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
2009
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, Sydney
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, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Special Affects, MOP Projects, Sydney
The Sound of Painting, The Atr 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
Art On The Rocks, Sydney Visitor's Centre, The Rocks, Sydney
Identity and Desire Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide
The Grey Voice, Tin Sheds, University of Sydney
Interesting Times, MCA, The Rocks, Sydney
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 Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
ARCO 2002, Madrid Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, N.S.W.
Group Exhibition, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
2001
Portraits 2001 – An Australian Odessey, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, and various regional galleries
None More Blacker, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC, and various regional galleries in VIC and NSW
Painting: an arcane technology, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Group Exhibition, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
2000
Art in the World 2000, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
Video-Salon, Week of Art and New Media, Brussels, Belgium
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW and regional tour
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
Not Quite Right, Grey Matter Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
The 2000 Sporting Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Blind, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
1999
Sick and Dizzy, Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, State Library, Brisbane, QLD
Preambles, Perspecta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
Smoke, Sherman Galleries ArtBox, NSW
Passive, South, Sydney, NSW
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
Persuasive Humours, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
The Archibald Regional Galleries Tour, various Australian galleries
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sequence, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
Same Old, Same Old, Yuill Crowley Gallery, Sydney
Australian Perspecta, 1999, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1998
Rubick 2: Science Fiction, publication curated by Ricky Swallow
Blake Prize, The Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Vic, VIC
Alice Springs Art Prize, Araluen Centre for Art, Alice Springs, NT
Mondo Cane, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Underbelly, various commercial premises, Adelaide, SA
Incognito, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Graphic, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
The Archibald Regional Galleries Tour , various Australian galleries
Rough Trade, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Australian National Gallery, ACT; National Gallery of Victoria, VIC; Art Gallery of Queensland, QLD; Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
1997
Blake Prize, State Library, Sydney, NSW
Components, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
Alice Springs Art Prize, Araluen Centre for Art, Alice Springs, NT
A Taste in Art, Community Aid Abroad, Sotheby's auction, VIC
Rough Trade, TANKS, Cairns, QLD
Art Rage, Sydney Intermedia Network, Art Gallery of NSW
Ambient (Male) Identity, Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Adelaide, SA
The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
The Archibald Regional Galleries Tour, various Australian galleries
Queer Crossings, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Evil Art, Side On Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
Sweet & Sticky, Bundaberg Arts Centre, QLD
White Hysteria, Contemporary Art Centre of SA, SA
View of the New, new acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of SA, SA
1995
All You Need, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Decadence, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC
Fluxibelstructures, Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Anthology, Art Space, Sydney, NSW
1994
600,000 Hours, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Five, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Poltergeist 3, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT
1993
Unfair, Cologne, Germany
Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Scrounge Time, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Art, University of TAS
Residence No. 4 and No. 1, Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Shirthead, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Adams, Kunst Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Death, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Rad Scunge, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1992
Signals, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Supermart, Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Jeune Peinture, Grand Pallais, Paris, France

Selected Bibliography
2008
Tunnicliffe, Wayne, Adam Cullen Lets Get Lost, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue
Hawley, Janet, The Devil in Adam Cullen, SMH Good Weekend, 22 November, p18-26
Dodge, Alan, Adam Cullen: Let’s get lost, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 216, Summer
Jensen, Erik, Life, death and trash, Sydney Morning Herald, March 29
Crawford, Ashley, Rogues Gallery, The Australian, June 7
Lyne, Jethro, Struggle to put faith in the frame, Sydney Morning Herald, August 7
Schwartzkof, Louise, Allen let bias cloud judgement: artist, Sydney Morning Herald, August 7
Jensen, Erik, Schwartzkoff, Louise & Jinman, Richard, Religious art prize judge quits in disgust,
Sydney Morning Herald, August 6
Adam Cullen feature article, Sydney Morning Herald, May 10
Jensen, Erik, Life, death and trash, Sydney Morning Herald, March 29
2007
Schwartzkoff, Louise, Adam Cullen, He’s not quite mad as hell, Sydney Morning Herald,December 1
Higson, Rosalie, Provocative Adam Cullen finds ugliness beneath, The Australian, May 15
2006
Loxley, Anne, Adam Cullen Between the Lines: Works on Paper 1995 - 2005, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest
2004
Periz, Ingrid, 'Adam Cullen: Scars Last Longer', New Art Series, Craftsman House
Periz, Ingrid, 'Pup, Your Mouth's Too Big For Your Boots', Art & Australia, vol.41, Autumn
Morgan, Joyce, 'Enter at Your Own Risk', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 6-7
Lalor, Peter, 'Bold Run For the Archies', The Australian, March 19
Barker, Claire, 'The Art of Shock and Horror', Poster, no. 4 Summer
2003
Frost, Andrew, 'Our Place in the Pacific', catalogue essay, 'I'm no Picasso But'
Kubler, Alison, 'Our Place in the Pacific', catalogue essay
Travers, Lara, 'Future Dirt', catalogue essay, 'Bad Form'
Martin-Chew, Louise, 'Slap In the Darkness', The Australian, July 7
Morgan, Joyce, 'Artists Put Human Face of Tragedy in New Light', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 3
Loxley, Anne, 'Far and Away', The Sydney Morning Herald, February 19
2002
Crawford, Ashley, ‘Chopper Unleashes a Grim Tale, The Age, May 21
James, Bruce, ‘Mind the Banana Skin, But Enjoy the Aftertaste’, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 8
Genocchio, Benjamin, ‘Twitchy Escapist Impulses’, The Weekend Australian, May 4
Huxley, John, ‘Murder He Wrote’, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 1
Spencer, Matthew and Tedmanson, Sophie, ‘Sun Won’t Go Down on Elton Art Spree’, The Weekend Australian, April 27
Tunnicliffe, Wayne, catalogue essay, ‘Bitter Sweet’, The Art Gallery of NSW
Crawford, Ashley, ‘Chopper for Children’, Black + White, no 60, April
Smith, Trevor, catalogue essay, ‘25th Bienal de Sao Paulo’, Brazil
Frost, Andrew, ‘Painting 101’, Australian Style, no 59, February
Crawford, Ashley, catalogue essay, ‘ARCO’, Madrid, Spain
Frost, Andrew, ’50 Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, January
2001
Sutton, Candace, ‘Art For Profit’s Sake’, The Sun-Herald, December 16
Strickland, Katrina, ‘Art Angel’, The Weekend Australian, August 18-19
Sexton, Jennifer, ‘Chopper’s jail-cell fairytale a comfort for the bullied, The Australian, July 7-8
Hutak, Michael, ‘Little chop of horrors’, The Bulletin, June 12
Travis, Lara, ‘Chopper’s grim fable’, The Age, June 8
Reid, Chris, ‘Painting: Reinvigorating the Arcane, Real Time, April-May
Nelson, Robert, ‘Canvassing a Theory of Painting’, The Sunday Age, February 18
Travis, Lara, ‘Paint it Black’, Australian Style, May, Issue 51
Barclay, Alison, ‘New Coat of Colour, Herald Sun, March 23
Travis, Lara, ‘Hot Prospects’, Vogue Australia, February
Hutak, Michael, ’50 Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, January
Nelson, Robert, ‘Mock Shock’, review, The Age, March 10
Travis, Lara, catalogue essay, ‘None More Blacker’, 200 Gertrude St, Melbourne
2000
Clifford, Cristen, ‘Adam and Evil’, Black + White, Issue 47, November
Frost, Andrew, ‘Francisco Goya, Rolf Harris and Adam Cullen’, Australian Style, No. 42, August
Giles, Fiona (ed), Chick for a Day, Pluto Press, Sydney
Smee, Sebastian, ‘A reality check at Hazelhurst’, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 1
Frost, Andrew, ‘The Reverse of Chickens’, catalogue essay, ACCA, Melbourne, VIC
Frost, Andrew, ‘Miss Gin Gin Junior Showgirl’, catalogue essay, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Smee, Sebastian, ‘Goodness Grievance’, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 6
Sexton, Jennifer, ‘Painter finds there’s more than one way to skin a cat’, The Australian, April 28
Lumby, Catharine, ‘Seachange at the Archibald’, The Bulletin, March 28
James, Bruce, ‘Archie’s Sea Change’, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 25
Hallett, Bryce, ‘A portrait of the artist as a happy man’, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 18
Smee, Sebastian, ‘The odds on the Archibald’, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 16
Hampson, Jane, ‘Brush with fame’, The Sun-Herald, March 12
Burke, Kelly, ‘Size does matter in this annual art ‘horse race’’, The Sydney Morning Herald, March
Morris, Rachel, ‘Our top artists’, The Daily Telegraph, January 6
Frost, Andew, ‘50 Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, January
James, Bruce, ‘Of Torsos and Tears’, The Sydney Morning Herald, January 1
1999
James, Bruce, ‘Finding diamonds in the rough’, review, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 31
Genocchio, Benjamin, ‘Intoxicating images diverge from grunge’, review, The Australian, August 6
Chapman, Christopher, ‘Blind Side’, catalogue essay
James, Bruce, 'Goya to Toyota: April Fool's Day Lines', catalogue essay
Gawronski, Alex, 'Adam Cullen', Globe, summer
LePetit, Paul, 'Fame in the Frame', The Sunday Telegraph, March 14
James, Bruce, 'The Archibald…it kind of grows on you', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 27
Smee, Sebastian, 'The ones to watch on a day at the faces', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 18
James, Bruce, 'So nearly out of the ordinary', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 20
Cochrane, Peter, ''Challenging' self-portrait wins the Archibald', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 20
Holgate, Ben, 'And all it took was a hole in the head', The Weekend Australian, March 20
1998
Stapleton, John, 'Artist drives collectors to abstraction', The Australian, December 31
Frost, Andrew, 'Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists', Australian Art Collector, issue 7
Porter, Gwynneth, 'There goes the neighbourhood', catalogue essay, Amateur Exorcist
Laird, Tessa, 'Amateur Exorcist', review, Broadsheet, summer
Genocchio, Ben, 'Photography Beside Itself', Photofile, issue 55
Stanhope, Zara, 'Graphic', catalogue essay
Crane, Stephen, 'Touch and Go', review, Like, no. 8, Spring
Chapman, Christopher, 'Touch and Go', catalogue essay
James, Bruce, 'Bad, Banal and Unabashed', The Sydney Morning Herald, May 13
Newall, Michael, 'Ambient (Male) Identity', review, Eyeline, no. 35, Summer 1997/8
Chapman, Christopher, 'writing degree zero', Log Illustrated, no. 3
1997
Treister, Susie, 'New Aussie Boys', Broadsheet, vol 26, no 4, summer
Frost, Andrew, 'Who is Adam Cullen?', Australian Art Collector, issue 3, December
James, Bruce, review, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November
Hood, Colin, 'Special', review, Eyeline, no 34, spring
Curnow, Ben 'Special', review, Like, no 3, winter
Chapman, Christopher 'Ambient (Male) Identity', catalogue essay
Radok, Stephanie 'Drugs 'n' Art', Artlink, Vol 17, No 2
James, Bruce 'Galleries', review, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 30
Chapman, Christopher 'I Only Think About You When I'm Drunk', micrograph, Teststrip
Chapman, Christopher 'Abstract Identity', Broadsheet, Vol 26, No 1
James, Bruce, 'Galleries', review, The Sydney Morning Herald, January 31
Williams, Claire 'Artspace Exhibition', Wentworth Courier, January 23
Lumby, Catharine 'Life Fitness', catalogue essay, Artspace
1996
Gibson, Jeff 'Avant-Grunge', What is Appropriation?, Butler, Rex (ed), IMA & Power Publications
Schubert, Robert '1996 Adelaide Biennial', Flash Art, Nov-Dec, Vol XXIX
Colless, Edward 'Adam Cullen', The Error of My Ways. Selected Writings 1981 - 1994
James, Bruce 'Review', The Sydney Morning Herald, August 16
Gallagher, Jane 'Sweet & Sticky', catalogue essay
James, Bruce 'Chapman's Casper', Art Monthly, No 88, April
Watson, Bronwyn 'Schlock Tactics', The Bulletin, April 16
Emery, John 'Harvesting Conflicts Crop', The Advertiser, March 3
Dutkiewicz, Adam 'Adelaide Displays a Leading Edge', Business Review Weekly, March
Radok, Stephanie 'Shagged and Tagged', The Adelaide Review, March
McDonald, John 'The Shock of the Decadent', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 9
Genocchio, Ben 'Miserabilism', Eyeline, No 28, Spring
Wark, McKenzie 'Fun House', catalogue essay, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, SA
1995
Demetrius, Mark 'Artists Crash Music Video', Rolling Stone, Issue 509, May
Fenner, Felicity 'Seeing Beyond the Bickering of Art versus Craft', The Sydney Morning Herald, March 31
Schubert, R 'Warped Crotches and Phallic Prods', Real Time, No 5, March
Broker, D '600,000 Hours', Art + Text, No 50
Neylon, John 'Images of Death', Artlink, Vol 14, No 4
1994
Chapman, Christopher 'Conceptual Vertigo', Midwest, No 6
Lynn, Elwyn 'The Control of a Master', The Australian, May 28
Fenner, Felicity 'A Genre Beyond Grunge', The Sydney Morning Herald, May 27
Curnow, Ben 'August CBD', review, Art + Text, no 47
Chapman, Christopher 'Special Galore Type', catalogue essay, 200 Gertrude St
Messham-Muir, Kit 'Soft Material Facts', review, Eyeline, no 25, Spring
1993
Lumby, Catharine 'Between the Psycho and the Hang Dog', World Art, no 1, November
Lumby, Catharine 'Hanging Around at Home', The Sydney Morning Herald, November 8
James, Bruce 'A Good Clean Punch', The Australian, October 9
Colless, Edward 'Perspecta', catalogue essay
Rankin-Reid, Jane 'Shirthead', review, Art + Text, no 45, May
Davies, Shaun 'Adams', review, Agenda, issue 32, July
Sullivan, Eve 'Heterocampstick', review, Art + Text, no 45, May
Butron, Vicente 'Residence No 1', catalogue essay
Messham-Muir, Kit 'Garage Artist and the Sunday Painter', Honi Soit, no 10

Prizes/Grants/Residencies
2008
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney
2006
Ozco Artist Residnecy, Spain
Artist Residency, Hill End
2001-6
Finalist, Archibald Prize
2000
Winner, Archibald Prize
1999
Highly Commended, Archibald Prize
Runner-up, Mosman Art Prize
Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist, Geelong Art Prize
1998
Finalist, Archibald Prize
Highly Commended, Blake Prize
Artist-in-Residence, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
New Work Development Grant, Australia Council
Finalist, Moet Chandon Touring Exhibition
1997
Finalist, Archibald Prize
Finalist, Geelong Art Prize
Finalist, Jupiters Art Prize

Public Collections
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
Monash University Gallery
The Art Gallery of SA
The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Bank, NSW
AMP Australia