabriela Alva.
• Thanatopolis Exhibition. Oct 2010. i-park, East Haddam, CT. With Ted Efremoff.
• Bread Cycle Works. 2010. Hartford, CT. With Ted Efremoff.
• Out of the Blue. Jun 2010. ISCP, Brooklyn, NY.
• Ecstatic. Mar 2010. Former Convent of St. Cecilia’s, NYC. With Round Robin Collective.
• A Failed Entertainment. Feb 2010. Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NYC.
• Bike Rides. Oct 2009. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. With Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
• Plan B. Sep 2009. Nurture Art, NYC. With Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
• Hangin’ Out at No Rio. 2009. ABC no Rio, NYC. With Secret School and the K.ID.S.
• Beauty Underfoot. Jun 2009. Smack Mellon, NYC. With Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
• A Few Days in Watermill with Raymond Roussel. Jun 2009. Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY. With Bryan Markovitz, Ryan Dohoney, Huong Ngo, Julia Rich, Elizabeth Adams, Chris Piuma and Amanda Boekelheide.
• Queens International. Mar 2009. Queens Museum of Art, NY. Anti-Fascist Culture Club, curated by Erin Sickler.
• What’s Mine is Yours. Oct 2008, Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA. With Huong Ngo. Curated by Sarah Reisman.
• Metropoles. Nov 2008, JCAL, Jamaica, NY. With Tattfoo Tan, Caitlin Berrigan and many more.
• Alumni Biennial (One). Sep 2008, Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT.
• Maritime: Ships, Pirates and Disasters. Oct 2008. CAG, Storrs, CT. With the K.I.D.S. and Ted Efremoff.
• AIM 28. Jun 2008. Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
• The Ideal Cloud. May 2008. Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY.
• Life’s Work. Jan 2008. CUE Art Foundation, NY, NY.
• The Invisible Exhibition. Oct 2007.  With Sam Ekwurtzel. Nomad II, Hartford, CT.
• Ripped from the Monster’s Heart by the Master Himself. Jul 2007. The Dean’s Locket Gallery, Madison, ME.
• A Game for the Kids We Were. May 2007. Night of Museums, Belgrade, Serbia.
• who is your friends/The Soap Operas. Feb 2007. Soap Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan.
• Lighting Up the Painter Siji’s House. Oct 2006. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea.
• Emcee C.M. and the Gigantopumpkin. Oct 2005. Galleria Illy, New York, NY.
• Rock, Paper, Scissors…Shoot! Jun 2005.  Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
• Gifted Generation: In the Theatre. May 2005. Hau Eins, Berlin, Germany.
• A Work of Art. Apr 2005. William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT.
• Cleaning the House. June 2004.  NMAC Foundation, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain.

SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCES

• Experimental Research on the Nonexistence of Borders. Oaxaca Film Festival. Oct 2019. Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Wild Tea Party. Skowhegan Performs at Socrates Sculpture Park. October, 2017. Queens, NY.
• Walks for Decolonization. August-October, 2017. Boston, MA.
• Athena Theater on the Air. 2009-2012. Live original radio variety program with the original K.I.D.S.
• “How We Searched for the Ice Cream Tree…” Mar 2009. Secret School 04: FOOD, Chicago.
• Workspeak Training Film. Nov 2008. Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY.
• The Swan Catchers. Apr 2008. Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY.
• We are the United Divided. Nov 2007. Collaborative A/V performance with MONO HAHA. Mono no Aware Film Festival, Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY.
• Life’s Work. Aug 2007. Sounds of Silents Festival. Somerville, MA. Live score performed with Seamus McMullan.
• Life’s Work. Aug 2007. Skowhegan Participants Screening. Seattle, WA.
  
  PUBLICATIONS
• McMullan, Colin. “Experimental Research on the Nonexistence of Borders and Property.” 2021.
• McMullan, Colin. “Let’s Talk About People and Our Things.” Homebound: Shannon VanGyzen. Exhibition Catalog Essay, Real Art Ways, 2021.
• Bury, Louis. “Getting Your Weather Report at the Art Museum.” Hyperallergic. February 15, 2020. https://hyperallergic.com/528778/
• McMullan, Colin. Introduction, Ted Efremoff: Works at I-Park. I-Park Exhibition Catalog, 2020.
• Klein, Richard. Weather Report Catalog. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. October, 2019.

