EDUCATION

2009 Masters of Fine Art by research, Monash University (Scholarship)

2004 Summer School at the New York Studio School, USA

2003 Drawing Marathon Graham Nickson – Adelaide Central School of Art, SA

1996 Julian Ashton School of Art, Sydney

1987 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Wagner Contemporary (November) “End of a chapter”

2021 Wagner Contemporary (November) “Recent Works”

2018 Wagner Contemporary (October) “I Am”.

2016 Wagner Contemporary (September) “Moments”

2015 Rubicon Ari Melbourne “ Amour et Vie” September

2015 Galerie Notre Dame France (April)

2014 Reflection Wagner Art Gallery NSW

2012 Book Launch and new work JMG Melbourne

2011 Intimate Interiors, Gadfly Gallery, Perth

2010 New Work, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

The Games People Play, Prospect Regional Gallery, Adelaide

Masters Graduate exhibition. Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne

2009 Artist Residency Exhibition, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW

2009 Gadfly Gallery, Perth

2008 Watched and Watching, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2006 Exploring Space, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2003 Other People, Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Finkelstein Gallery – Director’s Choice.

2019 Flinders Lane Gallery – Nude.

‘Adorn Me’ – Poets & Artists

2017 40 x 40 show Wagner

Wagner Birthday exhibition

Flinders Lane Gallery - In your face

Wagner Art Gallery - Summer show

2016 Horsham Regional Gallery Curated Show “Visiting Painting” (July)

2015 40 x 40 show Wagner Art Gallery

Drawing and fundamental liberation IV Wagner Art Gallery NSW

2014 40 x 40 show wagner Art Gallery

Small Drawings of People Curated by Maryanne Coutts Sydney

2013 Drawing a Fundamental Liberation III Wagner Gallery Sydney & Perth

2012 Drawing a Fundamental Liberation Solander Gallery & Wagner Gallery Canberra

ArtFair Melbourne (James Makin Gallery)

Figurative Difference (two person show), Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

Drawing a Fundamental Liberation-II, Wagner Gallery, Sydney

2011 The Lake Hindmarsh Project, AltitudeArt, Gipps Street Gallery, Melbourne

Erotica, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2010 Network Exhibition, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW

The Lake Hindmarsh Project, AltitudeArt, Jeparit, VIC

Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2009 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

Group Show, Maunsell Wickes, Sydney

Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

New Figuration, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2008 Muse, curated exhibition toured regional venues Mildura Art Centre and Benalla Art Gallery, VIC

Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

Director’s Choice Exhibition, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW

2007 Nothing On, The Bankart Gallery, Lancefield, VIC

Natura Morte, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2006 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne

2005 Winter Collection, Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne

Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide

Linden Post Card Prize, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne

2004 Salon Show, Montsalvat, Melbourne

Salon des Refuses, Archibald Prize, Sydney

Hidden Faces of the Archibald, Crown Casino, Melbourne

2003 National Trust, S.H Ervine Gallery, Sydney

Salon des Refusés (Archibald Prize), Melbourne

2002 Art and Politics, Sydney Print Exchange

2000 The Truly Intriguing Art Exhibition, Space Gallery, Melbourne

1988 Editions Unlimited, Broadway Artspace, Sydney

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PRIZES & COMPETITIONS

2023 KAAF Art Prize finalist.

Calleen Art Award finalist

Waverley Art Prize finalist

Sunshine Coast Art prize finalist.

Salon des Refusés S.H. Ervin Gallery finalist.

2022 William Fletcher Foundation Grant recipient.

Fisher's Ghost Art Prize finalist

Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist

Mosman Art Prize finalist

Lethbridge Gallery small scale art prize finalist

Rick Amor self-portrait prize finalist

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize finalist

Percival Portrait Painting Prize finalist

Muswellbrook art prize finalist

2021 Doug Moran Portrait prize semi-finalist (2 works).

Manningham Regional Art Gallery Naked & Nude art prize finalist.

KAAF Korea-Australia Art Foundation art prize finalist

RSASA Portrait Prize winner.

Archibald Portrait Prize finalist.

2020 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award finalist.

Kilgour figuration art prize finalist.

Percival Portrait prize finalist (2 works)

Darling Portrait Prize finalist (National Portrait Gallery - Canberra)

2019 Korea-Australia Arts Foundation (KAAF) prize semi-finalist

Doug Moran finalist.

Naked & Nude art prize finalist

Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist

Waverley Art Prize finalist.

Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize finalist.

Collectors’ Corner exhibition. Poets & Artists.

Calleen Art Award finalist.

BP Portrait Prize (London) NPG Semi-finalist.

Dobell Drawing Prize NAS finalist.

2018 AME Bale Works on paper finalist.

KAAF finalist.

Collins Place Summer gallery finalist.

Portia Geach finalist

Moran Portrait semi-finalist.

Calleen Art Award finalist.

Bendigo Art gallery Paul Guest drawing prize finalist.

