# Mark Bulwinkle

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{{short description|American graphic artist and sculptor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Mark Bulwinkle
| image = 'Giant Fish' by Mark Bulwinkle, 1985.JPG
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| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = [Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts)
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| field = Sculpture
| training = [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh), [San Francisco Art Institute](/source/San_Francisco_Art_Institute)
| movement = [Funk art](/source/Funk_art), [Nut art](/source/Nut_art)
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'''Mark Bulwinkle''' (born 1946, [Waltham, Massachusetts](/source/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts)) is an American graphic artist and sculptor who works in cut steel.  He received a BFA from the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) in 1968 and an MFA in printmaking from the [San Francisco Art Institute](/source/San_Francisco_Art_Institute) in 1974. In 1975, he learned welding at San Francisco's [John O'Connell Trade School](/source/John_O'Connell_Trade_School) and began working as a welder at the [Bethlehem Ship Yards](/source/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation). He continued to work as an industrial welder until age 40, when he became a full-time artist.<ref name="honolulu11"/>

Bulwinkle is considered a member of the [West Coast Funk](/source/Funk_art) movement.<ref name="honolulu11"/>  ''Giant Fish'', from 1985, is exhibited at [Spalding House](/source/Spalding_House) of the [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art). It demonstrates the wit and playful imagery of Bulwinkle's cut steel sculptures.<ref name=honolulu11>Honolulu Museum of Art, ''Spalding House: Self-guided Tour, Sculpture Garden'', 2014, p. 19</ref>  Other works include [Three Figures](/source/Three_Figures), which is part of the [City of Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) and [Multnomah County](/source/Multnomah_County%2C_Oregon) Public Art Collection and many pieces in [Oakland](/source/Oakland%2C_California) and [Berkeley](/source/Berkeley%2C_California) in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/09/26/how-quirky-is-berkeley-bulwinkle-in-berkeley/|title=How Quirky is Berkeley? Mark Bulwinkle's steel artworks|date=2014-09-26|publisher=Berkeleyside|author=Tom Dalzell}}</ref> He lives and works in Bulwinkleland, a compound in [West Oakland](/source/West_Oakland%2C_Oakland%2C_California).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/us/bulwinkleland.html|title=Bulwinkleland|work=New York Times|author=Louise Rafkin|date=2012-03-03}}</ref>

In 1997, Bulwinkle showed in "Hello Again!", a recycled art focused show which opened at the [Oakland Museum](/source/Oakland_Museum)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enviro-Friendly Art |url=https://www.waste360.com/paperglassplasticaluminum/enviro-friendly-art |website=Waste360 |date=1 December 2004}}</ref> and travelled throughout North America. The show, curated by [Susan Subtle](/source/Susan_Subtle), featured Bulwinkle alongside [Mildred Howard](/source/Mildred_Howard), [Leo Sewell](/source/Leo_Sewell), [Clayton Bailey](/source/Clayton_Bailey), Claire Graham, [Jan Yager](/source/Jan_Yager), Remi Rubel, [Pippa Garner](/source/Pippa_Garner), and others.

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Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:Artists from Oakland, California
Category:San Francisco Art Institute alumni
Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni
Category:American modern sculptors
Category:American printmakers
Category:American contemporary artists
Category:Sculptors from California
Category:Funk art movement artists

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