I think of the forms I create as individual entities, conveyors of an emotional sensibility or a gesture. With these separate entities I create multiples, groupings, a collective. Recently, I have been interested in reconfiguring the forms and juxtaposing them with different materials to heighten their psychological impact, giving the sculptures a sense of absurdity. Through my work I strive to grapple with both the strength and vulnerability of the human condition.

Originally from Rhode Island, Mullen spent her twenties and thirties living in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Brooklyn before returning to New England. She received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Since moving to the Boston area, her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, museums, and alternative spaces, and she has been commissioned for large-scale corporate sculptures. Mullen has taught at many museums and colleges, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Stonehill College, and was an Art Tutor for Mathew House at Harvard University.