2024
Please join us for my solo exhibition, Flesh and Bone, October 3rd to the 26th at Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY.
There will be an opening reception the evening of October 3rd from 6 – 8pm.
Martin Dull’s oeuvre is a backstage pass to a staged production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle five seconds before curtain time; poised yet ready to pounce and luminous in the cavernous half-light appears a riot of gears and pulleys, clubbing giants, circles of fire, mythological shape-shifters, and at least one flying dragon. Layering schizy interventions on found objects, for example alternating merciless swings of a homicidal sledgehammer with gingerly applied coats of jewel-toned paint gayed-up with pinches of glitter, Dull arrives at an alien ensemble of discrete works displaying all the logic, predictability and linear progression of a waking dream. Pulled every which way by complicated gestures that defy stasis, his sleepwalk occasionally halts to coalesce into almost free -standing sculptures teetering between precipitously protruding wall reliefs and later joined by neat rows of 4” x 4” everything at once panels –the latter Cinderella-hour love letters competing for whatever and whomever is left.
Dull notes, “My work exists somewhere between object and imagination. Built over time, through deep material engagement, I aim to evoke a sense of narrative through conflation of different tropes. By commanding the visual languages of painting and sculpture, I offer a poetic and visceral environment for the viewer to explore. My goal is to connect, through making, with the deeper, unquantifiable elements that guide our human nature. ‘Flesh and Bone’ expands on this investigation. As the rudimentary building blocks of living things, our flesh and bone become the vehicles that contain who and what we are. Everything abstract about existence is supported and held by these visceral materials. This observation serves as metaphor and impetus for my engagement in, and creation of, the objects on display.”
New York Artists Equity Association (aka Equity Gallery) is a donor-funded 501(c)3 founded in 1947 by a celebrated and radically diverse group of practitioners, among them Jacob Lawrence, his wife Gwendolyn Knight, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Paul Cadmus, and Louise Nevelson, to advance the professional aspirations of emerging artists from underserved communities.
2022
December 2nd through January 29th, 2022 - Please join us for the opening of Art for Your Collection – Thurs., Dec 2., 6-8pm, at the Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center, 165 State Street, New London, CT.
The Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center in New London, CT and The Visual Art Library will again host the annual Art for Your Collection exhibition, opening on December 2nd at the gallery in Harris Place, 165 State St, 6-8 PM. Art for Your Collection was originally held at The Worcester Art Museum in 1958 and 1959 and then moved to RISD where it was held for almost 30 years. Last year, The Fosnot Gallery and The Visual Art Library hosted the annual show in New London. Ten renowned art critics were asked to name 3 to 4 artists on their radar—artists they considered important to include in the show. These artists were notified of the recommendation and invited to submit images of their work for review. The artists were given free expressive reign: some artists submitted their latest works; others created a special piece for the show. A review committee was formed and chose over 70 pieces of art, which will be on display in the gallery through January 29, 2022.
The artwork selected includes signed prints, drawings, collages, sculpture, paintings, and photography. It is an exciting, thought-provoking mix of contemporary voices. The artists whose works are included in the show are Alchemyverse (Yixuan- Shao & Bicheng Liang), Brandon Anschultz, Charity Lynn Baker, Lisa Corinne Davis, Martin Dull, Fred Gutzeit, Sono Kuwayama, Stephen Lack, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Joanne Mattera, Judith Modrak, Donna Moylan, Jordan Seaberry, Clintel Steed, Gina Werfel, and Cecilia Whittaker-Doe.
The art is all available for purchase. Prices of the works in the show range from $75 to $5,000. Admission is free. A portion of the proceeds will go to the non-profit Visual Art Library, also located in New London.
Please join us for my solo exhibition, Flesh and Bone, October 3rd to the 26th at Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY.
There will be an opening reception the evening of October 3rd from 6 – 8pm.
Martin Dull’s oeuvre is a backstage pass to a staged production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle five seconds before curtain time; poised yet ready to pounce and luminous in the cavernous half-light appears a riot of gears and pulleys, clubbing giants, circles of fire, mythological shape-shifters, and at least one flying dragon. Layering schizy interventions on found objects, for example alternating merciless swings of a homicidal sledgehammer with gingerly applied coats of jewel-toned paint gayed-up with pinches of glitter, Dull arrives at an alien ensemble of discrete works displaying all the logic, predictability and linear progression of a waking dream. Pulled every which way by complicated gestures that defy stasis, his sleepwalk occasionally halts to coalesce into almost free -standing sculptures teetering between precipitously protruding wall reliefs and later joined by neat rows of 4” x 4” everything at once panels –the latter Cinderella-hour love letters competing for whatever and whomever is left.
Dull notes, “My work exists somewhere between object and imagination. Built over time, through deep material engagement, I aim to evoke a sense of narrative through conflation of different tropes. By commanding the visual languages of painting and sculpture, I offer a poetic and visceral environment for the viewer to explore. My goal is to connect, through making, with the deeper, unquantifiable elements that guide our human nature. ‘Flesh and Bone’ expands on this investigation. As the rudimentary building blocks of living things, our flesh and bone become the vehicles that contain who and what we are. Everything abstract about existence is supported and held by these visceral materials. This observation serves as metaphor and impetus for my engagement in, and creation of, the objects on display.”
