Adam Cullen studied Bachelor of Fine Arts at the City Art Institute, Sydney in 1986. He earned a Graduate Diploma of Professional Art Studies the year after. Later in 1999, he received a Master of Fine Arts from University of New South Wales, Sydney. He lived and worked in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
Read MoreAmongst other conceptual concerns Cullen remained transfixed by the human condition and his use of dark and sometimes base imagery including demonic clowns, decapitated creatures, outsiders, and the marginalized often prompts a visceral response from his audience.
Cullen exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia including Let’s Get Lost, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2008) and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (2011). Cullen was the winner of the 2000 Archibald Prize with portrait of actor David Wenham. Collections in which Cullen’s work is represented include National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank, Griffith University Art Collection, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Tweed River Art Gallery, Geelong Art Gallery, and the Monash University Gallery.
