Art From the Start
Born and raised in Sacramento, Margo Mullen began her art career at the age of four when she won an international art competition for the cover of a children’s magazine (See right – Don’t be confused! The newspaper misspelled her name; “Mullen” is correct). ” read more
Alum creates ‘robot’ friends in Santa Cruz
CSUMB graduate Margo Mullen has just completed a public art project in Santa Cruz. Her canvas: a square traffic controller box located at the busy intersection of Soquel Avenue and Morrissey Boulevard.
Mullen, best known on campus as the artist behind the mural at the Aquatic Center, was one of five artists chosen from 150 applicants… read more
3D Street Art
A book recently published by Tectum Publisher, edited by Birgit Krols who states, “…Margo Mullen, a gifted young artist who has become indispensable…and…represents the future of muraling.”
Santa Cruz’s new robot friends
SANTA CRUZ — Artist Margo Mullen paints at the corner of Soquel Avenue and Morrissey Boulevard. Her canvas is a square traffic controller box that three days before stood beige and forgettable.
Mullen, who was hard at work Wednesday, was chosen along with five other local artists to participate in the second phase of the Outside the Box public art project. read more
Robots
The Graphic Traffic project showcases the work of Santa Cruz artists on traffic signal cabinets throughout the City. View Margo’s blogpost about this project here.
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Coastal Grower
Margo discusses the artwork she creates in a two page spread in the 2010 summer issue of Coastal Grower.
A Kelp Forest Grow in the Swimming Pool
Between February and June of 2006, Visual and Public Art major Margo Mullen transformed CSUMB’s Aquatic Center. For her Senior Capstone, she singlehandedly covered the 100 foot by 16 foot wall of the center with a scientifically accurate mural depicting a kelp forest. Although she did all of the painting herself, the community played an important role in the process. read more
