ADAM CULLEN

b. Sydney, 1965; d. Wentworth Falls, 2012. Lived and worked in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
1965 Born, Sydney
1999 Master of Fine Arts (UNSW)
1987 Grad Dip of Professional Art Studies (City Art Institute)
1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts (City Art Institute)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Aiding the bet (with animals), Gallery Ecosse, Exeter NSW New Work, Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs NT
Minor Exaltation, Greenaway Gallery Adelaide
Yesterday is Still Here Today, Michael Reid, Elizabeth Bay, NSW

2009
They You Trust, Them You Don’t Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
A DEATH LIKE NO OTHER, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2008
Let’s get lost, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2007
I AM THE CHEESE, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
Stupid Heaven, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2006
Between the Lines: Works on Paper 1995 – 2005, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Between the Lines: Works on Paper 1995 – 2005, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Sydney

2005
Product of Compulsion, Michael Reid Art Dealer, Redfern
Let Me Tell You About My Day, Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide
Maintaining The Rage, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney

2004
Pure Sanctimony, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
On my Knees Looking Up, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney

2003
Future Dirt, Contemporary Art Centre South Australia
Far and Away, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
Our Place in the Pacific, touring show to regional galleries in Newcastle, Cairns, Gold coast and Toowoomba.

2002
UnAustralian, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney

2001
Night and Day, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney
The Placebo Effect, Artspace, Sydney

2000
Value, ACCA, Melbourne
Miss Gin Gin Showgirl (with Dale Frank), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Interpersonal, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney

1999
Blind Side, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA; IMA, Brisbane, Qld Hotel/Motel,
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW Genuine Imitation, First Floor, Melbourne, VIC

1998
Amateur Exorcist, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
Self-Loving, Fiat Lux, Auckland, NZ
Touch and Go, Level 2 Project, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
World Fantasy, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1997
Special, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
I Only think about you when I’m drunk, Test Strip, Auckland
Life Fitness, Artspace, Sydney

1996
The Australian Labor Party, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Live Rock, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1995
Class, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Peace is Cool, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1994
Soft Material Facts, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Special Galore Type, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC
Homoerotic, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1993
Software, Selenium Gallery, Sydney, NSW
August, CBD Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Lucifer (with Matthys Gerber), Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Heterocampstick, Black Gallery, Sydney, NSW


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Hybrid, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

2008
Leading Lights, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, The University of NSW
True Crime: murder and misdemeanour in Australian Art, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers,
Sydney Blake Prize, NAS Gallery,
Sydney Bon Scott Project, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

2007
Who let the dogs out, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2006
The Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Fantasic Voyage, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

2005
A Special Exhibition, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls
Unscripted, A.G.N.S.W., Sydney
Special Affects, MOP Projects, Redfern
The Sound of Painting, The Art Centre, Melbourne
Campbelltown Bling, Campbelltown City Gallery
Extinction Denied, Art House Hotel, Sydney
Icons Framed, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
Identity and Desire A.G.S.A, Adelaide

2004
Extinction Denied, Arthouse, Sydney
Art and About, Various outdoor locations, Sydney
The Visibility of Practice, Cell Block, National Art School, Sydney

2003
The Meaning of Everything, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.
The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.
Six Degrees of Separation, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
Foxed, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
Anita and Beyond, Penrith Regional Gallery

2002
The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
“Hooky, the Cripple”, published with Mark Read, Pluto Press, Sydney
Bitter Sweet, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
25th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
ARCO 2002, Madrid Art Fair, Madrid, Spain


SELECTED PRIZES

2000 Winner Archibald Prize
1997-2004 Finalist Archibald Prize
2004 Finalist Sulman Prize
2002 Finalist Doug Moran Prize (highly commended)
2002 Finalist Blake Prize

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Monash University Gallery
The Art Gallery of SA
The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Bank, NSW
AMP Australia
Kedumba Gallery
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
The Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Griffith University, QLD
Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
The Art Gallery of NSW
The National Gallery of Victoria

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