Christopher James Kull

I‘ve been Oil Painting since VCU in 1990. 35 years later, I’m still hopeful I can use my art as my full-time gig someday.

My somewhat new perspective as an artist, is it’s kind of my responsibility to make art that’s a reflection, or response to this moment in time in history on Earth. Decades after I’m dead, and people are wondering what it was like to live through the 2020’s. I want my art to help inform how profound the time was.

Who I really am as an artist is wanting to push forward a childlike wonder of everything, and somehow representing that visually in painting.

What influences my art today in random order is Physics, Zen, Positivity, Van Gogh, Current Events, Philosophy and Curiosity.


Proposals — portfolio.christopherjameskull.com/proposal/

  • University Health SaludArte: Art of Healing // Phase 2 – Public Art // March 2025
  • NYU Langone Health // Manhasset Ambulatory Care Center // February 2025
  • University of NE Medical Center // CORE Building // February 2025
  • University of NE Lincoln // Westbrook Music Building // January 2025

Experience — Artist

  • MvVO Art // MvVO Art AD Art Show 20240
    Oct 2024, New York, NY.
    Instagram exposure on mvvoart and presence on Artsy Gallery.
  • MAM aka Montclair Art Museum // Inspired by Family and Community
    Sept – Oct 2024,  Montclair, NJ. Group Exhibition.
  • Leach Gallery // State of The Art
    July – Aug 2024,  Montclair, NJ. Studio Montclair Members Group Show.
  • Studio Montclair // Solo Exhibition
    June – July 2023,  Montclair, NJ. A solo exhibition at Studio Montclair’s Window Gallery.
  • Through The Windows // Through The Windows
    May – June 2023,  Montclair, NJ. Hoboken’s annual Through The Windows Art Walk.
  • 56th String Movement // Mural Artist
    Oct 2008 – Sept 2009,  New York, NY. 56th String Movement started as an unpaid volunteer project, and was awarded the LMCC MCAF grant for $2,400 towards supplies. The project also received generous paint donations from Golden Paints.
  • Take It! // Art Director
    2008, New York, NY. Six of my paintings are in this short film Take It! by Max Weissberg. 
  • Godspeed // Mural Artist
    Oct – Nov 2006, Richmond, VA. The Godspeed was painted as a temporary mural to help the owner sell the building. Painted for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, VA in 2007. As of 2024, the mural was still there. 
  • Virginia Holocaust Museum // Mural & Portrait Artist
    2002 – 2004, Richmond, VA. I painted 5 murals and 2 portraits. A Deportation Scene mural painted in the museum’s entrance, combined over 7 photos from the book, Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto, published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Education

  • MITx / 1 Course
    2024 April. Online. Philosophy: God, Knowledge, and Consciousness.
  • School of Motion / 2 Courses
    2019. Online. Animation Bootcamp & Expression Sessions.
  • Virginia Commonwealth University / BFA
    1989 – 1994. Richmond, Virginia. Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on oil painting.

Experience — Motion Graphics and Design

  • Real Chemistry // Motion Graphics / HTML5 Banner Ad Developer
    2015 – 2024, Morristown, NJ.
  • Prudential Financial // Web Production Artist / Motion Graphics Animation
    2012 – 2015, Newark, NJ.

My Blog – updated now and then. christopherjameskull.blogspot.com