Select Exhibitions: 2015-2025

Document Type

Exhibition

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

Sidney Mullis is a sculptor based in Virginia and Pittsburgh. She is building a make-believe forest to find where childhood selves retreat in adulthood and if it is possible to bring them back. The forest unfolds across multiple exhibitions, composed of many parts that come together as sculptural installations. The objects within often appear mutable, as if staged for performance, play, or ritual. Mullis uses materials associated with childhood, such as playground sand, kids' construction paper, and secondhand toys, to transform and preserve what is typically expected to disappear. Each installation is a psychological space to acknowledge the loss of childhood and to act as a site for its possible regeneration.

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Publisher Statement

Prof. Mullis' work has been exhibited internationally, including in Berlin, Tokyo, England, Croatia, Canada, and the Netherlands, and is held in both private and institutional collections. Solo shows include the Leslie-Lohman Museum (New York, NY), Wick Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Bunker Projects (Pittsburgh, PA), Neon Heater Gallery (Findlay, OH), Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ), and more. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, the Wassaic Project, Women’s Studio Workshop, MASS MoCA, Ox-Bow School of Art, among others. Her work is held in the collections of Fidelity Investments, Powerhouse Arts, the University of Mary Washington, and Women’s Studio Workshop. Mullis' work has been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Young Space, Maake Magazine, De:Formal, and Sculpture Magazine. 

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