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Martin Mullin
martin@martinmullin.com
1. Resume
2011-2018
Managed private studio, bought and sold secondary market artworks for collectors and for my own account from my studio in Hell’s Kitchen, NY.
2007-2011
Consulted with Artists Rights Society (ARS) and Art Resource on business development strategies. Developed a campaign to expand new member artists and museums. Advocated advancing the Artists Resale Royalties initiative by organizing and moderating a panel on Artists Resale Royalties at NYU’s La Maison Française and had the transcript of the proceedings published in the IFAR Journal (International Foundation for Art Research Vol.12 No.4 2011).
Co Curated HENRI MATISSE: Writers on Paper Selected Drawings and Prints from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation at NYU’s La Maison Française. (see attached catalog).
2005-2007
Founded, Directed and Curated MEET A MUSEUM, a museum initiative which brought focused exhibitions to Midtown Manhattan from museums worldwide. I negotiated with museum directors and curators, proposed exhibitions which were curated in collaboration with them, managed their formats and accompanying events (see letters of reference).
Supervised all functions which included managing logistics shipping, insurance, installations, writing announcements, brochures, catalogs and press releases. (see attached links).
Co-Produced a documentary on “Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Washington, which was aired by PBS (see attached link).
1999 -2005
Private Investigator, focused on art related investigations for law firms with art recovery and art insurance practices as well as galleries and private clients. Developed and Instructed “Global Issues in Art and Crime” at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. City University of New York. Organized and moderated a panel discussion titled “Cultural Genocide: Keys to Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural Dominance” at The New School, New York
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1993-1999
Co Published, in collaboration with Museum Towers Editions, prints and portfolios by contemporary artists which are in private and museum collections including MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, The Whitney Museum, The Brooklyn Museum.
1989- 1993
Estate of Pierre Matisse, worked with the trustees on issues of conservation management, blind distribution of art to heirs and institutions.
1983-1989
Art Director at Condé Nast magazines, designed editorial and promotional materials for Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, House & Gardens.
1981-1983
Graphic Designer/Storyboard artist for 35mm film, Tropicana Animation Studios, Los Angeles.
1980-1981
Art director/storyboard designer for animation and commercial industrial shows New York.
1973-1980
Account Executive Ross Woodruff Advertising, London.
Education:
St. Joseph’s College, Manorhamilton, Ireland
B.A. Balinafad College, Ireland
Art Students League, New York
National Academy of Design, New York
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martin@martinmullin.com
- Resume
- Museum Directors and Curators letters of reference
- A sample of MEET A MUSEUM exhibition catalogs
- Henri Matisse exhibition catalog
- Hyperlinks to media coverage of MEET A MUSEUM exhibitions
1. Resume
2011-2018
Managed private studio, bought and sold secondary market artworks for collectors and for my own account from my studio in Hell’s Kitchen, NY.
2007-2011
Consulted with Artists Rights Society (ARS) and Art Resource on business development strategies. Developed a campaign to expand new member artists and museums. Advocated advancing the Artists Resale Royalties initiative by organizing and moderating a panel on Artists Resale Royalties at NYU’s La Maison Française and had the transcript of the proceedings published in the IFAR Journal (International Foundation for Art Research Vol.12 No.4 2011).
Co Curated HENRI MATISSE: Writers on Paper Selected Drawings and Prints from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation at NYU’s La Maison Française. (see attached catalog).
2005-2007
Founded, Directed and Curated MEET A MUSEUM, a museum initiative which brought focused exhibitions to Midtown Manhattan from museums worldwide. I negotiated with museum directors and curators, proposed exhibitions which were curated in collaboration with them, managed their formats and accompanying events (see letters of reference).
Supervised all functions which included managing logistics shipping, insurance, installations, writing announcements, brochures, catalogs and press releases. (see attached links).
Co-Produced a documentary on “Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Washington, which was aired by PBS (see attached link).
1999 -2005
Private Investigator, focused on art related investigations for law firms with art recovery and art insurance practices as well as galleries and private clients. Developed and Instructed “Global Issues in Art and Crime” at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. City University of New York. Organized and moderated a panel discussion titled “Cultural Genocide: Keys to Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural Dominance” at The New School, New York
.
1993-1999
Co Published, in collaboration with Museum Towers Editions, prints and portfolios by contemporary artists which are in private and museum collections including MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, The Whitney Museum, The Brooklyn Museum.
1989- 1993
Estate of Pierre Matisse, worked with the trustees on issues of conservation management, blind distribution of art to heirs and institutions.
1983-1989
Art Director at Condé Nast magazines, designed editorial and promotional materials for Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, House & Gardens.
1981-1983
Graphic Designer/Storyboard artist for 35mm film, Tropicana Animation Studios, Los Angeles.
1980-1981
Art director/storyboard designer for animation and commercial industrial shows New York.
1973-1980
Account Executive Ross Woodruff Advertising, London.
Education:
St. Joseph’s College, Manorhamilton, Ireland
B.A. Balinafad College, Ireland
Art Students League, New York
National Academy of Design, New York
DOWNLOAD
2. Museum Directors and Curators letters of reference
3. A sample of MEET A MUSEUM exhibition catalogs
4. Henri Matisse exhibition catalog
Publicity
- Managed all press contacts for reviews and articles published in a broad range of news outlets including The New York Times, The Art Newspaper, New York Magazine, The New York Sun, and Yahoo.
Television Production Story Consultation:
- Co-Produced documentary Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Aired on PBS stations nationwide.
Public Programming:
- NYU - organized and moderated the panel discussion Artist’s Resale Royalties.
- The New School - organized and moderated the panel discussion Cultural Genocide: Keys to Political, Economic, Religious and Cultural Dominance.
5. Hyperlinks to media coverage of MEET A MUSEUM exhibitions
Amid the A.T.M’s Art Blossoms, Jennifer Bleyer New York Times 1/7/2007
Deposit of Portraits: John Goodrich, Front Page,The New York Sun 1/10/2008
A Colorless Look at Rockwell’ Romantic Realism, Maureen Mularkey 5/29 2008
Banking on Art Around Town By Kate Taylor January 17, 2007
Art in Brief FAITH AND FORTUNE: FIVE CENTURIES OF EUROPEAN MASTERWORKS December 28, 2006Warhol’s Tribe, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Jewish Daily Forward, 2/23/2007
20th Century American Women in the Collection of Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Artnet.com: 10/25/2007
Park Avenue Bank Launches Exhibition Program: Artnet.com 11/16/2007
Banking With Warhol and the Jews By Jonathan Chait New York Magazine 1/19/2007
Contact
martin@martinmullin.com
