CRAIG M. CULLY

EDUCATION:

The University of Arizona 1996 — 1999
Tucson AZ,MFA painting

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1995
Chicago IL, painting concentration

Tyler School of Art, Temple University 1989 — 1993
Elkins Park PA, BFA painting

Galleries:

Solo exhibitions:

Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, “Portraits and Perversions,” Tucson AZ 2004
Western Texas College, “(A)pathetic,” Snyder TX, 2001
Sleeth Gallery of Wesleyan University, “Awkward Intimacies,” Buckhannon WV 2000

Group exhibitions:

Platform Gallery, “New Works,” Tucson, AZ 2006
Phoenix Museum of Art, “Contemporary Forum Grant Winners,” Phoenix AZ 2006
Etherton/Temple Gallery, “Bonfire of the Vanitas” Tucson AZ 2006
Platform Gallery, “Behind Our Eyes,” Tucson AZ 2005
Liz Hernandez Gallery, “Out of Chaos,” Tucson AZ 2005
Ehterton/Temple Gallery, “Wherefore Art Thou?,” Tucson AZ 2005
Southern Arizona Aids Foundation, Festival of Life, “Paper Prayers,” Tucson AZ 2004/2005
Liz Hernandez Gallery, “Earth, Wind, and Faces,” Tucson AZ 2004
Tucson Museum of Art, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?,” Tucson AZ 2004
MOCA, “Drawn,” Tucson AZ 2004
Monorchid Studios, “Respite,” Phoenix AZ 2004
MOCA, Hazmat Gallery, “Have and Hold,” Tucson AZ 2002
Northern Arizona University, “Surface,” Flagstaff AZ 2002
Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, “Faculty Show,” Lubbock TX 2000
MOCA, Hazmat Gallery, “New! with anti-oxidants,” Tucson AZ 2000
Gallery on the Green, “Small Works Invitational,” Canton CT 1999
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, “Annual Faculty Show,” W. Hartford CT 1999
Joseph Gross Gallery, “MFA Thesis Show,” Tucson AZ 1999
The Select Gallery, “Hands In...,” Sedona AZ 1998

juried exhibitions:

Art Link Contemporary Art Gallery, “Lots of Little Art,” Fort Wayne IN 2003
Leslie Powell Gallery, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha OK (purchase award) 2001
Washington Art Association, “Young Talent,” Washington Depot CT 2000
Apparatus Gallery, “Multi-Cultural Religious,” Tucson AZ 1998
Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly University “Fragmented Bodies: Violence or Identity?,” Pomona CA 1998
Creative Arts Workshop, “Rhythm, Gesture, Metaphor,” New Haven CT 1998
Cesar Chavez Gallery, “Fetish,” San Francisco CA 1998

Awards & lectures:

Guest Lecturer/Juror, Avra Valley High School, Marana, AZ
Contemporary Forum Grant, Phoenix Museum of Art 2005
Arts in the Park, Coordinator, Pima Community College Student Exhibition, Oro Valley AZ 2005
Tombstone Gallery Annual Art Exhibition, Juror, Tombstone AZ 2004
West Virginia Wesleyan University, Visiting Artist Lecturer 2000
Graduate Teaching Scholarship, University of Arizona 1997, 1998, 1999
FATE (Foundations & Art Theory in Education) Student Award 1999
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UA College of Fine Arts 1999
Final Project Grant, UA College of Fine Arts 1999 Travel Grant, Tucson Pima Arts Council 1998

Publications & Citations:

Downtown Tucsonan, “Julia Latané Returns to MOCA” October 2005 (contributing critic)
Tucson Citizen, “Our City’s Rich With Art” (May 12 2005 cover story)
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma “Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition,” Chickasha OK (exhibition catalogue)
Artlies: A Texas Art Journal, Volume 2, October 2001 “Texas Works, Art Zealot + Will Cannings” (contributing critic for West Texas area)
Artlies: A Texas Art Journal, Volume I August 2001 “Nola Dixon Richards: The Other Side of Silence” (contributing critic for West Texas area)
“Religious Themes Predominate At Apparatus Gallery’s Latest Exhibition,” Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly, December 1998
“The Fragmented Body,” a small group exhibition which featured my work received much critical attention and was ranked the third top exhibition in Orange County/Los Angeles in 1998 by The Orange County Register December 27, 1998
“Artists Seek Wholeness in Divided Lives” Danielle Walsh, The Orange County Register, Fine Arts Section November 15 1998
“Bodies of Expression” Deborah L. Knaff, The Press Enterprise, November 15, 1998
“Exhibit Explores Fragmented Bodies,” Cal Ploy Press, November 16, 1998
“Headless Barbies on the March,” Only in L.A., Steve Harvey’s column in the Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1998
“Rhythm, Gesture Metaphor,” a small group exhibition juried by Squeak Cornwalth which featured my work received much critical attention and was selected for Best of New Haven 1998: Staff Picks by The New Haven Advocate, May 1998
“Painter’s Picks: Painting, Works on Paper,” William Zimmer, The New York Times May 10, 1998
“What’s the Word?,” Hank Hoffman, New Haven Advocate, May 1998
“Written word becomes visual link in national show,” Judy Birke, New Haven Register, May 1998
Public Collections: Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha OK