Paul Cullen was born in Te Awamutu in 1949. He attended the University of Auckland and graduated with a B.Sc. in 1971, before continueing on to study Fine Arts at Canterbury University, where he completed a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honours in Sculpture.

In 1975 Cullen held his first solo exhibition at the Centre Gallery Christchurch and was a finalist in the Hansells Sculpture Awards, held in Masterton at the Wairapa Arts Centre. Since then he has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally, including Avize, France, in 1996 as the recipient of the Moet et Chandon Artist fellowship.

In 2000 Cullen completed his MFA (1st Class Honours) at Auckland University. In 2002, he received a MIT Research grant to attend Documenta 11 in Kassel, and Manifesta 4 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was also selected as a Judge of the NZILA Biennial National Landscape Awards.

Paul Cullen featured in the very first headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF exhibition in 2003 with ‘Observatory” [pictured]. Most recently Paul has bacame a  Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, at AUT University, Auckland.

Bio adapted from content from http://www.artagent.co.nz/paulcullenintro.htm

Here are a few more of the incredible sculptures from headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF 2003 - For the full set of 2003 Sculptures, click here

Neil Dawson - Jive Ball	Kazu Nakagawa - 'Dreams' dreams
Paul Cullen - Observatory	Jeff Thompson - Waiheke Show Home

Look out for Kazu Nakagawa, Paul Cullen and Jeff Thmpson’s work as they return next year for the 2009 headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF