# Adam Cullen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/adam-cullen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T09:18:00.700Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1965-10-09
- Death date: 2012-07-28
- Nationality: Australian
- Movements: Australian grunge
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Performance art

## Portrait

![Adam Cullen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Adam_Cullen_and_Kristjan_Jaak_Peterson.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Cullen_and_Kristjan_Jaak_Peterson.jpg

## About Adam Cullen

Adam Cullen (1965–2012) was an Australian artist whose practice included painting, sculpture, and performance art. He became widely recognized after winning the Archibald Prize in 2000 for a portrait of actor David Wenham, and he later won the Sulman Prize in 2003. Reference sources associate Cullen with an Australian form of grunge, a context reflected in work known for challenging or subversive subject matter. Library authority records identify him as an Australian artist and connect his name with the publication Adam Cullen: Scars Last Longer and the 2008 exhibition Adam Cullen: Let’s Get Lost. Collectors and appraisers may encounter Cullen’s portraits, paintings, works on paper, sculpture, mixed-media pieces, and editions in the secondary market. His award history, distinctive visual language, exhibition record, and the specific characteristics of each work help distinguish individual examples.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include Adam Cullen paintings, portraits, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed-media works, decorative art, and editions. Portraiture is an important documented context, while broader subject matter may reflect Cullen’s controversial or subversive approach. Medium, date, scale, condition, and edition details should be confirmed from the object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Adam Cullen’s public auction market spans paintings and fine art, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. Appraisal should focus on the individual object rather than a single artist-wide figure. Medium, dimensions, date, career period, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, subject matter, and attribution confidence can all affect comparability. Recent public auction records are useful evidence when the lots closely match the work being assessed. Appraisily’s available records provide a market starting point, but private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, authentication issues, and changes in attribution may not be fully represented.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678916
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/78971338/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/125106378
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Cullen
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Cullen
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/adam-cullen/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Cullen_and_Kristjan_Jaak_Peterson.jpg