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Austin Cullen
AustinCullen.Photo@gmail.com
Education
2022 I MFA in Photography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2019 I BFA in Photography, Stephen F. Austin State University
Solo Exhibitions
2024 I “dust watching”, LUX Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
2023 I “dust watching”, Houston Center for Photography
2023 I “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”, SRO Photography Gallery
2022 I “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
2019 I “Spirits”, SFA School of Art
Group Exhibitions
2024 I HCP 2024 Print Auction, Houston, Texas
2023 I First Look, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2022 I DongGang International Photography Festival, DongGang Photography Museum, Yeongwol, South Korea
2022 I Passepartout Photo Prize Annual Exhibition, 21 Piazza di Pietra Gallery, Rome, Italy
2022 I Portfolio Platform, Midwest Center for Photography, Online
2021 I UNL Photo Club Exhibition, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Medici Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2020 I 16x16x16 Traveling Exhibition, University of Kansas, University of Iowa, Metropolitan Community College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2020 I Looking Closely, University of Iowa Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
Juried Exhibitions
2024 I Lux Benefit Auction, Lincoln, Nebraska
2024 I Liquida One Shot, Liquida Photofestival, Complesso della Cavallerizza, Turin, Italy
2023 I Homecoming 2023, RIT City Space Gallery, Rochester, New York
2023 I Art League Benefit Auction, Houston, Texas
2023 I Der Greif “Past and Future”, Pavillion 333 at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2023 I Unbound12!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2023 I The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2023 I VAA 39th Open, Sabine Streets Studio, Houston, Texas
2023 I Lux Benefit Auction, Lincoln, Nebraska
2023 I Chatra Festival Exhibition, Rome, Italy
2023 I OPEN, Decode Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2022 I EXPO 2022, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2022 I Bemis Benefit Auction, Omaha, Nebraska
2022 I PHMuseum Days Collective Exhibition, PhMuseum Days Photo Festival, Bologna, Italy
2022 I B&W Exhibition, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
2022 I PLACES BELONGED, FLOOR_ Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2022 I Center Annual 2022 Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
2022 I Center Forward 2022 Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Colins, Colorado
2022 I Green Festival Exhibition, Daste Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, Juried by Zone Magazine
2022 I Context 2022, Filter Photo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2022 I 6th Louisiana Biennial: National Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech Gallery, Ruston, Louisiana
2021 I Landscapes, November 2021, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2021 I The Curated Fridge, Summer 2021, July, Juried by Michael Behlen
2021 I International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey
2020 I 17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
2019 I Surroundings, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2019 I DUO, The Nicollective Pop-up Gallery
2019 I Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, Edmond, Oklahoma
2019 I The Pivotal Image, Cumulus Photo
2019 I 47th Annual International Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas
2019 I Open Theme Annual 2019 National Exhibition, Webster Arts Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2019 I Print Rodeo, Southern Graphics Exhibition Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2018 I Piney Woods Photography Exhibition, November, Griffith Gallery, Juried by Priya Kambli, Nacogdoches, Texas
2018 I Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Art Show & Competition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas
2018 I Schwa Show: A National Juried Exhibition, October, Emerge Gallery & Art Center, Greenville, North Carolina
2018 I 36th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, July, Houston Center for Photography, Juried by Lisa Volpe, Houston, Texas
2018 I Raðljóst, May, Baer Art Center, Hofsós, Iceland
2018 I Texas National, April, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
2018 I 30 under 30 Directors Choice, February, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, New York
2018 I #tpsNewVisions: A Student Show, January, Tammy Cromer Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 I Developed Work, October, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
2017 I Stephen F. Austin Student Show, curated by Benito Huerta, Nacogdoches, Texas
2015 I Young Arts Young Arts Gallery, Miami, Flordia
2015 I Collaborations, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
2014 I Collaborations, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
Awards
