Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011
Compass: Paintings and Photographs, Hunt-Cavanagh Art Gallery Art Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
The Extended View, Hostetter Art Center Art Gallery, The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ
2010
Cultivations, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Lookout and Beyond - Landscape Paintings, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Time and Tides - Paintings of Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2005
James Mullen - Water's Edge, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
James Mullen - Reflections, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis,IN
2004
Transparency, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2003
James Mullen - Quadrants, UMF Art Gallery, University of Maine at Farmington
2000
James Mullen, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1999
James Mullen - Paintings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
James Mullen - Studio Works, The Michael Dunn Memorial Gallery, Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN
1998
James Mullen - Lowcountry Works, USCB Art Gallery, University of South Carolina at Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
James Mullen, Cowles Myles Collier East Gallery, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
Paintings and Drawings - James Mullen, Fine and Hatfield Gallery, Evansville, IN
1997 
James Mullen - The Savannah Suite, Owens-Thomas Regional Arts Gallery, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Painting in the South: James Mullen, The Gertrude Herbert Institute for the  Arts, Augusta, GA
1996
James Mullen - Plein Air Works, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY
James Mullen - Oil Paintings, the Art Place , Marietta, GA
1995
James Mullen, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1990
Landscapes of the Sublime, Gordon College, Wenham, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
 Abloom, Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, CT
Future Phenomenology, Maine Museum for Photographic Arts, Portland, ME
Plant Life, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS  (Juried)
Reflections on Water, Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, Ct
90th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Hudson Valley Art Association, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT, (Catalog)
Seeking Light, University of New England Art Galleries, Portland, ME
2022
At Water's Edge, Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent, CT
At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
2021
Abstract-International Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS (Juried)
88th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, Lyme,CT
Black and White: 2021, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Juried)
7th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition and Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD (Juried)
Painting through the Pandemic, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI (Juried)
One in a Year, The Painting Center, New York, NY (Juried)
Thick, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA (Juried)
Maine, The Painted State, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2020
The Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Balance and Resilience, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Valdosta National 2020, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA (Juried)
11th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC (Juried)
Paint for Preservation, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, Cape Elizabeth, ME (Juried)
Small Works Juried Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent State, OH (Juried)
Water, New York Center for the Photographic Arts, New York, NY (Juried)
On the Surface: A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (Juried)
87th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, Old Lyme, CT (Catalog)
2019
LAND/SCAPE, Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, VA (Juried)
86th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, old Lyme, CT
Opposites, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (Juried)
Paint for Preservation, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, ME (Juried)
Panoramas, Trailside Nature and Science Center, Mountainside, NJ
Perfection, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2018
In Living Color, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Juried)
Nor'easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT (Juried)
85th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, old Lyme, CT
Paint for Preservation, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, ME (Juried)
2018 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (Juried)
29th Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD (Juried)
Art Now: Drawing 2018, Ann Arbor Art Center, MI (Juried)
One, New York Center for Photographic Arts, jadite gallery, New York, NY (Juried)
2017
Black and White, New York Center for the Photographic Arts, New York, NY (Juried)
Trees, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Juried)
36th Bradley International, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL (Juried)
See Attached, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 
2016
Space and Time, The Lapham Gallery, LAPAC, Glens Falls, NY (Juried)
Alumni Photography Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (Juried)
2015
Navigating the Natural, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, (Juried)
2015 Juried Art Exhibition, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, NY (Juried)
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (Juried)
Nurture/Nature, Gallery at Sulphur Studios, Savannah, GA, (Juried)
Water, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO, (Juried)
National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
35th Bradley International Drawing and Painting, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL, (Juried)
Americas 2015: Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, SD
Viewpoints 2015, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, (Juried)
Water, UVAA Arts Center, Roseburg, OR (Juried)
2014
Here We Are, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Director's Choice Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
Monique Luchetti and James Mullen, UCONN Stamford Art Gallery Stamford, CT
Group Show of Award Winners from Luminous Language, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2013
Gail Factor, Karen Klinedinst, James Mullen, Krause Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Annual Juried Exhibition, Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
H2O, East End Arts Gallery, Riverhead, NY (Juried)
The 26th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Juried)
Water, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juried)
Luminous Language,  Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO (Juried)
Group Show, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
Photography Now, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA (Juried)
2012
Fifth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Re/Invention, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Skyward - the World Up Above Us, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Juried)
Small Worlds, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
The Resilient Landscape - Traditional to Modern, New England College Art Gallery, Henniker, NH
Eric Hopkins, James Mullen, Colin Page, Thomas Moser, Freeport, ME
Colleagues and Friends, Watson Gallery, Stonington, ME
Landscapes Art Exhibition, Light, Space, Time Gallery, Juried Online Exhibition, Special Recognition Award
2011
Art In The Embassies Exhibition - Lesotho, US State Department, Maseru, Lesotho
Summer Group Invitational, GWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
Place : Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (juried)
ViewPoints: Studio Montclair's 2011 National Juried Exhibition, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Visual Territory, Porter Hall Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS (juried)
ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Drawing Discourse: Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina - Asheville, Asheville, NC (juried)
photo '11: A National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2010
International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Portland Show '10, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
Personal Landscapes, Soo Rye Gallery, Rye, NH (juried)
National Photography '10, Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY (juried)
53rd Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, NY
Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2010, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
I-95 Triennial Invitational Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME (juried)
Valdosta National 2010, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA (juried)
CMCA 2010 Juried Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 
Rockport, ME
2009
Shorelines, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX (juried)
Just Look at Yourself, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME (juried)
8th Annual All Media International Online Juried Exhibition, 
Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE   Special Recognition Award
Selected Gallery Artists, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2008
Painting as Presence, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (juried)
The Portland Show ’08, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
Painting=Poetry –ut pictura poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Painters Who Teach,  Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2007
The Art of Collecting, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI 
Mainely Maine: Landscape Paintings of Maine and Beyond, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Drawn to the Sea, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
Plane/Text, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Fixed and the Fluid, E Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA
The Big Picture: Panoramic Vistas,  Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Mainely Maine: Landscape Paintings of Maine and Beyond, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
The Portland Show ’06, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
Approaching The Coast, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
Summer Group Show, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Meditations on Stillness and Light (with Virginia Peck), Alpers Fine Art, 
Andover, MA
The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Alumni Art Exhibition, Hostetter Arts Center, Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ
Painting=Poetry-Ut Pictura Poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Mainely Maine: Landscape Paintings of Maine and Beyond, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
The Portland Show ’04, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME 
Small Works, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Eclectic Terrains, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
Summer Group Show, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Two Artist Couples, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
Exquisite Corpses Today: 25 Curiosities Commissioned by the Bowdoin College  
Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Small Sizes-Precious Pieces,  Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Invitational, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
2003
COASTAL: Michael Kolster and James Mullen, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Portland Museum of Art Biennial 2003, PMA, Portland, ME (catalog)
Contemporary Drawing 2003, T.W. Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2002
Abstraction/Figuration: Invitational Group Show, The Painting Center, New York,NY
Michael Kolster and James Mullen : Interpreting the Landscape, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
Invitational Exhibition:Gallery and Guest Artists, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York,NY
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Prospects: 6 Painters and the Landscape, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition, ICON Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Still Lives: A Tradition Retold, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
2001
Invitational Exhibition, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
35th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
New Works by Gallery Artists, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Current Work 2001: A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, NC
2000 
Eloquent Objects: The Sense and Sensibility of Still Life Painting, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME 
Contemporary New England Landscapes: The 2000 Gloria Wilcher Exhibition, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester,NH

