The Importance of Being Around People

Bridget Mullen is a visual artist who grew up in Minnesota. She received her BAE from Drake University and her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She has been awarded many residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Fine Arts Work Center, The Jan Van Eyck Academie, The Lighthouse Works, The Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, and MacDowell. Bridget has exhibited in the US and abroad at Shulamit Nazarian, LA; Helena Anrather, NY; Nathalie Karg, NY; Annet Gelink, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Fahrenheit Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Anne Barrault, Paris, France; Wild Palms, Düsseldorf, Germany; and Bosse & Baum, London, UK. She is the 2022 recipient of the Chiaro Award from Headlands Center For the Arts and a 2021 recipient of a painting fellowship from The New York Foundation for the Arts. Reviews of her work can be found in Artforum, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, and The Brooklyn Rail. Upcoming projects include a book of her “Birthday Series” paintings, a print project with Avant Arte, and a solo presentation at The Armory Show, NY in the fall of 2023. Bridget lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and is represented by Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles, CA.