Artist
Statement
"My work is dependent on color and composition. I believe the most
complex emotions can be evoked from the simplest of forms. My style explores
the relationship between man-made structures and the natural world; the
idea of recognizable shapes and structures living within irrational thoughts
and emotions. My process starts out very spontaneously, and becomes more
detailed as the piece nears completion. I am most influenced by Hans Hofmann,
Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn, and
Robert Rauschenberg.”
Solo
Exhibitions
Rock Star, Minneapolis, March 2003
Urban Bean
Gallery, Minneapolis, January 2003
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, November 2002
Taylor Jardine Gallery, London, England, August 2002
Gallery Z,
Kansas City, June 2002
Olive Salon,
Minneapolis, February 2002
Dunn Brothers,
Minneapolis, August 2001
Tempo Gallery,
Minneapolis, June 2001
Group Exhibitions
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2003
Hopkins Center
for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota, February 2003
Cannonball
Fine Art, San Anselmo, California, December 2002
St.
Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 1999-2003
Minneapolis
Art-A-Whirl, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1999-2003
Notes
Shawn McNulty was one of the founding members of Rosalux Gallery in 2002,
which is a collective gallery in Minneapolis that has become an integral
part of the art scene in Minnesota. He has been published in the Southwest
Journal, Pulse Twin Cities, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. McNulty also
has original work in Bill Clinton and Jesse Ventura’s private collections,
and has donated work to benefit auctions for the Boys and Girls Clubs
of America, Person to Person, and the Humane Society of the Twin Cities.
"Shawn
McNulty has perhaps the most innovative art in the show, painting in oils
with an unrivaled sense of color and shape. His abstract paintings illustrate
how the effective use of simple symbiotic patterns can be just as gripping
as traditional portraits." - J.P. Johnson (excerpt from article in
Pulse Twin Cities)
Shawn
McNulty
St.
John’s University: B.A. in Psychology in 1997
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