Bio
Abbey McCulloch has a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from Queensland’s College of Art. Included in the list of Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists by Australian Art Collector in 2009, 2010 and 2011, she has also been a finalist in the Archibald Prize three times and twice in the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Her work has also been selected as a finalist in Gold Coast Art Award, Redland Art Prize, the Paul Guest Drawing Prize, the Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, the Metro Art Prize, The Gold Award and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. In 2017, McCulloch was awarded the Sunshine Coast Art Prize Residency and was a finalist in the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. She has participated in over 25 group exhibitions nationally and has held over 15 solo exhibitions including her first international exhibition at Art Stage Singapore in 2014. In 2018, 2019 and in 2021 she was selected as a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Award, the richest professional art prize for women in Australia.
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Education
2008 Research Master of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art Griffith University
1995 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art Griffith University
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Rapids, This Is No Fantasy, VIC
2019 The Adventure, The Walls, Gold Coast, QLD
2019 Monument, Edwina Corlette Gallery, New Farm, QLD
2017 Sugar, This Is No Fantasy, Melbourne, VIC
2017 Zero, Edwina Corlette Gallery, New Farm, QLD
2016 Performance, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2016 Rawhide, Edwina Corlette Gallery, New Farm, QLD
2015 The Shallows, Edwina Corlette Gallery, New Farm, QLD
2014 Control, Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
2012 A New Normal, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
2011 The Thunderheads, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
2010 Cabin Fever, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
2009 New Portraits, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
2008 The Sting, Schubert Contemporary, Main Beach, QLD
2008 The Pretender, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
2007 The Penny Drops, Art Galleries Schubert, Main Beach, QLD
2006 I Want, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Naked and Nude Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW
2021 The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, NSW
2021 SOLID GOLD: Artists from Paradise, HOTA Gallery, QLD
2019 The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2019 The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, NSW
2018 The Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2018 The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, NSW
2018 Let Her Rip, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW
2017 The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2017 15 Artists, Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2017 The Win Schubert and Jospephine Ulrick Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD
2016 The Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
2015 The Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD
2015 The Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
2014 Last Resort, The Walls Art Space, Gold Coast, QLD
2014 The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
2013 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2012 Sexualising the City, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2011 Helen Gory Galerie In Sydney, MOP Projects, Sydney, NSW
2010 Redland Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, QLD
2010 Melbourne International Art Fair, Helen Gory Galerie, VIC
2010 Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
2010 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, VIC
2010 Flying Colours, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD
2010 Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
2009 Wax On, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2009 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2008 The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD
2008 Metro5 Art Prize, Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2006 Redland Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, QLD
Bibliography
2017 Performance, Catalogue essay by Dr Laini Burton
2014 Art Monthly, July, Feast or Famine? Art in Queensland, by Alison Kubler, p. 52
Vogue Living, January/February, Art and About, p. 55
2013 The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Every picture tells a story as dab hands vie for victory,’ by Andrew Taylor, March 17
2012 A New Normal, Catalogue essay by Sharne Wolff
2011 Harper’s Bazaar, September, Downtown Abbey, by Susie Burge, p. 180
Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, 50 Most Collectible Australian Artists, p. 202
2010 Australian Vogue, July, Flights of Fantasy, by Alexandra Spring, p. 87
Harper’s Bazaar, August, Colourful Characters, by Susie Burge, p. 79
Flying Colours, Catalogue essay by David Broker
Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, 50 Most Collectible Australian Artists, p. 206
Awards
2017 The Sunshine Coast Art Prize Studio Residency