b.2001
Los Angeles, California.
Finley Mullen’s practice explores personal and cultural narrative, human impact on
landscape, and the intersection of technology and traditional craft.
He attended UC Santa Barbara for a BA in Book Arts.
CV
Corlytics (Dublin, Ireland)
Digital Content Creator
June 2024 - Current
Stampa (Madrid, Spain)
Business Owner
Dec. 2023 - Oct. 2024
GlassBox Gallery (Santa Barbara, California)
Gallery Assistant
April 2023 - June 2023
Social Print Lab (Santa Barbara, California)
Graphic Designer
Sept. 2020 - March 2021
Foothill Engraving (Montecito, California)
Engraver
Aug. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Statement
By communing with love and mourning as seasons of the same emotion, my work reconciles the selfish and selfless parts of myself. My drawings and prints, often paired with writing and verse, explore the emotional geography of a pre-colonial Ireland and the hesitant vulnerability of figures swathed in fabric.
Wildflowers and blushed knuckles are spots of warmth in austere compositions that, achieved through the monastic ritual of carving and pattern-building, stand as monuments to flaw rather than faith. My artistic practice relies on both careful planning and blind trust in intuition’s wisdom. By publicly processing my emotions, I look to help others through the same work.