• “‘Weather Report’ exhibit at the Aldrich goes beyond clouds and rain.” October 24, 2019. The Ridgefield Press.

• “Your Concise New York Art Guide for Fall 2019.” Hyperallergic. September 10, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/516581/
• “Steam and Syrup? A Pop-up Tree Spa will be Outside Real Art Ways Later this Month” Hartford Courant. March 6, 2019.
• “CWOS Takes a Deep Breath, and Kicks Off.” Arts Paper. Greater New Haven Arts Council. October 8, 2018.
• “From Sap to Syrup in the Park.” Hartford Courant. March 16, 2018.        
• McMullan, Colin. Maple Sugaring, Tree Juice, and Quotes from the Book of Work Interview, 2017. www.radicate.eu
• A Boat to Find Christine Periord. Jan, 2014. Self published. Pamphlet stitched, text and woodcuts. Edition: 31.
• Odd Jobs. 2011. Self published. Handset letterpress, accordion book masquerading as a business card, with original list poem. Edition: 200.
• The Land Gives Us All We Need to Survive. 2011. Self published. Thirty-six Woodcuts and wood engravings from all six sides of six handmade type-high blocks of maple, with original narrative text & list poem handset in lead Caslon Antique type, letterpress printed in seven colors on a booklet/fold-out broadside.
• The C.R.I.E.R.S.: A Calling to Tears.  2011. Self published broadside. Handset letterpress, original text, four color reduction woodcut, additional marks made in homemade oak gall ink and storebought shellac paint. Edition: 15 four-color deluxe, 45 single color.
• "More Microlibraries Hitting the Streets." Oct 25, 2011. Shelf-awareness.com.
• "Homegrown Libraries." Nov/Dec 2011. Alex Dimitrov. Poets & Writers Magazine.
• "Guerilla Librarians Making Noise." July 22, 2011. Ashlea Halpern. Wall Street Journal.
• Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design. 2010. Gestalten, Berlin.
• McMullan, Colin. “We Common.” Jun 2010. Out of the Blue. ISCP exhibition newspaper.
• “The C.R.I.E.R.S.” May 2010. Columbia University Literature and Art Journal.
• We Common. Mar 2010. The Center for Collective Wealth: cfcw.wordpress.com
• On Looking at Nature: an Untitled Petition on Crapomimicry, Anonymous. Oct 2009. www.thehighlights.org
• Bee Line Transit  Pocket Map. 2009. Self published. Parody of NYC Subway Map mapping bird and bug migration routes through city green spaces, with Secret School and the K.ID.S.
• Grow Your Own Secret Garden Network. 2009. Self published. Information pack including secret seed packs and zine, with Secret School and the K.I.D.S.
• “Alumni Biennial (One).” January, 2009. Art New England (Art review: Patricia Rosoff).
• “Artists Leap into the Moment.” The New York Times (Art review: Roberta Smith).
• “The Ideal Cloud.” July 25, 2008. Time Out New York (Art review: Paddy Johnson). June 19, 2008.
• “Bronx Artist’s Gallery is Home Sweet Home.” April 7, 2008. The Bronx Beat.
• “Lush Life: No-Mad II: A grand opening in Parkville.” October 11, 2007. The Hartford Advocate.
• “Steal that Book, Bash that Drum.” July 29, 2007. The New York Times (Art review: Benjamin Genocchio).
• “The Whole Lot.” June 12, 2007. The New Haven Advocate.
• “Anchors Away.” May 10, 2007. The Willimantic Chronicle, p. 1.
• “Igra za decu kakva smo bili” May 18, 2007. Danas (Belgrade), p. 30.
• Cleaning the House. 2007. Catalog, Fundacion NMAC, p. 53.
• Merz’s Room. 2006. Catalog, Seoul Museum of Art – Namseoul Annex, Seoul, Korea, pp. 41-3.
• “Light Up the Painter Siji’s House.” November, 2006. Wolgan Misool, p. 80.
• “Ship Ahoy.” October 20, 2006. The Willimantic Chronicle,
• “Colin and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Needs Help: Community is Invited to Help Build 18-foot Boat.” October 6, 2006. Broadcaster, p. 1.
• “Moving Picture Show: Colin McMullan and His Trike are a Traveling Movie Theater, Buttered Popcorn and All.” September, 2006. The Tribeca Trib.
• “Marathon: Abramovic-Studenten mit ‘Gifted Generation’ im HAU.” May 19, 2005. Berliner Morgenpost.
• “Rock, Paper, Scissors – Shoot! Brings Student Work to Benton.”  April 6, 2005. Daily Campus.
• Rock Paper Scissors Shoot. 2005. Exhibition Catalog, University of Connecticut.
• Handbook of Workspeak. 2005. Self published. Offset printed, stapled. Edition: 500.
• “Special Neighbor: A Trike that’s a Piece of Art too.”  November 20, 2004. The Willimantic Chronicle.  