New York Artists Equity Association (aka Equity Gallery) is a donor-funded 501(c)3 founded in 1947 by a celebrated and radically diverse group of practitioners, among them Jacob Lawrence, his wife Gwendolyn Knight, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Paul Cadmus, and Louise Nevelson, to advance the professional aspirations of emerging artists from underserved communities.
2022
December 2nd through January 29th, 2022 - Please join us for the opening of Art for Your Collection – Thurs., Dec 2., 6-8pm, at the Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center, 165 State Street, New London, CT.
The Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center in New London, CT and The Visual Art Library will again host the annual Art for Your Collection exhibition, opening on December 2nd at the gallery in Harris Place, 165 State St, 6-8 PM. Art for Your Collection was originally held at The Worcester Art Museum in 1958 and 1959 and then moved to RISD where it was held for almost 30 years. Last year, The Fosnot Gallery and The Visual Art Library hosted the annual show in New London. Ten renowned art critics were asked to name 3 to 4 artists on their radar—artists they considered important to include in the show. These artists were notified of the recommendation and invited to submit images of their work for review. The artists were given free expressive reign: some artists submitted their latest works; others created a special piece for the show. A review committee was formed and chose over 70 pieces of art, which will be on display in the gallery through January 29, 2022.
The artwork selected includes signed prints, drawings, collages, sculpture, paintings, and photography. It is an exciting, thought-provoking mix of contemporary voices. The artists whose works are included in the show are Alchemyverse (Yixuan- Shao & Bicheng Liang), Brandon Anschultz, Charity Lynn Baker, Lisa Corinne Davis, Martin Dull, Fred Gutzeit, Sono Kuwayama, Stephen Lack, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Joanne Mattera, Judith Modrak, Donna Moylan, Jordan Seaberry, Clintel Steed, Gina Werfel, and Cecilia Whittaker-Doe.
The art is all available for purchase. Prices of the works in the show range from $75 to $5,000. Admission is free. A portion of the proceeds will go to the non-profit Visual Art Library, also located in New London.
Lust, 2021, mixed media on hand-cut wood, 10 x 7 1/4 inches
2021
July 16th through August 22nd - I have an ongoing project, open by appointment, at the New York Studio School's satellite location in DUMBO, Brooklyn. My exhibition, "Mythos, Ethos, Pathos", will be presented in tandem with a simultaneous exhibition by artist Jim Condron in Suite #307 at 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY. Please reach out directly to set up an appointment. Further announcements and events to follow.
June through September - My public installation, Bloomfield Boogie-Woogie, will be on view at 127 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ. Please join us for a ribbon cutting event on June 21st. Thank you to Fresh Air Montclair for this opportunity.
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January 7th - Please join me from 7pm - 10pm at Rexer Gallery, 636 Washington Street, Hoboken, for my first major exhibition in my home state of New Jersey. The gallery will be open for veiwings regular hours and by appointment January 8th through February 12th. Please contact me or Rexer Gallery to set up an appointment.
2020
March 13th - My painting, The Sorrow of Love, will be included in Wild Geese: A Selection of Irish Artists at Green Door Gallery, 206 Skillman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Artists include Tom Bevan, Rodney Dickson, Martin Dull, Dennis Farrell, Clinton Kirkpatrick, Kristen Klein, Elizabeth O'Reilly, Andrew Ohanesian, Oisin Scully, John Spinks, Sean Scully, Paula Stokes and Liliane Tomasko. Curated by Elisa Jensen.
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February 27th - I will have work included in the All Art Works Show at The Yard – Columbus Circle, NYC. The 3 month show will feature over 40 paintings selected by All Art Works curator & founder, Tyler Loftis and Sarah Corona, founder of SARAHCROWN. Please join us for the opening reception, 6-8pm, at 33 W 60th Street.
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2019
October 19th and 20th- My studio will be open for the 2019 Manufacturers Village Open Studios at 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ.
The event will include 40 open artist's studios, a delicious Panini food truck, a MAM Art truck, and mobile glass blowing demos.
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October 13th - I am honored to have my painting, All Apologies, included in Rowayton Arts Center's Autumn Juried Show. There will be an opening reception from 4-6pm at 145 Rowayton Avenue, Rowayton, CT, 06853.
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September 28th - Interboro Tigerforce presents the opening reception for Thunderdome, curated by Becky Yazdan, 6-9pm. The exhibition will be on view in October for Ridgewood Open Studios and includes a stellar line-up of artists. The Address is 59-50 Summerfield Street, Queens, NY.
September 8th - My painting, Sycopation Painting II (Ashcan Rantings), will be included in this years All Art Works Show during Project 1 by ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI. There will be an artist party 6-9pm on Sunday, September 8th, with a talk by juror Tyler Loftis. The address is 37 Ottawa, Downtown Grand Rapids, MI.
