Biography

1965 Born, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts, City Art Institute, Sydney, NSW 1987 Graduate Diploma of Professional Art Studies, City Art Institute, Sydney, NSW 1999 Master of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2000 Winner, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2008 Winner, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, NSW 2008 Researching PhD on Aesthetics of Death in Australian Art 2012 Year of death (Bio from: http://www.artnet.com/artists/adam-cullen/biography)

Artist Statement

"Endurance is more important than truth" The artist was passionate about drawing from a very young age, and as a teenager drew cartoons for a local newspaper. He first gained recognition in the art world when he chained a decomposing pig’s head to his ankle for two weeks. Cullen was associated with the Grunge art movement in the early nineties. During this time he exhibited alongside artists such as Tony Schwensen, Mikala Dwyer and Nike Saavas. (https://www.artserieshotels.com.au/cullen/adam-cullen/)

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions: Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales (1993); Fluxibelstructures, Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland (1995); Preambles, Australian Perspecta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (1999); Art in the World, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France (2000); Video-Salon, Week of Art and New Media, Brussels, Belgium (2000); 25th Bienale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2002); Bitter Sweet, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2002); Identity and Desire, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (2005); CRASH (and other worldly pleasures) Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth (2006); Bon Scott Project, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle (2008) and Rough Trade, TANKS Art Centre, Cairns (1997) and Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart (1998). In mid 2008 Cullen’s work was the subject of a major survey exhibition, ADAM CULLEN. LET’S GET LOST, curated by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and was accompanied by a major catalogue published by the gallery. A finalist many times over in the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, in 2000 he won the Archibald with his composition Portrait of David Wenham 2000. This success was followed by winning the Mosman Art Prize in 2005 and the 2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize with Pegasus Flying over Sydney 2008.

Awards

2011 Minor Exaltation, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (solo) 2011 Yesterday is still here today, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney (solo) 2009 A Death Like No Other, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (solo) 2009 They You Trust, Them You Don’t, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (solo) 2008 Let’s Get Lost, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (solo) 2008 International Manure / Evil / DNA/ Blood / Arse, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane (solo) 2007 Stupid Heaven, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (solo) 2007 I Am The Cheese, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney (solo) 2006 Between the Lines: Works on Paper 1995-2005, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne;Penrith Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest, Sydney (solo) 2005 Let Me Tell You About My Day, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 2005 Product of Compulsion, Michael Reid Art Dealer, Redfern, NSW 2005 Maintaining the Rage, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney 2004 Pure Sanctimony, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne 2004 On my Knees Looking Up, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 2003 Future Dirt, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide 2003 Far and Away, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney 2003 Our Place in the Pacific, touring exhibition to regional galleries in Newcastle, Cairns, Gold Coast and Toowoomba 2002 UnAustralian, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 2001 Night and Day, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 2001 The Placebo Effect, Artspace, Sydney 2000 Value, ACCA, Melbourne 2000 Miss Gin Gin Showgirl (with Dale Frank), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW 2000 Interpersonal, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1999 Blind Side, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane 1999 Hotel/Motel, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1999 Genuine Imitation, First Floor, Melbourne 1998 Amateur Exorcist, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand 1998 Self-Loving, Fiat Lux, Auckland, New Zealand 1998 Touch and Go, Level 2 Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1998 World Fantasy, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1997 Special, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1997 I Only think about you when I’m drunk, Test Strip, Auckland, New Zealand 1997 Life Fitness, Artspace, Sydney 1996 The Australian Labor Party, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1996 Live Rock, CBD Gallery, Sydney 1995 Class, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1995 Peace is Cool, CBD Gallery, Sydney 1994 Soft Material Facts, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney 1994 Special Galore Type, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

City

Sydney

Region

NSW