• Workbook.  2004. Self published. Offset printed, hand bound book. Edition: 67.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Visiting artist, Central Connecticut State University. 2018, 2019, 2020.
• Visiting artist, Bennington College. Bennington, VT. 2014, 2018.
• Visiting artist, Harvard Graduate School. Cambridge, MA. 2018.
• Visiting artist, Emmanuel College Day of Engagement. Boston, MA. 2017.        
• Visiting artist, University of Connecticut, MFA Students. Storrs, CT. 2011, 2014.
• Visiting artist at Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture Department. Richmond, VA. 2010.
• Panelist at “Beauty Underfoot” artist talk. Smack Mellon, NYC. 2009.
• Panelist at “Outside the Box” discussion. Jersey City Museum, NJ. 2009.
• Cross-Borough Dialog on community art. Staten Island Arts Council, NY. 2009.
• Studio visit with Portland College of Art students. 2009.
• Studio visit with Tyler School of Art students. 2008.
• Visiting artist at Hartford Art School, Media Studies Department. Hartford, CT. 2008.
• Panelist for “Performing Life” discussion. Artists Space, NYC. 2007.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Sculpture. Westfield State University. 2020-2021. Sculpture One.
• Adjunct Professor of Art History. University of Saint Joseph. 2020-2021. American Antiques (Design History), Art History Survey.
• Adjunct Professor of Digital Media. University of Connecticut. 2019-2020. Digital Media Arts courses covering Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere, taught through media and cultural criticism.
• Adjunct Professor of Technical Theater and Set Design. Eastern Connecticut State University. 2018-2019. Teaching Technical Theater and Set Design/Construction courses in the Performing Arts Department. Technical course involving collaborative fabrication process leading teams of students in building and rigging sets for shows, as well as design theory and practice.
• Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies. University of Hartford. 2018. Teaching interdisciplinary courses in general education topics related to art, cultural competency, and social justice: Native American Cultural Studies and Queer Activist Art.
• MFA Candidate Mentor. Massachusetts College of Art. Fall, 2017. I mentored an MFA candidate through correspondence and studio visits, who was working on social/public projects in Boston.
• Full Time Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture. Hartford Art School (BFA Program). 2016-2017. Year contract job as Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture teaching a 3/3 load of courses at all levels from Foundation 3D/4D through guiding a group of graduating seniors concentrating in Sculpture in their capstone exhibitions.        
• Faculty. Nomad 9 Interdisciplinary MFA Program, Hartford Art School. 2016. I taught a course on green woodworking, tree felling, and related topics, culminating in the collaborative design and construction of a timber frame pavilion and cob pizza oven for an urban community farm in Hartford.
• Adjunct Sculpture Faculty & Technician. Hartford Art School. 2015-2016. Managing day to day aspects of full scale sculpture studio, including glass blowing shop, bronze/aluminum foundry, mouldmaking shop, metal and wood fabrication shops, and CNC fablab. Equipment maintenance, supplies ordering and inventory tracking, managing student workers, co-teaching with instructors of record, as well as independent teaching.
• Environmental Education Youth Academy Instructor. Urban Neighborhood Services, Brooklyn, NY. 2011.
• Artist Mentor. Smack Mellon Art Ready Education Program for High School Students. 2009.
• Design Shop Technician. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. 2007-8. I worked in the foundations design shop, helping students one on one, and maintaining equipment.                
• Personal Assistant to Marina Abramovic. New York, NY. 2005-2006. Correspondence, organizing exhibitions, editing and design of catalogs, various other functions.
• Video Art Instructor. Department of Art, University of Connecticut. 2004-5. I taught the Video Art course for two semesters, coaching students on Final Cut Pro and Premiere, and incorporating lecture on art history topics and narrative, experimental, and installation projects.
• English Teacher. Krasny Chikoy Vocational Lyceum, village of Krasny Chikoy, Chita Oblast, Siberia. 2002-3.