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July 30th - My painting, Luke 4: 1-13 (After Rembrandt), will be included in the Bowery Gallery's '28th Annual Juried Show' curated by juror Ro Lohin. The exhibition runs through August 17th with an opening reception Thursday, August 1st, 5-8pm in Chelsea at 530 West 25th St, New York, NY 10001.
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April 12th - My painting, Turin Aurum, will be included in the group exhibition 'XIV Stations' curated by Father Paul Anel, opening from 6-8pm at Green Door Gallery, 206 Skillman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211.
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February 23rd - Join me at M David & Co where I will be in conversation with esteemed independent curator and critic Karen Wilkin regarding my current solo exhibition and studio practice. M David & Co is located at 56 Bogart Street in Brooklyn. The event starts at 3pm. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.
February 1st - Please join me for the opening of my first solo exhibition with Brooklyn based gallery, M David & Co. The reception will take place 6-9pm at 56 Bogart Street in Brooklyn, NY.
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M. David & Co. is proud to present Martin Dull’s debut one-person exhibition in NYC, Transubstantiation.
Transubstantiation is the change of substance or essence by which the bread and wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament of the Eucharist become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Though Dull was raised Catholic and chose the title for the exhibition, he is not making the case that these works are a literal interpretation of this sacrament. Instead, it’s a metaphor for the alchemy of painting and a sense of secular spirituality found in the transformative practice of painting.
I find in Dull’s work there is a compression of energy, a subversion of anger and an energy released through a mitigation of that anger with a lush beautiful and wide ranging color sense. There’s also an insertion of collage elements and sensitive marking on a large scale that evoke Terra Mater and Protogenoi.
Dull is of the latest generation of gestural abstract painters that renews and extends the tradition of action painting by imbuing it with a sense of self from an underlying personal narrative. This is in contrast to the first two generations of action painters who were searching for an objective reality. Through this more subjective use of gesture, he renews this language thereby making the work crucial again.
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2018
November 2nd - I will have two paintings included in the group exhibition, Walking is a Way of Knowing, curated by Jannell Turner. There will be a closing reception and musical performance on December 17th. The exhibition is located at 817 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232.
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October 12th - Opening reception for M David & Co's inaugural exhibition, A Montage of Heck, featuring gallery artists Len Bellinger, Ewelina Bochenska, Mary DeVincentis, Martin Dull, Daniel John Gadd, Barbara Laube, Arnold Mesches, Kelin Perry and Grace Roselli.
June 14th - Opening reception for "On Site", a juried group exhibition co-curated by Jen Nista and Jacqueline Ferrante located at Trestle Gallery, 850 3rd Avenue, Suite 411, Brooklyn, NY 11232. The opening reception and special event will take place form 7-10pm and feature a live art auction, specialty beverages, tasty samplings provided local vendors, live music, wine, and over 60 artworks on view.
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June 2nd - Opening reception for "Rhuminate", an exhibition featuring artists Martin Dull, Don Porcella, and Becky Yazdan, 6-9pm at Vivid Space SD. The show runs through June 30th. The gallery is open Saturdays 1-4pm at 2420 India Street, San Diego, CA 92101. Please direct all inquires and pricing questions to [email protected].
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February 14th - Opening for “Missed Connections”, a group exhibition I co-curated that includes artists Todd Bienvenu, Bill Carroll, Rodney Dickson, Catherine Haggarty, Ben Pritchard, Rosalind Tallmadge, Jeffrey Morabito, Jen Nista, and Natasha Wright. It will be held from February 14th to March 14th in the basement gallery at Lena Wine Bar, 137 Eldridge St. New York, NY 10002. Official press release below.
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January 6th - Opening for "Sailing to Byzantium", a solo exhibition of my work, 6-8pm at John Davis Gallery in Hudson. John Davis Gallery is located at 362 1/2 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. The work will be on display through the 28th of January.
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2017
December 15th - Opening for "Trestle Gallery Resident Show" 7-9pm with walk-through by curator Katherine Murdock Trestle Gallery, 850 3rd Avenue, Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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November 19th - I will be speaking and performing as part of "The Arts Meet Neuroscience" 1-2pm at Fordham University, 113 West 60 Street (+9 Ave), Hall 1018.
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September 15th - Opening for the fifth edition of "Collectors Show" including 60 ArtPrize artists along with world-renowned masters of the art world. During ArtPrize Preview Week, Grand Rapids, MI, 6-9 pm at the Venue Tower Apartments.
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August 25th - Opening for "Material Matters" - a group show of 11 artists curated by Martin Dull, Jeffrey Morabito and Natasha Wright - 6-8pm at Peninsula Art Space 352 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY 11231
July 27th - Opening/Awards Ceremony for the "2017 New York Studio School Alumni Invitational" 6-8pm 8 West 8th St., New York, NY 10011.
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July - December 2017 - Trestle Open Studio Residency.
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June 25th - Co-lecturer, "Art, Music and the Neuropsychology of Transcendence" 1 Cedar Crest Drive, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
April 8th - Opening for the 'MADE IN PAINT' exhibition at the SAGG at Golden Artist Colors. Address: 188 Bell Road, New Berlin, NY 13411.
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February - Interview by Christopher Barrows for episode 112 of the podcast, "Why I Social".
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