Events
2019
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.
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. Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info.
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] Click here for more info.
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.
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.
Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info.
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] Click here for more info.
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.
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. Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info. All are welcome.
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. Click here for more info.
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. Click here for more info.
July - December 2017- Trestle Open Studio Residency. Click here for more info.
June 25th- Co-lecturer, "Art, Music and the Neuropsychology of Transcendance" 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. Click here for info.
February- Interview by Christopher Barrows for episode 112 of the podcast, "Why I Social". Click here for audio.
