Artist Statement
My work is about relationships. I think about how humans attempt to relieve their isolated experiences of reality. I'm fascinated by the rehearsed rituals individuals use to communicate, and especially miscommunicate, with one another and I wonder what is the reward of all these performances bent on achieving a mutual connection. Communication is a physical and carnal impulse in my work.
On Material . . .
I enjoy my material's physical matter and its ability to transcend that physicality through illusory imagery. This parallels my own bodily experience of interacting with the world - I both lose my physical ties to reality and feel trapped by them. Like a memory one plays out repeatedly, I want imagery and marks that preserves the pulse of a moment.
My work is about relationships. I think about how humans attempt to relieve their isolated experiences of reality. I'm fascinated by the rehearsed rituals individuals use to communicate, and especially miscommunicate, with one another and I wonder what is the reward of all these performances bent on achieving a mutual connection. Communication is a physical and carnal impulse in my work.
On Material . . .
I enjoy my material's physical matter and its ability to transcend that physicality through illusory imagery. This parallels my own bodily experience of interacting with the world - I both lose my physical ties to reality and feel trapped by them. Like a memory one plays out repeatedly, I want imagery and marks that preserves the pulse of a moment.
EDUCATION
PhD | UC Irvine, Irvine, CA | Visual Studies | 2012 - present
MFA | Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Concentration in Painting | August 2006
MFA | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Painting and Printmaking | December 2004
MA | Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England | Early Modern British Art | July 2002
AB | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | June 2001
MFA | Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Concentration in Painting | August 2006
MFA | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Painting and Printmaking | December 2004
MA | Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England | Early Modern British Art | July 2002
AB | Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | June 2001
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA | Associate Professor | Fine Arts Department | August 2006 – Present Art Gallery Director and Curator | August 2008 - Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017
University of California, Irvine, CA | Teaching Assistantship in Art History and Film and Media Studies | Winter 2014 - Present
School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Teaching Assistantship | Fall 2004 - Spring 2006 | Instructor of record
Fine Arts Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Teaching Assistantship | Spring of 2003 and 2004 | Instructor of record
University of California, Irvine, CA | Teaching Assistantship in Art History and Film and Media Studies | Winter 2014 - Present
School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | Teaching Assistantship | Fall 2004 - Spring 2006 | Instructor of record
Fine Arts Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Teaching Assistantship | Spring of 2003 and 2004 | Instructor of record
EXHIBITIONS
2016
Terra Cognita | Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Green Revolution | Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2015
Making Place | Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
2013
New Work by Marthe Aponte and Christine Mugnolo | Creative Co-op, Acton, CA
2011
Regarding Us Chain Letter Project | Cedar Center, Lancaster, CA
2008
California Open Exhibition | Juried show, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Eight by Eight Group Art Show | Pink Ghost, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Her, Me and Them: Figurative Art of Christine Mugnolo and Jamie Combs | AVAAA Cedar Gallery, Lancaster, CA
2007
Bridge Art Fair | Chicago, IL
Marsh Gallery | Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Group Drawing Exhibition | Art Center Gallery, University of Central Missouri,| Warrensburg, MO
2006
Christine Mugnolo: Drawings | Gillock Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vibrations | Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Emerging Talent: MFA Painting and Ceramics from IU | Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Lift: Onwards and Upwards | John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
Nerd Love | MFA Thesis show, SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2005
International Studies Exhibition | SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2004
Fully Tilted | Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Full Tilt | MFA Thesis show, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT
2003
Arches Biennial Student Print Exhibition | Juried show, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
New York Area MFA Exhibition | co-sponsored by the College Art Association, Hunter College, New York, NY
Terra Cognita | Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
Green Revolution | Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2015
Making Place | Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
2013
New Work by Marthe Aponte and Christine Mugnolo | Creative Co-op, Acton, CA
2011
Regarding Us Chain Letter Project | Cedar Center, Lancaster, CA
2008
California Open Exhibition | Juried show, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Eight by Eight Group Art Show | Pink Ghost, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Her, Me and Them: Figurative Art of Christine Mugnolo and Jamie Combs | AVAAA Cedar Gallery, Lancaster, CA
2007
Bridge Art Fair | Chicago, IL
Marsh Gallery | Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Group Drawing Exhibition | Art Center Gallery, University of Central Missouri,| Warrensburg, MO
2006
Christine Mugnolo: Drawings | Gillock Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vibrations | Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Emerging Talent: MFA Painting and Ceramics from IU | Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Lift: Onwards and Upwards | John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
Nerd Love | MFA Thesis show, SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2005
International Studies Exhibition | SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2004
Fully Tilted | Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Full Tilt | MFA Thesis show, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT
2003
Arches Biennial Student Print Exhibition | Juried show, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
New York Area MFA Exhibition | co-sponsored by the College Art Association, Hunter College, New York, NY
CONFERENCES and PUBLICATIONS
- 2016 College Art Association Conference, Washington D.C. | Paper: Reading American Comics through Medieval Woodcuts
- 2015 UC Irvine Visual Studies Colloquium | Respondent for Bridget Cooks’ paper Norman Rockwell’s Negro Problem
- 2015 California American Studies Association 2015 Annual Meeting, California State Fullerton | Paper: Constructing Californian Identity through Watercolor
- 2014 “Fun with Dick and Jane”: Gender and Childhood Conference, University of Notre Dame, | Paper: The Nerd in American Adolescence
- 2014 UC Irvine Visual Studies Graduate Symposium | Respondent
- 2013 UC Irvine Visual Studies Graduate Symposium | Paper: The Conservative Imagination of Early Paleontology
- 2013 Getty Consortium Seminar Conference | Paper: The Yellow Kid and Periodical Color
- Catalog essay | Found Memories | Zweigstelle Gallery, Berlin | 2012
- Catalog essay | Wally Gilbert: Patterns and Recognition | AVC Art Gallery, Lancaster, CA | 2012
- Guest Lecture | MFA seminar, California State University Northridge | November 2011
- Pecha Kucha Night | Lancaster Museum of Art and Art History, Lancaster, CA | April 2011
- Panel Discussion: Cindy Sherman | Lancaster Museum and Art Gallery, CA | August 2008
AWARDS
2016 Normal Rockwell Center Dissertation Fellowship
2016 Art History Teaching Assistant Award
2013 Irvine Museum Summer Fellow
2013 Gerard Endowed Award in Visual Studies
2016 Art History Teaching Assistant Award
2013 Irvine Museum Summer Fellow
2013 Gerard Endowed Award in Visual Studies