About
Martin Dull (b. 1986) is a New York / New Jersey based mixed media artist who studied at Pratt Institute, Marywood University, and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture where, in 2015, he received his MFA. He was the 2015 recipient of the Peter Rippon/Royal Academy European Travel Grant, 2016 artist in residence at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, 2017/18 Trestle Open Studio Resident and 2020/21 NYSS Dumbo Sculpture Studio Resident and is currently an artist in residence at ArtCake in Sunset Park, BK. In June 2021, Dull was selected by the organization Fresh Air Montclair to create a public installation along Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ.
Dull has been a guest speaker and critic at several institutions including the New York Studio School, Pratt Institute, Fordham University and Hunter College, has co-curated exhibitions throughout the New York metropolitan area, is co-founder of the curatorial collaborative JMN Artists, and works as an adjunct instructor at Caldwell University, NJ, and Marywood University, PA. Dull's artwork has been included in both group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States, most notably John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY and Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Martin Dull: Flesh & Bone, October 2024
Rexer Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
New Noise, January 2021
M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY
Transubstantiation: New Paintings by Martin Dull, February 2019
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Sailing to Byzantium, January 2018
The Bog, Scranton, PA
Solo Exhibition, September 2010
Paper Kite Gallery and Press, Kingston, PA
Solo Exhibition, July 2008
Test Pattern, Scranton, PA
Solo Exhibition, April 2008
Group Exhibitions
Equity Gallery, New York, NY
The Mother - The Father, May, 2024
MK Apothecary, Collingswood, NJ
Environment, March, 2024
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
DeVos Place Convention Center, September, 2023
(Selected for inclusion in ArtPrize by DeVos Place)
Mueller Art Gallery at Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ
Inspire 2023: Caldwell University Department of Visual Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, September, 2023
Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Pareidolia: Ideas Paradise, August 2023
Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Summertime Rolls, July 2023
The Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center, New London, CT
Art for Your Collection, December 2021
(Nominated by David Cohen of Artcritical)
NYSS Sculpture Studio at 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
Residency Exhibition: Jim Condron and Martin Dull, August 2021
Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wild Geese: A Selection of Irish Artists, March 2020
SFA Projects, New York, NY
FOOD SHOW, March 2020
The Yard – Columbus Circle, New York, NY
All Art Works (curated by Sarah Corona and Tyler Loftis), February 2020
Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
RAC Juried Show 2019 (selected by Katerina Lanfranco), October 2019
59-50 Summerfield Street, Queens, NY
Interboro Tigerforce presents: Thunderdome (curated by Becky Yazdan), October 2019
All Art Works, Grand Rapids, MI
All Art Works Show at Project 1 during ArtPrize, September 2019
The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
28th Annual Juried Show, August 2019
Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
XIV Stations, April 2019
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Trestle Gallery Resident Show (curated by Carmen Hermo), November 2018
817 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Walking is a Way of Knowing, November 2018
Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art and Friendship, October 2018
M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY
A Montage of Heck, October 2018
M David Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Leaving a Mark, September 2018
Second Avenue Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
All Art Works, September 2018
The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
27th Annual Juried Show, August 2018
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
On Site, June 2018
Vivid Space SD, San Diego, CA
Rhuminate, June 2018
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Trestle Gallery Resident Show (curated by Katherine Murdock), December 2017
Second Avenue Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Collectors Show, September 2017
Peninsula Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Material Matters, August 2017
The New York Studio School, New York, NY
2017 Alumni Invitational, July 2017
(Selected by representatives from Hauser & Wirth and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects)
Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, NY
Made in Paint: Golden Foundation Resident Artists of 2016, April 2017
The New York Studio School, New York, NY
Parallel Lines: Recent works by John Erianne & Martin Dull, October 2015
Lena DiGangi Gallery and Studio, Totowa, NJ
Group Exhibition, December- January 2012
The William Carlos Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ
Group Exhibition, January 2011
Paper Kite Gallery and Press, Kingston, PA
Group Exhibition, August 2008
Public Installations
Fresh Air Montclair, 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Bloomfield Boogie-Woogie, June through September, 2021
Curatorial Projects
M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY
New Narrative Now, January 2019
M David Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Leaving a Mark, September 2018
61 Hester Street, New York, NY
Natasha Wright, Les Bitches, September 2018
The Basement Gallery at Lena, New York, NY
Missed Connections, February 2018
Peninsula Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Material Matters, August 2017
Residencies
Artist in Residence, 2024 - 2026, ArtCake, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence, 2020 - 2021, NYSS Dumbo Sculpture Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Open Studio Resident, 2017 - 2018, Trestle Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence, 2016, The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, New Berlin, NY
Lectures
"Art as Experience: The Implications of Looking", Fordham at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, November 2019
"The Cloths of Heaven: Irrational Necessities in a Rational World", Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, October 2019
"Transubstantiation Revisited: Karen Wilkin in Conversation with Martin Dull", M David & Co, Brooklyn, NY, February 2019
"Spirituality and my Practice", guest speaker, TRANS-CEN-DER Art, Brooklyn, NY, September 2018
"The Arts Meet Neuroscience", Hunter College, New York, NY, April 2018
"The Arts Meet Neuroscience", Fordham at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, November 2017
"Art and Transcendence", Cedar Crest, Pompton Plains, NJ, June 2017
"Art and Transcendence", Fordham at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, January 2017
"Art and Transcendence", Fordham at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, October 2016
"Drawing Conclusions", guest lunchtime lecturer, NYSS, New York, NY, January 2017
"Career Building and the Arts", Montclair Public Library, New Jersey, March 2015
Podcast Interviews
Melinda Harr Curley. Art as Experience. The Frequency of Creativity. Podcast interview. October 2021.
https://superpowerexperts.com/tfc-art-as-experience/
Jeffery Morabito. Martin Dull: Why Have You Foresaken Me. I Know Strange People. Podcast interview. February 2021.
https://iknowstrangepeople.buzzsprout.com
Christopher Barrows. Episode 112 - Martin Dull. Why I Social. Audio blog post. February 2017.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/whyisocial/112_WhyISocial.mp3
Selected Press
The New York Studio School. Alumni Studio Visit: Martin Dull. Online journal interview. February 2019.
https://nyss.org/alumni-studio-visit-martin-dull/
Paul D'Agostino. Nota Bene with @postuccio [ii]. Art Spiel. Fine arts blog post. February 2019.
https://artspiel.org/nota-bene-with-postuccio-ii/
John Davis. Galleries and Museums. The New York Review of Books. January 2018. 53
Jamie Winters. Folk, Fiddles, Fine Art and More. South Bergenite, The Peoples Newspaper. October 1, 2009. B2
Curatorial Press
Sharilyn Neidhardt. New Narrative Now at M David & Co. Art Spiel. Fine arts blog post. January 2019.
https://artspiel.org/new-narrative-now-at-m-david-co/
Nancy Elsamanoudi. Moments of Heightened Sensation: Natasha Wright discusses her work with Nancy Elsamanoudi. Artcritical. Online magazine. September 2018.
https://artcritical.com/2018/09/28/nancy-elsamanoudi-with-natasha-wright/