2024 I Longlist, Homiens Art Prize
2024 I Series Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival
2023 I Young Arts Creative Activity Micro Grant
2022 I Series Shortlist, RPS International Photography Competition 164
2022 I Finalist, Texas Photographic Society National Photography Award
2022 I Honorable Mention, Passepartout Photo Prize
2022 I Third Place, The Independent Photographer Open Call
2021 I University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Scholarly/Creative Activity Grant
2020 I Edgren Grad Tuition Fellowship
2019 I Hixson-Lied Fellowship
2019 I Meyers & Martha H. Cather Fellowship
2019 I Director’s Honorable Mention, Surroundings
2019 I Stephen F. Austin Undergraduate Research Conference, Baker Patillo Student Center
2019 I Honorable Mention, Piney Woods Photography Exhibition
2018 I Melba Crawford Memorial Art Scholarship
2018 I Stephen F. Austin Weeks Memorial Art Scholarship
2018 I Honorable Mention, #tpsNewVisions: A Student Show
2018 I Stephen F. Austin Undergraduate Research Conference, Baker Patillo Student Center
2017 I Alumni Scholarship
2015 I Merit, Young Arts
Professional Experience
2023 - Current Educator, Houston Center for Photography
2023 - Current Digital Media Teacher, Cypress Falls High School
2023 Workshop Instructor, “Lumen Printing”, Art League of Houston
2023 National Conference Staff, Society for Photographic Education
2022- 2023 Registrar/Designer, Sarah Balinskas Fine Framing
2022 - Spring Graduate Instructor of Record, PHOT 161/261: Beginning Digital Photography, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2021 - Fall Graduate Instructor of Record, PHOT 262: Beginning- Photo Wet Darkroom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 - Spring Judge, Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Research Day, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 - Spring Graduate Instructor of Record, PHOT 161: Photography for Non-Majors, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2020 - Fall Graduate Instructor of Record, PHOT 161/261: Beginning Digital Photography, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2019 - 2022 Gallery Assistant, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery , Lincoln, NE
2019 - Spring Office Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Collections
2023 I Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Professional Development
2020 I UNL Summer Institute for Online Teaching Course
Lectures and Presentations
2024 I Houston Center for Photography Exhibition Lecture “dust watching”
2023 I Houston Center for Photography Lecturer “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)
2023 I Stephen F. Austin State University Visiting Lecturer, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2023 I Texas Tech Univsersity Visiting Lecturer, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2022 I FOTODOK Take Off #4, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2022 I University of Nebraska-Lincoln Thesis Lecture, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
Organizations
2022 - Present As far as I know Collective, Member
2020 - 2021 UNL Photography Club, President
2017 - Present Houston Center for Photography
2017 - Present Society for Photographic Education
2016 - 2019 SFASU Photography Club, President
Publications
2024 I Lenscratch, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)” Interview
2024 I Split Lip Magazine, Cover Page
2023 I Grant Interview, Young Arts
2023 I Superpresent Magazine, "“Inquiries”
2023 I Sola Journal, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)” Interview
2023 I Yogurt Magazine , Wildness Issue
2023 I Yogurt Magazine , “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2022 I X-File Photos, X015 Screen Memories
2022 I PhotoWorks Graduate Issue
2022 I Fraction Magazine Issue #160
2022 I RPS International Photography Shortlist Exhibition 164
2022 I Al Tiba9 Magazine, Issue #11
2022 I 14th Anniversary, Fraction Magazine, Issue #157
2022 I Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #113
2022 I See-Zeen, Visual Dialogue Collaboration, Issue #4
2022 I Conceptual Projects, Online Archive
2022 I The Independent Photographer, Talent of the Year Photobook
2022 I Abridged Magazine, Xandu Issue
2022 I Nebraska Quarterly Magazine, Volume 118, Spring
2022 I Zone Magazine, Online Archive
2022 I Dohdo Magazine, Online Issue #19
2022 I See-Zeen, Issue #3
2022 I Innovative Artist Grants Honorable Mentions, A Natural History (Built to be Seen) Interview
2021 I Float Magazine, A Natural History (Built to be Seen), Online
2021 I Blurring the Lines Catalog, Ethical Shifts in Photography, Curated by Amak Mahmoodian
2021 I Phroom Magazine,Overlooks, Online
2021 I NowhereDiary, False Fronts Interview
2019 I Cumulus Photo, The heart of things, Online
2019 I MILK VOL 002: A Survey of Contemporary Photography
2019 I The Hand Magazine, Issue 23
2018 I Book of poems and artwork, On the Wall & on the Page, Curated by Ken Lauter
Residencies
2018 I Studio Residency, Baer Art Center, Hofsós, Iceland