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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
2025 I “A Natural History (Built to be Seen), Austin Cullen and Sarah Jenstch, FLAT Gallery, Houston, Texas
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
2025 I Artphilein Gallery, Paradiso, Switzerland
2024 I CFISD Educator Exhibition, VPAC Gallery, Cypress, Texas
2024 I Houston Center for Photography 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
2026 I Deflate: Failures, Flops & Silver Linings, University of Arkansas Design Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2025 I 212 Photography Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2025 I Mampala Foto Lubumbashi Festival, Le Collectif Kivringo Space, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2025 I FotoSlovo, Apothikes Papadaki Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
2025 I Indonesia Photo Fair, Galeri S. Sudjono Tarman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
2025 I Open 2025, Grid Photo Gallery
2025 I Bemis Benefit Auction, Omaha, Nebraska
2025 I MoNA Art Auction, La Conner, Washington
2025 I Artist Trust Benefit Auction, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington
2024 I Critical Mass Top 200
2024 I Liquida One Shot, Liquida Photofestival, Complesso della Cavallerizza, Turin, Italy
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 Chatra Festival Exhibition, Rome, Italy
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
2021 I The Curated Fridge, Summer 2021, July, Juried by Michael Behlen
2020 I 17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
2019 I DUO, The Nicollective Pop-up Gallery
2019 I Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, Edmond, Oklahoma
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 #tpsNewVisions: A Student Show, January, Tammy Cromer Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 I Developed Work, October, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
2014 I Collaborations, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
Awards
2026 I Young Arts Creative Activity Micro Grant
2025 I Honorable Mention, FotoSlovo Awards
2024 I Honorable Mention, EPEX Espana Photo Days
2024 I Black and White Series People’s Vote Nominee, ReFocus Awards
2024 I Young Arts Creative Activity Micro Grant
2024 I Longlist, Homiens Art Prize
2024 I Series Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival
2023 I Young Arts Creative Activity Micro Grant
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
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
Professional Experience
2023 - Current Instructor, Photography 1, Photography 2, Visual Literacy, PS 1, PS 2, LrC 1, LrC 2, B&W Conversions, Digital Lab Crash Course, Digital Camera Basics, Houston Center for Photography
2023 - Current Digital Media and Photography Teacher, Cypress Falls High School
2026 Workshop Instructor, The Constructed Specimen: Darkroom Collage Techniques, Contact Darkroom, Totnes, England
2024 Workshop Instructor, Lumen Printing, Art League Houston
2023 Workshop Instructor, Lumen Printing, Art League 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
Lectures and Presentations
2025 I Society for Photographic Education Lecture “Photographic Clearance: Observations in Scientific Collaboration” with Joshua Mokry
2024 I LUX Art Center Exhibition Lecture “dust watching”
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)”
Publications
2026 I Oxford American, Summer / Fall Issue
2026 I ArtConnect “New Voices” Interview
2025 I Aedra Catalogue Vol. 9, “A Natural History (Built to Be Seen)”
2025 I FLAT Files Magazine, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2025 I Carte Blanche Magazine, “Dust Watching”
2024 I Phases Magazine, “Dust Watching”
2024 I DITO Publishing, “Moon”
2024 I Lenscratch, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)” Interview
2023 I Grant Interview, Young Arts
2023 I Sola Journal, “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)” Interview
2023 I Yogurt Magazine , “A Natural History (Built to be Seen)”
2022 I PhotoWorks Graduate Issue
2022 I Fraction Magazine Issue #160
2022 I RPS International Photography Shortlist Exhibition 164
2022 I Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #113
2022 I See-Zeen, Visual Dialogue Collaboration, Issue #4
2022 I Nebraska Quarterly Magazine, Volume 118, Spring
2022 I Zone Magazine, Online Archive
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
2019 I The Hand Magazine, Issue 23
Residencies
2026 I Studio Residency, Contact Darkroom, Totnes, England
2018 I Studio Residency, Baer Art Center, Hofsós, Iceland