Abbey McCulloch

The Sting Part 2

Gentle

Ferocious

Sleeze

ABBEY MCCULLOCH

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Sugar, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne
2017 Zero, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Queensland
2016 Performance, Tweed River Art Gallery NSW
2015 The Shallows, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Bisbane QLD
2014 Control, Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bat 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, Gold Coast QLD
2008 The Pretender, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2007 Piggy in the Middle, Richard Martin Art, Woollahra NSW
2007 The Penny Drops, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast QLD
2006 I WANT, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2006 10 Palominos, Philip Neville Gallery, Darwin NT
2005 I Miss You Most of All, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2005 Bathroom Paintings, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast QLD
2005 Stripped, Richard Martin Art, Woollahra, NSW
2004 Something to Smile About, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2004 Be Gentle, Philip Neville Gallery, Darwin NT
2004 Glamourama, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast QLD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Solid Gold, HOTA, Gold Coast, Queensland
2019 Ensemble, Down Town M/Arts, Murwillumbah, Tweed Regional Gallery
2018 Let Her Rip, Byron School of Art
2018 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Queensland
2016 Rawhide with Tara Marynowsky, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2012 Sexualising The City, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD
2010 Melbourne International Art Fair, with Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2010 Flying Colours, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2009 Wax On, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2006 Extinction Denied, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney NSW
2005 Extinction Denied, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney NSW
2005 Luminous Two, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC
2003 Art For AIDs, Mac Aids Fund, Sydney NSW
2003 White Lies Beneath, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne VIC

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2019 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra
2019 Highly Commended, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
2017 The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
2017 The Win Schubert and Josephine Ulrick Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Queensland
2015 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Erwin Gallery, NSW
2015 Finalist, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2014 Finalist, The Gold Award, Rockhampton Regional Gallery QLD
2013 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2011 Semi-Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize NSW
2010 Finalist, Redland Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery QLD
2010 Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, VIC
2010 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2009 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2008 Finalist, The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2008 Finalist, Metro5 Art Prize, Metro5 Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2007 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2006 Second Prize, Redlands Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, QLD
2004 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015 Daily Imprint, Interview, April 7
2015 Harper’s Bazaar, Bazaar Diary, March p 248
2015 Cultural Flanerie, Carrie McCarthy, Abbey McCulloch’s Shallows, March 31
2014 Art Monthly, Alison Kubler, Art In Queensland Feast or Famine, July, p 52
2014 Vogue Living, Singapore Fling, Art and About, Jan/Feb p 55
2013 The Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew Taylor, Every Picture Tells A Story As Dab Hands Vie For     Victory, March 12
2012 A New Normal, Sharne Wolff, catalogue essay, September
2011 Harper’s Bazaar, Susie Burge, Downtown Abbey, September p 180
2011 Art Nation, Feature, ABC TV screened Nationally, July 3
2011 Australian Art Collector, 50 Most Collectible Artists, Issue 55 Jan/March p 202
2010 Harper’s Bazaar, Colourful Character, by Susie Burge, August p 79
2010 Flying Colours, Catalogue essay by David Broker.
2010 Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, 50 Most Collectible Australian Artists, p 206
2009 Harper’s Bazaar, Culturati, by Jeanne Carey, June/July p 180
2009 Australian Art Collector, Issue 47, 50 Most Collectible Australian Artists
2009 Harper’s Bazaar AUSTRALIAN STYLE, P 158 – 159
2008 Sunday Mail, ‘Abbey scores YSL deal’, by Anooska Tucker-Evans, August 17, p 25
2008 Grazia, Issue 3, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, by Lollie Barr, p 126
2008 Art Monthly, August, ‘Bibliomania: The Paintings of Victoria Reichelt’, by Jess Berry, p 26
2008 Australian Art Collector, ‘Sting in the Tail’, by Natalie King, Issue 45, p 122
2007 Harper’s Bazaar, October, Project Pink, appraised by Tim Olsen, p 230
2007 Harper’s Bazaar, September, Bazaar Insider, by Margaret Merten, p 168
2007 The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Hippie child who longs for normality’, by Louise Schwartzkoff,
August 20, p15
2007 The Age, ‘Toni Collette’s brush with the bizarre’, by Robert Nelson, June 2
2007 The Weekend Australian magazine, profile by Anne Lim, Aug 25-26, p 9
2007 The Weekend Australian, ‘Famous faces, Black Sheep,’ by Sebastian Smee, Feb 24, p 21
2007 The Weekend Australian, ‘Once again, judges leave a yawning gap’, by S.Smee Mar 3, p3
2006 Australian Vogue, October, ‘Framed’, p 114
2006 Australian Vogue, January, ‘Hunters and Collectors’, Top Five Collectable Artists by
Hannah Rand, p 102
2006 Harper’s Bazaar, February,‘Old Masters, the New Mistresses?’, by Emma Sloley, p 69
2006 Australian Vogue, October, Scene ‘What’s on and where’, by Claire Barker, p 114

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