JEDDA-DAISY CULLEY

Jedda-Daisy Culley is a Paris-based Australian artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, textiles, sculpture, and video to explore the psychological and visceral landscape of the female experience. She has exhibited extensively across Australia and Europe, with notable presentations including her European debut, Parallel Parallel with Kym Ellery at Sainte Anne Gallery, and curated group showcases including How To Swim at Edwina Corlette Gallery (2024). This built upon a succession of highly acclaimed solo presentations, including Unbodied with Ames Yavuz (2023), which she also presented at Sydney Contemporary, Download Hats (2022), WIMON (2020), and FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELINGS (2020) at Jerico Contemporary, alongside her site-specific project Pls send pics this feels onesided at Cement Fondu (2021). Her collaborative and institutional footprint includes the landmark textile survey String Theory at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Telepathic Pikelet at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf (2022), and work held in the prestigious Sherman Centre for Contemporary Ideas. Driven by themes of motherhood, feminist archetypes, and bodily autonomy, Culley’s critical acclaim is marked by numerous accolades. Most recently, being selected as a Finalist in the 2025 Sir John Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for her piece The beastliness of her soul shifting (2024), adding to a distinguished career record that includes being named a two-time finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (2022, 2021), the 66th Blake Prize (2021), and the Grace Cossington Smith Art Award (2021).