Paul McMullan was born in Rochester, New York. He received his M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York and his B.F.A. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Recent exhibitions include The New Utilitarian an NCECA Exhibition at the Hoffman Gallery in Portland, Oregon, A Tale to Tell at the John Michael Kohler Center for the Arts in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Snakes in the Grass at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

McMullan has taught at Alfred University and Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently Associate Professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. He received a McKnight Fellowship from The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2005.

McMullan’s sculptural forms and art tiles deal with clay as a collage material. He incorporates the use of photo-silkscreen, painting, decals, molds and various handbuilding techniques to achieve an image-packed surface.

McMullan’s commercial and residential handmade tiles come with years of tile experience. After working with tiles during graduate school McMullan went on to work for a commercial tile company developing new glazes. The current line of tile and glazes offered by McMullan Ceramics is the result of years of testing, making and installing.