Adam John Cullen

Information

Adam John Cullen

b. 1985 Yass, NSW

Lives and works on Dja Dja Wurrung Country (VIC, Australia)

Represented by LON Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

  1. 2026 StudioLON Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  2. 2025 GleanThe Renshaws, Brisbane/Meanjin
  3. 2023ItanosLON Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  4. 2023Three Hares + Three EarsShepparton Art Museum, Shepparton/Yorta Yorta Country
  5. 2022GleanYellow Brick Studio, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
  6. 2021murmurVictorian Collage of the Arts, Melbourne/Naarm
  7. 2021EltonLON Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  8. 2019ghostSarah Scout Presents, Melbourne/Naarm
  9. 2018three dogsKuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
  10. 2017dissolveGertrude Contemporary Glasshouse, Melbourne/Naarm
  11. 2016Bapaume StreetAlaska Projects, Sydney/Gadigal Country
  12. 2015BurnoutAlaska Projects, Sydney/Gadigal Country
  13. 2014SettleTCB Art Inc., Melbourne/Naarm
  14. 2013Lumped togetherWest Space, Melbourne/Naarm
  15. 2012UsedFirstdraft, Sydney/Gadigal Country
  16. 2011ClusterRearview, Melbourne/Naarm
  17. 2011Goblin (w/ Grant Nimmo)TCB Art Inc., Melbourne/Naarm

Group Exhibitions

  1. 2025 ObjectiveTown Hall Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  2. 2025 ANU Art Collection: ConjunctionDrill Hall Gallery, Canberra/Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country, Curated by Tony Oates and Oscar Capezio
  3. 2024 ParchedLa Trobe Art Institute, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Responding to Jesse Boylan
  4. 2023Melbourne NowThe National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne/Naarm
  5. 2022CharmedCASPA, Castlemaine
  6. 2022The Rabbit HoleLON Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  7. 2020Elton at Fawkner Memorial ParkMoreArt 2020, Fawkner Memorial Park, Moreland City Council, Melbourne/Naarm
  8. 2020Eroded crater remnantsConners Conners, Melbourne/Naarm
  9. 2019Glass EyeLON Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm
  10. 2019Adam John Cullen & Noël SkrzypezakNeon Parc, Melbourne/Naarm
  11. 2018All Our RelationsArts Project Australia, Melbourne/Naarm, Curated by Rebecca Coates
  12. 2017PrimaveraMuseum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Curated by Sophia Kouyoumdjian
  13. 2017ParaphraseAssembly Point,, Melbourne/Naarm, Curated by Amelia Winata
  14. 2017DarklandsAlaska Projects, Sydney/Gadigal Country, Curated by Sebastian Goldspink
  15. 2016Studio Artist ExhibitionGertrude Contemporary,, Melbourne/Naarm
  16. 2016The CeremonialCraft Victoria, Melbourne/Naarm
  17. 2016Floating GroundHoneymoon Suite, Melbourne/Naarm, Curated by Charlotte Cornish
  18. 2016CabalApreto Gallery, Montpellier, France, TCB Art Inc. board exchange
  19. 2015Shepparton Art MuseumSidney Myer Australian Ceramic Award
  20. 2015Sydney ContemporaryAlaska Projects
  21. 2015biannual emerging artist exhibitionBACC, Melbourne
  22. 2015Kia OraHouse show, Melbourne
  23. 2014Threats from the bride’s former loverRearview, Melbourne
  24. 2013dark matter, dark energyStockroom, Kyenton
  25. 2012Blendin’Platform, Melbourne
  26. 2010morlocks, mole people...West Space, Melbourne

Residencies

  1. 2026 Yellow Brick Studio, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
  2. 2022Yellow Brick Studio, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
  3. 2018Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts(In association with AsiaLink) Taipei, Taiwan
  4. 2018TentaclesBangkok, Thailand
  5. 2018Hill End Artist Residency(Bathurst Regional Art Gallery)
  6. 2016–2018Gertrude Contemporary Studio ArtistFitzroy, Australia
  7. 2016ApertoTCB Art Inc. board exchange. Montpellier, France
  8. 2012KUNCI Cultural Studies Center. YogyakartaIndonesia

Shortlisted Prizes

  1. 2024 Darebin Art Prize
  2. 2019Deakin University Small Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
  3. 2015Shepparton Art Museum, Sidney Myer Australian Ceramic Award
  4. 2014Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
  5. 2014Sydney Art Month, Emerging Artist Award
  6. 2013Substation Contemporary Art prize

Collections

  1. La Trobe University
  2. ANU Drill Hall Gallery
  3. Shepparton Art Museum
  4. Deakin University

Selected Bibliography

  1. 2026 Art Collector, Issue 117, Pg. 162-165
  2. 2023 Melbourne Now, 2023. Published: Melbourne, The National Gallery of Victoria. Pg. 504-505.
  3. 2021Art Guide Australia, 'Meaning in Adam John Cullen's sculptures', March/April, 2021.
  4. 2018Issue 83. 2018. Pg 68-71.
  5. 2017An A-Z of Contemporary Australian Art, Thames and Hudson (Australia), Melbourne, 2017
  6. 2016The Craft of Ceremony', Ceremonial, exh. cat., Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 2016.
  7. 2015Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, 2015
  8. 2015‘Shortlist announced for Shepparton Art Museum's Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award’, The Age, 9 April 2015.
  9. 2015‘Singed Beards and Burnt Down Buildings’, Light the Blue Touchpaper and Retire, exh. cat., The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Melbourne, 2015.

Education

  1. 2022Masters in Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University
  2. 2008Fine Art Honours, Monash University
  3. 2006B.A Arts (Fine Arts), RMIT University