Tony Mullins

Tony Mullins was born in 1962 in the small city of Cookeville, Tennessee. Tony spent his childhood in the Hoosier Hills of Indiana and returned to his native Tennessee at the age of twelve. In addition to earning his BS degree in Marketing at Tennessee Tech University, he performed as lead singer and guitarist with several bands and as a solo musician.

As a youngster in Appalachia, Tony was a budding artist who loved comics, Picasso, Van Gogh and all of the wonderfully weird aspects of Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow Art. Tony found direction for his art in his early twenties while at TTU and later, during a brief but formative time at Indiana Southeast University. These influences proved critical to his decision in his early 30s to leave the family business and pursue a vocation in the visual arts.

While pursuing his MFA in Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design, Tony met his wife Meredith, also a painter. Upon graduating, Tony returned to Tennessee and taught at a number of colleges. In 2004, Tony accepted a position with Reynolds Community College in Richmond, Virginia, where he earned full professor rank within five years of his appointment. Tony currently resides in Glen Allen, Virginia with his wife, three children a...

1998 M. F. A., Painting
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

1992 B. S., Business Marketing
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN

2018 "Two Voices One Song", 2 person exhibition,
Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA
2016 Open Faculty and Staff Exhibit,
Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA
2016 Art Faculty Exhibit,
Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA
2008 Group Exhibition, Luxor, Richmond, VA
2006 Group Exhibition, JSRCC Faculty Show, Richmond, VA
2002 Solo Exhibit Poet’s Corner, Cookeville, TN
2001 “10th Anniversary Membership Exhibition”, Visual Arts Alliance of Nashville, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN
2000 Group Exhibition, Belmont Faculty Show, Nashville, TN
2000 “New Works”, Juried Exhibition, ArtSynergy, Nashville, TN
2000 “Juried Alumni Exhibition”, S.C.A.D.,
Savannah, GA
1999 Group Exhibition, S.C.A.D., Savannah, GA
1999 Solo Exhibit R.S.C.C., Harriman, TN
1998 Solo exhibit Savannah Intl. Airport,
Savannah, GA
1998, 1999 Group Exhibition, V.S.C.C. Faculty Show, Gallatin, TN
1998 “Arts on the River”, Juried Exhibition,
Juror: Holly Solomon (Soho Gallery, Soho, NY), Savannah, GA
1998, 1997 Group Exhibition, Arts on the River Festival, Savannah, GA
1998 “Passages”, Group Exhibition, Nashville, TN
1998 “Small Works”, Group Exhibition,
Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA
1997 So...