Abbey McCulloch

Born 1975

Lives and works in Queensland, Australia

EDUCATION

2008

  • Research Masters of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

1995

  • Bachelor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • 'Monument', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2017

  • 'Zero', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • ‘Sugar’, This is no Fantasy, Melbourne

2016

  • 'Performance', Tweed Regional Gallery

2015

  • 'The Shallows', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2014

  • 'Control', Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

2012

  • 'A New Normal', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2011

  • 'The Thunderheads', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2010

  • 'Cabin Fever', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2009

  • 'New Portraits', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2008

  • 'The Sting', Schubert Contemporary, Queensland
  • 'The Pretender', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2007

  • 'Piggy in the Middle', Richard Martin Art, Woollahra
  • 'The Penny Drops', Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland

2006

  • 'I WANT', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
  • '10 Palominos', Philip Neville Gallery, Darwin

2005

  • 'I Miss You Most of All', Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
  • 'Bathroom Paintings', Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, Queensland
  • 'Stripped', Richard Martin Art, Woollahra

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • 'The New Gallery Show - Group Exhibition', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • ‘Ensemble’, Down Town M/Arts, Murwillumbah, Tweed Regional Gallery

2018

  • 'Let Her Rip', Byron School of Art
  • '10th Anniversary Exhibition', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2016

  • 'Rawhide with Tara Marynowsky', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • The Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
  • 'RESORT': Art on James St curated by Alison Kubler, Samantha Ogilvie, James St, New Farm

2014

  • The Gold Award, Rockhampton Regional Gallery, Rockhampton

2013

  • Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2012

  • 'Sexualising the City', Gold Coast City Art Gallery

2010

  • Redland Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, Queensland
  • Melbourne International Art Fair, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
  • Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
  • Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
  • 'Flying Colours', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
  • 'Salon des Refuses', SH Ervin Gallery, Millers Point

2009

  • 'Wax On', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Hazelhurst
  • Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2008

  • The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  • Metro5 Art Prize, Metro5 Art Gallery, Melbourne

2007

  • Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2006

  • Redland Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, Queensland

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2019

  • Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra
  • Highly Commended, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Sydney

2018

  • Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, Sydney
  • Finalist, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery

2017

  • Finalist, Josephine Ulrick And Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast
  • Residency, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra

2016

  • Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Erwin Gallery

2015

  • Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Erwin Gallery
  • Finalist, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery

2014

  • Finalist, Gold Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery

2013

  • Finalist, 2013 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2011

  • Semi-Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

2010

  • Finalist, Redland Art Prize, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
  • Finalist, Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
  • Finalist, Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery

2009

  • Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2008

  • Finalist, The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  • Finalist, Metro5 Art Prize, Melbourne

2007

  • Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2006

  • Second Prize, Redland Art Prize, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017

  • Charlee Dornauf, Behind a Person, Art Enquirer, September, p 12
  • Art Almanac, Abbey McCulloch: Zero, 3 May

2015

  • Interview, Daily Imprint, 7 April
  • Bazaar Diary, Harper’s Bazaar, March, p 248
  • Carrie McCarthy, Abbey McCulloch’s Shallows, Cultural Flanerie, 31 March

2014

  • Alison Kubler, Feast or famine? Art in Queensland, Art Monthly, July, p 52
  • Singapore Fling, Art and About, Vogue Living, January/February, p 55

2013

  • Andrew Taylor, Every picture tells a story as dab hands vie for victory’, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 12

2012

  • Sharne Wolff, Catalogue Essay, A New Normal, September

2011

  • Susie Burge, Downtown Abbey, Harper’s Bazaar, September, p 180
  • Feature, Art Nation, ABC TV, screened nationally, 3 July
  • 50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, Jan – March, p 202

2010

  • Susie Burge, Colourful Character, Harper’s Bazaar, August, p 79
  • Interview: Abbey McCulloch Painter, Frankie Magazine, May – June

COLLECTIONS

  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  • Bendigo Art Gallery
  • The Local Collection, Fehily Contemporary
  • Turner + Associates Architects
  • Private collections in Australia and Internationally