Percival Portrait Painting Prize finalist

Muswellbrook Art Prize Finalist

Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize Finalist

2017 Moran Portrait Prize semi-finalist & Highly Commended

Korea Australia Arts Foundation (KAAF) finalist

Rick Amor Self Portrait finalist

Naked and Nude WINNER Manning Regional Gallery

Cowra Regional Gallery Calleen Art Award finalist

2016 JADA finalist

2015 Semi Finalist Doug Moran and Finalist

Semi Finalist BP Portrait award National Portrait Gallery London

Finalist Calleen Art Award NSW

2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award

Doug Moran Semi Finalist and finalist

JADA Drawing prize (touring for two years)

Winner Hills Art prize Oakhill College

Rick Amor Drawing Prize Ballarat

2013 Portia Geach NSW

Morton Bay Regional Gallery Art prize QLD

Nude & Naked prize Manning Gallery NSW

Albany Art Prize WA

Hutchins Drawing Prize Tasmania

Black Swan Portrait prize WA

Hazelhurst Art award work on paper prize

Muswellbrook, work on paper and Painting prize NSW

2012 Gold Coast Art Prize QLD

Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize NSW

JADA Grafton Regional Gallery Drawing Prize NSW

Paul Guest Drawing prize Bendigo Art Gallery

Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC

Swan Hill Drawing Prize, VIC

Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Sydney, NSW

2011 Albury Travelling Art Scholarship, Albury Regional Gallery, NSW

Stan and Maureen Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD

Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Alice Bale Art Award, Melbourne, VIC

Hutchins Prize for Works on Paper, Hutchins Art School, TAS

Prometheus Art Award, QLD

Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth, WA (Highly Commended)

City of Albany Art Prize, WA

Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, NSW (Highly Commended)

2010 Mount Eyre Vineyard Art Prize, NSW (Winner)

Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, NSW (Second Place Prize Winner)

Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney, NSW

Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Sydney, NSW

Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth, WA

Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC

Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC (winner)

The Alice Prize, NT

2009 Kedumba Drawing Prize (Winner Acquisitive Prize), NSW

Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Prometheus Art Award, QLD

Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney, NSW

Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC (Winner)

Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth, WA

2008 Warrnambool New Social Commentary Prize, VIC

Kedumba Drawing Award, (invitation only), NSW

Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney, NSW

Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Sydney, NSW

2007 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

2006 Salon de Montsalvat: Landscape Painting and Printmaking, Montsalvat, VIC

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PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

2023 Named one of Australia's top 100 hottest collectable artists.

2023 Feature profile in Issue 65 of Artist Profile.

2022 Named one of Australia's top 100 hottest collectable artists.

2022 Andrew McIlroy article ‘End of a chapter’

2021 The Australian Newspaper. Christopher Allan’s review of the Archibald finalists. 27/05/21

2020 The Australian Newspaper. Christopher Allen’s review of the Darling Portrait Prize. 21/03/20

2018 Artists Profile article on Dagmar Cyrulla's "I Am" exhibition

2018 Art Almanac review of Dagmar Cyrulla's "I Am" exhibition

2017 The Manning River Times

2016 The Carousel

2016 Artist Profile Magazine 2016 May “Drawn Together” Prue Gibson

2015 Northsider Charlotte Pordage

2015 Le Bien Public “L’ambiguite et l’innocence

2014 ArtView - Adam Dean

2014 Art Collector Magazine October November December

2014 Arts hub article by Marguerite Brown

2014 Alex McCulloch The Art Show

2013 History and Collections Castlemaine Art Gallery 1913-2013

2012 The Age, Penny Webb “ The Art of togetherness brings its creative rewards”

2012 Radio National Books and Arts Daily Michael Cathcart, August 2012

Sam Whitely “Dagmar Cyrulla” Box Magazine, March

2011 Prue Gibson “Dagmar Cyrulla’s Potent Imagery” Australian Art Review, July - Aug

Catherine Caine “Next Gen” Wish Magazine, The Australian, September

Stephen Bevis “Enigmas of the Everyday” The West Australian, August 24

John McDonald “Lines of Poetry” The Sydney Morning Herald, December 10

2010 Design Federation Interview December, Klaus Kinski

Art Nation feature, ABC TV, November

Penny Webb “Galleries” The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, November

“Therapeutic Observations” The Independent Weekly, September 17 - 23

Courtney Symes “Melburnin” Trouble, November

2009 John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March

John Matthews, Art Kritique blog

The Leader Newspaper, March

2008 Marguerite Brown “Watched and Watching” Trouble magazine, November

Ashley Crawford “Around the Galleries” The Age, November 29

Jeff Makin “Dagmar Cyrulla’s Watched and Watching” Herald Sun, November 24

Joy FM radio interview

2007 Joy FM radio interview

2004 Robert Nelson “The Archibald Prize” The Age, December 22

Jeff Makin “Hidden Faces of the Archibald” Herald Sun, December

2002 Sky Business Report

FM Magazine, May - June Edition

2001 “Art to Art” The Age, Domain, July 4

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ARTIST RESIDENCIES & GRANTS

2011 ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts

2010 Arts Victoria, funding allocated for AltitudeArt collective to support “The Lake Hindmarsh Project”

Dame Joan Sutherland Grant, America Australia Association

2008 Monash University Art and Design Publication Grant

2007 Hill End Artist Residency, Haeflingers Cottage, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW

2005 St Vincent’s Hospital Studio Residency, 11 months, VIC

Monash Research Publication Grant

2004 New York Studio School Summer Scholarship, USA

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Parliament House South Australia – Portrait of Sir Douglas Nicholls

Manning Regional Art Gallery

Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery

Bathurst Regional Gallery

Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery

Horsham Regional Gallery

Ballarat Regional Gallery

Chicago Printmakers Collective

London Print Workshop

Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery

Print Council of Australia

Pratt Group Holdings

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery

Tweed River Regional Art Gallery

Oakhill College NSW

Cowra Regional Gallery