Biography
Michael Cullen, (1946 – 2020), was born in Wicklow and studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He was awarded the Independent Artists’ Major Painting Award in 1984, the National Portrait Award in 1989 and has been the recipient of several Arts Council bursaries. Cullen is an elected member of Aosdána and has had solo exhibitions at the Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal; Vangard Gallery and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; as well as Temple Bar Gallery, Graphic Studio Gallery and Project Arts Centre, Dublin. His work is included in many private collections and is also represented in the public collections of the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Dundee Contemporary Arts Society, Scotland, amongst others.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2001 Taylor Gallery, Dublin
1997 Love Stories, Graphic Studio Gallery
1997 Love Stories, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
1997 Love Stories, Taylor Gallery Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
2011 RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
2010 New Works – James McCreary, Leo Higgins & Michael Cullen, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2010 Graphic Studio: 50 years in Dublin, IMMA
2005 RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
2005 Gardens of Earthly Delight, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
2002 Nordens Ljus, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Estampe, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2001 Konstforum, Norrkoping, Sweden
2001 Blackpool, Glasgow Print Gallery, UK