SKILL SETS

• Public art and Social Practice. Social organizing, collaboration, relationship building, fundraising, negotiation, facilitation, volunteer work, community engagement.
• Wood fabrication: Trees to timber processing, jointing, planing, milling, fine joinery, turning, carving, cabinetry, timber-frame mortise & tenon construction.
• Metal fabrication: forming, shearing, bending, and rolling, MIG, TIG, Oxyacetylene welding, plasmacutting, milling, sandblasting, chasing, powdercoating.
• Moulding and casting: plaster, clay, wax, resins, glass, aluminum, bronze, ceramic shell lost wax process.
• Digital fabrication/3D modelling: Rhino, Autocad, Sketchup, basic programming,scanning and output to CAM CNC routing, 3D printing, laser cutting, waterjet cutting.
• Film/video/audio/animation: pre- through post-production, digital & analog cinematography & editing, After Effects, Premiere, Animate, Audition, Final Cut, Avid, Plural Eyes, Davinci Resolve.
• Design/Photography/Printmaking: Analog photography, darkroom, Adobe Photoshop (dry darkroom and image manipulation), Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, letterpress printing, typography, book arts, screenprinting, relief printing, lithography, intaglio.
• Languages: Fluent in English (native), and Russian, speak/read/write. Intermediate in Spanish.
• Educational and Office software: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Blackboard.

LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT:

• Sculpture One, Westfield State University, Spring 2021.
• Art History Survey, University of Saint Joseph, Spring 2021.
• American Antiques (Design History), University of Saint Joseph, Fall 2020.
• Introduction to Digital Media, University of Connecticut, Spring 2019-Spring 2021.
• Technical Theater, Eastern Connecticut State University, Spring 2018-Spring 2019.
• Set Construction, Eastern Connecticut State University, Spring 2018-Spring 2019.
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Native American Cultures, University of Hartford, Spring 2018.
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Queer Activist Art, University of Hartford, Fall 2018.
• MFA Candidate Mentorship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Fall 2017.
• Public Projects and Proposals, Hartford Art School, Spring 2017.
• Advanced Sculpture/Directed Projects, Hartford Art School, Spring 2017.
• Foundation 3D, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.
• Introduction to Sculpture, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.
• Special Topics in Sculpture, Hartford Art School, Summer 2016.
• Techno Lab, Nomad9 MFA Program, Hartford Art School, Summer 2016.
• Video Art, University of Connecticut, 2004-2005.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

• Advised graduating seniors from various concentrations on written theses and capstone exhibition projects, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.
• Served as Commencement Faculty Marshal, Hartford Art School, 2017.
• Served on Professional Practices Committee, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.
• Served on interdisciplinary River Ambassadors initiative representing art faculty with faculty from Politics, Architecture/Engineering, Biology, and Art History, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.
• Participated in recruitment/admissions efforts, including portfolio reviews and demonstrations during open houses, Hartford Art School, 2016-2017.