RICK MALLETTE: MURALS / LARGE DRAWINGS

I made my first large-scale drawing "Touch" (see below) with a sumie horsehair brush on paper in 1993. During my last week in graduate school (Jan.1994), using the same medium, I made my first wall drawing on all four walls of the studio. That spring, for my final thesis exhibition, I covered the walls of yet another room "Wall Drawing Room (1994)". Since then, I have produced nearly 30 murals, the vast majority of which were temporary, lasting typically the run of a show, about a month. The most recent (2010-2012) was a commissioned double-mural "See Saw Seen" at the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH).

See Saw Seen - Invisible Wall #4 (2010)
UV-Light Sensitive Ink on Wall. 10x34ft.
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)

See Saw Seen - Invisible Wall #3 (2010)
UV-Light Sensitive Ink on Wall. 10x34ft.
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)

Red & Blue Wall Drawing (2011)
Marker on Wall. 8x12ft.
Studio (Cincinnati, OH)

Studio Wall Drawing (2011)
Ink on Wall. 8x12ft.
Studio (Cincinnati, OH)

Yellow Wall Drawing (2010)
Marker, Acrylic on Wall. 14x14ft.
OMS Photography (Cincinnati, OH)

See Saw Seen - Invisible Wall #1 (2010)
UV-Light Sensitive Ink on Wall. 10x34ft.
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)


See Saw Seen - 3D Wall (2010) Marker, Ink, Acrylic on Wall. 10x17ft. Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)

3D Wall Drawing (2010)
Marker, Ink, Acrylic on Wall. 6x12ft.
Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee,WI)

Gray Wall Drawing (Dec.2009)
Marker,Acrylic on Wall. 10x37ft.
Weston Gallery (Cincinnati, OH)

Yellow Wall Drawing (2008)
Pencil, Acrylic on Wall.10x35ft.
Aisle Gallery (Cincinnati, OH)

Drawing On The Walls (2005)
Ink on Walls. 12x140 ft.
Southgate House (Newport, KY)

Pink Wall Drawing (2004)
Acrylic, Marker on wall. 13x15 ft.
Semantics (Cincinnati, OH)

Portraits Wall Drawing (2004)
Latex on Wall. 13x33 ft.
Semantics (Cincinnati, OH)

Invisible Wall Drawing (2003)
UV-sensitive Ink on Wall w.UV-Flashlights. 11x14 ft.
House (Cincinnati, OH)

3D Wall Drawing (2003)
Mixed Media. 15x12x4 ft.
SS Nova (Cincinnati, OH)

Gray Wall Drawing (2000)
Acrylic, Marker on Wall. 8x30 ft.
Delta College (University Center, MI)

Wall Drawing (1995)
Pencil on Wall. 5x5ft.
Oxbow School of Art (Saugutuck, MI)

Pink Wall Drawing (1999)
Marker, Gouache on Wall. 6x6 ft.
Suitable (Chicago, IL)

Wall Drawing (1997)
Ink on Wall. 8x30 ft.
RX Gallery (Chicago, IL)

Ink Wall Drawing (1994)
Installation View
SAIC Gallery 2 (Chicago, IL)

Pencil Wall Drawing (1994)
Installation View.
SAIC Gallery 2 (Chicago, IL)

Wall Drawing Room (1994)
Installation View.
MFA Thesis Space (Chicago, IL)

Touch (1993)
Ink on Paper. 54x60 in.
*First large ink drawing that inspired the Wall Drawings