Selected Awards and Fellowships
2021
Honorable Mention, Painting Through the Pandemic, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
2020
Juror's Prize, On The Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Honorable Mention, Water, New York Center for the Photographic Arts, New York, NY
Fletcher Family Research Award, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Faculty Leave Supplement Award, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2019
The Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Traditional Plein Air Painting, Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, NY
2018
Honorable Mention, Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Robert S. Duncanson Landscape Award, Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, NY
2017
Honorable Mention, Black and White, New York Center for the Photographic Arts
2015
Hewnoaks Artist Colony Residency Fellowship, Lovell Centre, ME
Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
Bowdoin Faculty Research Fellowship, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Merit Award, Americas 2015:Paperworks, Northwest Arts Center, Minot, SD
2014
Faculty Development Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2013
Group Award Winner, Luminous Language Exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO
2013-2014 Fellowship Award Winner, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Juror's Purchase Award, 26th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Lake Charles, LA
Juror's Honorable Mention,  H2O National Exhibition, East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
2011
Fletcher Faculty Research Award, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2010
Petrified Forest National Park Artist in Residence, Petrified Forest, AZ
2009
Rusack Coastal Studies Project Initiative Fund, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 
(also 2003, 2002, 2001)
2008
Ragdale Foundation Fellowship, Lake Forest, IL (also 2005, 2001)
Spring Island Artist in Residence (also 1998,1997) Okatie, SC
2007
Faculty Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (also 2004)
2001
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Sweet Brier, VA
Faculty Research and Travel Grant, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1998 
University of Evansville ARSAF Grant, University Research Grant
1997
Purchase Award, 18th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Savannah, GA
1995
Best of Show Award,  Arts in the Heart of Augusta Exhibition, Augusta, GA
Second Place Award, Hilton Head Art League Sixth Juried Show, 
Hilton Head, SC
1994 
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council of the Arts, Atlanta, GA
1991 
Grumbacher Merit Award, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
1990 
Associate Instructor Fellowship, Indiana University
Honorable Mention Merit Award, T.C. Steele Plein Air Painting Competition, Indiana State Museums, Nashville, IN
Second Best of Show Award,  Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
1988 
Amoskaeg Bank Award, New Hampshire Art Association Annual Exhibit, Manchester, NH
1986 
Full Scholarship, LaNapoule Art Foundation Summer Art Program
1985 
Sanders Associates Drawing Award, The Gallery, Manchester, NH
Elizabeth Jones Scholarship, UNH Art Department, Durham, NH
Corrinne Tripetti Memorial Scholarship, UNH Art Department
Constance Carlson Purchase Award, University of Maine at Presque Isle
1984 
University Art Galleries Fellowship, UNH Art Department

Selected Public Collections
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
American University of paris, Paris, France
University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Wichita Center for the Arts, Inc, Wichita, KS
The Marriott Corporation, Jacksonville, FLA
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
The Spring Island Trust Foundation, Okatie, SC
NcNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA
Private Collections

Professional Appointments

2020-
Professor, Visual Art Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2006-2020
Associate Professor, Visual Arts Department, Bowdoin College
1999- 2006
Assistant Professor, Visual Art Department, Bowdoin College
1997-1999
Assistant Professor, Art Department, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
1991-1997
Professor (unranked), Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA ,
Painting Department and Foundations Department
1990-1991
Associate Instructor, Fundamental Studios Program, Indiana University
1986-1989
Sculpture Technician, Art Department, University of New Hampshire

Education
1991
MFA in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1986 
LaNapoule Summer Art Program, Durham, NH
1985 
BFA in Sculpture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH