Paul Cullen

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BSc Auckland University

Dip FA (Honours in Sculpture) Canterbury University.

MFA (1st Class Honours) Auckland University

 

 

Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions Since 1985

 

2002   Practical Knowledge (installation), Auckland City Gallery

      Drawing, (group exhibition), Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland

       Waikato Art Awards Finalist. Waikato Art Museum

          Wallace Art Awards Finalist. Auckland Museum & Massey University Wellington

Diagrams. Sculpture and Drawings. Jane Sanders 40 George St, Auckland

Observatory. Publication with text by Michaela Hendry.

Pencil Installations, Germany, France, The Netherlands and UK, (ongoing photographic project)

Tidal (:k). Beecroft Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Takapuna Auckland.

Observatory, Proposal and concept development for outdoor sculpture for Matiatia Waiheke Island, to be installed January 2003.

2001   Hybrid, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland.

Thinking in an Uncertain Field: Magnetic. (Group exhibition) Interior     Horizons. Art approaching Architecture & Design, Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland.

       Thinking in an Uncertain Field. Cite Gallery Auckland.

Pencil installations, East Cape Lighthouse and Cape Reinga. (Ongoing photographic project)

2000   Interchange, Pilot Project Room, AUT.

Everything, (drawings) PP 19-27, Auckland

            Everything, (installation) George Fraser Gallery. Auckland

            Box Project, (touring exhibition) Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

            Turnpike Gallery, Manchester, Museum of Installation London.

1999   Gravity/Model for a Hypothetical Space, SoFA Gallery, 

 University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

             Incident at Z-152, Sculpture in the Gardens, McDougall Art Gallery

 Passage, St Peter¡¯s College, Auckland. (Commissioned outdoor work)

            Works on Paper, Rhode Island School of Design

1998   View, Room 3, Auckland

            Boxes, Museum of Installation, London

Gravity, Lopdell Gallery, Auckland

            Rulers, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland

            In Vitro - Appliance, Fisher Gallery, Auckland

            Natural Selection- Rezone, ACC Car Park, Greys Ave, Auckland

1997    Discovery of Oxygen- Jensen Gallery, Wellington

             100x100x100, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland

1996    Discovery of Oxygen, Artspace, Auckland

             Hydrogen Drawings, Drawings Gallery, Auckland

            Star Projects, Vrieshuis Amerika, Amsterdam

            Pin-ups, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland

            Chairs, Vavasour/ Godkin Gallery, Auckland    

1995    Six Drawings, Ferlinghettis Cafe Auckland

            Small Works, ASA Gallery, Auckland

            Tutors Exhibition- ASA Gallery, Auckland

1994    Science, Artspace, Auckland.       

 Reconstructed furniture & blackboard drawings, Aberhart-North

 Gallery, Auckland

             Recent Discoveries, Fisher Gallery, Auckland.

             Boxed- ASA Gallery, Auckland.

             Kiss the Coffee Good-bye, Rosinis¡¯ Restaurant, Auckland

1993    Science (inconclusive evidence), Centre for Contemporary Art,

       Hamilton.          

            Pool Complex-The Teps Show, Outreach Gallery, Auckland

1992    Sculpture, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

             Sculpture, Fox Gallery, Auckland

             A variety of theories- Lopdell Gallery, Auckland.

             Tables and Lamps, CSA Gallery, Christchurch

             Site, Lopdell House, Auckland.    

             A Breath of Fresh Art, The Bath House, Rotorua

1991    The moon / navigation, Artspace, Auckland.

 Explaining the results of observation, Exhibition Centre, Hastings

 Explaining the results of observation, Centre for Contemporary Art,

 Hamilton.

             Wild West 91, Lopdell Gallery, Auckland

             Facsimiles­, Lopdell Gallery, Auckland

 The Chair Show, CSA Gallery, Christchurch

             Home Made Home- Wellington City Art Gallery.

1990    Sculpture, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1989    Natural Laws / universal homes, CSA Gallery, Christchurch.

             Sculpture and drawings, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland.

1988    Uncanny Atopia Fiction, Artspace   Auckland.

 The City, CSA Gallery, Christchurch

1987    Sculpture, RKS Art, Auckland

             Sub(urban), Wellington City Art Gallery.

1986    Sculpture and Drawings, Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton.

             National Sculpture Award, Wairarapa Art Foundation, Masterton

             Content / Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington

             Goodman Suter Biennale, Bishop Suter Gallery, Nelson

 Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art: Sculpture 1, Auckland City Art

 Gallery.

 Totems, CSA Gallery, Christchurch.

1985    Structural Situations, RKS Art, Auckland

 ANZART, Auckland City Art Gallery.

 

Professional Activities

 

2002   Senior Lecturer in Charge of Sculpture, Manukau School of Visual Arts, Auckland University at Manukau.

Member of Artspace Board

Sculpture research in Germany, The Netherlands & UK assisted by MIT Research Grant.

Judge for NZ Institute of Landscape Architects national landscape awards.

2001   Senior Lecturer in Charge of Sculpture, Manukau School of Visual Arts, Auckland University at Manukau.

MIT Research Grant for the production of a publication.

Member of Artspace Board

2000   Lecturer in Charge of Sculpture, Manukau School of Visual Arts.

            MFA (1st Class Honours) Auckland University

Creative NZ Research Grant  

Travel in England, The Netherlands, Germany and Spain researching contemporary sculpture and gardens

            MIT Research Grant for the publication of a catalogue of sculpture.

             Member of Artspace Board

Secondary Supervisor for Masters programme, AIT

Member of Unitec Advisory Committee for the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

1999   Lecturer in Charge of Sculpture, Manukau School of Visual Arts.     

            Candidate for MFA in Sculpture, University of Auckland

            External assessor for Sculpture & Photography at AIT

            Secondary Supervisor for Masters programme, AIT

            Assessor for Bursary Sculpture

            Artist in Residence, Canterbury University June/July

Member of Unitec Advisory Committee for the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

1998   Lecturer in Charge of Sculpture, Manukau School of Visual Arts.     

            MIT Educational Development, Course Design & Development.      

            Assessor for Bursary Sculpture                 

1997   Lecturer in Sculpture & Drawing, Manukau School of Visual Arts.

External moderator for sculpture and installation courses - Waikato Polytechnic Bachelor of Media Arts programme.

1996   Lecturer in Drawing, Manukau School of Visual Arts.

            Moet & Chandon Artist Fellowship - Avize, France.

            Goethe Institut Artist Scholarship.

German Language Course, Goethe Institut Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Germany.

Creative New Zealand Research Grant.

Travel in France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and USA researching contemporary sculpture and historic sites.

1995   Tutor in sculpture ASA School of Art.

            Landscape Design History, Theory and Practice, Unitec.

            German language, University of Auckland Continuing Education.

1994   Tutor in sculpture ASA School of Art.

            Landscape Design History, Theory and Practice, Unitec.

            German language, University of Auckland Continuing Education.  

Collaborated with landscape architects Patrick Corfe and Associates on design development for park.

1993   QE II Arts Council grant for sculpture research in the USA.

Advanced Architectural Computing, Auckland University School of Architecture.

1992   Tutor, Design School Unitec

            Architectural Computing, Auckland University School of Architecture.

Assessing Student Achievement, Educational Development Course, Unitec.

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Bibliography

 

Barnett Rod, Garden for an Observatory, from Paul Cullen catalogue, 2000.

Leach Maddie, Labours Left Unfinished, Catalogue Essay for Gravity/Model for a Hypothetical Space, Sofa Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1999.

Milburn Felicity, Incident at Z-152, Essay for Sculpture in the Gardens Catalogue, McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch 1999.

Pitts Priscilla & Hanly Gill, Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, Thames & Hudson, London & New York, 1998.

Smith Allan, notes towards, 1997. (Unpublished essay)

Brown Warwick, Another 100 New Zealand Artists, Godwit Publishing 1996

Dale Richard, Catalogue essay for Discovery of Oxygen, Artspace Auckland 1996

Stuart Caleb, Thoughts on Science, Technology and Art. Stellarc, Harley, Cullen and Kum, Post - Internet ezine of the Dept of Art History Auckland University.

Strongman Lara. Weird Science. Catalogue essay for 'Recent Discoveries',

Fisher Gallery Auckland 1994.

Dale Richard, Site, Architecture & Perspective, Essay to accompany  installation at Lopdell Gallery Auckland 1992.

Smith Allan, An art of possibilities. Catalogue essay for exhibition Explaining the Results of Observation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Hamilton 1991.

Johnston, Alexa M, Paul Cullen. Catalogue essay for Aspects of Recent New Zealand Art: Sculpture 1 Catalogue. Auckland City Art Gallery 1986.

 

PAUL CULLEN
Principal Lecturer Research
Subject Coordinator Sculpture
Manukau School of Visual Arts
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