Tina Mullen

The Sound of Flight,

Watercolor, Graphite, Gold Leaf on Vintage Paper

6 x 6 inches

Courtesy of the artist

tinamullen.artspan.com

Tina Mullen is a visual artist currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. For 31 years she held the position of Director of UF Health Arts in Medicine - a program that brings the arts to patients and families struggling with serious illness or injury. She currently serves as Visiting Faculty for the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine teaching courses that focus on the foundation of arts in health, the use of the arts in health design and administrative leadership.

"I have painted and drawn pictures my entire life. I believe that the arts are a vehicle for transformation and personal expression, and my passion is to help others bring art into their lives in meaningful ways."

Tina has been a drawing instructor at Santa Fe College and the University of Florida, as well as Interim Director of the University Galleries at UF. Tina is also a working artist who has exhibited her work throughout the United States. She has received numerous awards including the Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs. She has been an instructor and visiting artist at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and an artist in residence at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown New York.

Tina has a BA from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. She studied abroad at the Cleveland Institute of Art Program (now SCAD) in Lacoste, France, and has an MFA from the University of Florida.