Abbey McCulloch has recently completed a Research Masters in Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art under the supervision of artist Jenny Watson. She has participated in numerous solo and group shows nationally and in 2007 she was short-listed for the Archibald Prize with a portrait of Australian actor Toni Collette.

She has recently been selected as a finalist for the 2008 Metro 5 Art Prize and the 2008 Stan and Maureen Duke Prize.

This year, the Australian Art Collector listed Abbey as one of Australia's 50 most Collectible Artists of 2009. Her portrait of Nell Schofield was also announced as a contender for the 2009 Archibald Prize and is touring nationally.
Born 1975, Resides in Queensland.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2008 The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2008 Metro5 Art Prize, Metro5 Art Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2006 Extinction Denied, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney 2006 Redlands Art Prize, Redland City Art Gallery, QLD
2005 Extinction Denied, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney 
2005 Luminous Two, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne 2004 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW 2004 Extinction Denied, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2004 Genesis V, Bond University Art Gallery, QLD 2003 Art for AIDs, Mac Aids Fund, Sydney 2003 White Lies Beneath, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne

2009 Harper's Bazaar, Culturati, by Jeanne Carey, June/July 2009 p 180
Australian Art Collector, Issue 47, 50 Most Collectible Australian Artists
Harper's Bazaar AUSTRALIAN STYLE, P 158 - 159 
The Age, 'Divining the doe-eyed damsel in us all' by Liza Power, June 17, p16

2008 Sunday Mail, 'Abbey scores YSL deal', by Anooska Tucker-Evans, August 17, p 25  
Grazia, Issue 3, 'Little Miss Sunshine', by Lollie Barr, p 126
Art Monthly, August, 'Bibliomania: The Paintings of Victoria Reichelt', by Jess Berry, p 26       
Australian Art Collector, 'Sting in the Tail', by Natalie King, Issue 45, p 122

2007 Harper's Bazaar, October,  Project Pink, appraised by Tim Olsen, p 230
Harper's Bazaar, September, Bazaar Insider, by Margaret Merten, p 168
The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Hippie child who longs for normality', by Louise Schwartzkoff,
August 20, p15
The Age, 'Toni Collette's brush with the bizarre', by Robert Nelson, June 2
The Weekend Australian magazine, profile by Anne Lim, Aug 25-26, p 9
The Weekend Australian, 'Famous faces, Black Sheep,' by Sebastian Smee, Feb 24, p 21
The Weekend Australian, 'Once again, judges leave a yawning gap', by S.Smee March 3, p 3

2006
Australian Vogue, October, 'Framed', p 114
Australian Vogue, January, 'Hunters and Collectors', Top Five Collectable Artists by Hannah Rand, p 102 Harper's Bazaar, February,'Old Masters, the New Mistresses?', by Emma Sloley, p 69 
Australian Vogue, October, Scene 'What's on and where', by Claire Barker, p 114

2005
The AGE, 'The art of being a real woman' by Rachel Wells, Feb 16, p 6 The Courier Mail, 'Curious beauty is revealed', by Heidi Maier, 7 September 2005 p19

2009 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2008 Finalist, The Stan and Maureen Duke Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
2008 Finalist, Metro5 Art Prize, Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Shortlisted, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2006 Second Prize, Redlands Art Prize, Redland Art Gallery QLD