CV - SUNI MULLEN

SUNI MULLEN

Born in West Hills, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

B.F.A | Painting
Otis College of Art & Design | Los Angeles, CA | 2023

Suni Mullen was born in 1994 in West Hills, California, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She is studying Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design (BFA , ‘23). Mullen is the recipient of the Duff Family Scholarship, Otis Presidential Scholarship, and MAF LA Young Creatives Grant. In 2019, Mullen curated her first solo exhibition at Stay Gallery in Downey, California. She then exhibited twice with Innerspace Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. Her work is a part of private collections in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, and Dallas, Texas. In November 2019, Post & Beam invited her to exhibit six unique works to represent a cultural perspective of Los Angeles. In 2021, Mullen showcased works with SoLA Contemporary Art Museum for their virtual pandemic fundraiser. She then, premiered at Thuh Film Festival's first annual film festival in Long Beach, CA. Recently, her work has appeared on Bel-Air, Season 1, Episode 6. As a commitment to consistently critically think, her practice as a painter, writer, and digital amplifier articulates her desire to create works that encapsulate the rebellion, sarcasm, and seriousness through visual and linguistic explorations

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022
Group Exhibition | Otis College of Art and Design, "Point of Exposure"
Los Angeles, CA

2021
Group Exhibition | Stay Gallery, “UNIDOS”
Downey, CA

2020
Group Exhibition | SoLA Contemporary Art Museum, “Pandemic Winter Fundraiser”
Los Angeles, CA | Virtual

Group Exhibition | Stay Gallery, “human”
Downey, CA | Virtual

2019
Artwork Installation | Post & Beam, “Los Angeles: Shareable Stories”
Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibition | Innerspace Gallery
Downtown Los Angeles, CA

Solo Exhibition | Reparations Club, “SiSTARS”
Mid City Los Angeles, CA

Solo Exhibition | Stay Gallery, “The Other”
Downey, CA

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2021-2022 | Otis Diversity Scholarship
2021-2022 | Duff Family Scholarship
2021-2022 | Otis Presidential Scholarship
2020 | MAF LA Young Creatives Grant

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Quote by BLAK KANVAS also known as Suni Mullen featured in Issue 17 of CR Fashion Book

FEATURED

2019
MoodRing Radio
Stay Gallery
Janaye Coleman Feature
Voyage LA Magazine

2018

Will's Earth
Jamaican Barbie | Visual Set Installation
Giants the Series (Season 2) | Visual Set Installation