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EDUCATION
2009 Masters of Fine Art by Research, Monash University (Scholarship)
2004 Summer School at the New York Studio School, US
2003 Drawing Marathon Graham Nickson, Adelaide Central School of Art, SA
1996 Julian Ashton School of Art, Sydney NSW
1987 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 ‘Etre’ Lennox St. Gallery, Richmond
2025 'Etre' Galerie La Source, Dijon France
2023 Wagner Contemporary (November) "Observing & Reflecting"
2022 Wagner Contemporary (November) "End of a chapter"
2020 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
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
2010 The Games People Play, Prospect Regional Gallery, Adelaide
2010 Masters Graduate exhibition. Monash University, 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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Galerie Herbert-Fort, Châteauneuf-en-Auxois. Scènes de vie.
2025 Burrinja Gallery – Women Painting Women exhibition.
2024 Lennox St. Gallery - "Sinuous"
2021 Finkelstein Gallery – Director’s Choice
2019 ‘Adorn Me’ – Poets & Artists
2017 Wagner Birthday exhibition
2017 "In Your Face" Group Exhibition at Flinders Lane Gallery
2016 Horsham Regional Gallery Curated Show “Visiting Painting” (July)
2015 40 x 40 show Wagner Art Gallery
2015 Drawing and fundamental liberation IV Wagner Art Gallery NSW
2014 40 x 40 show Wagner Art Gallery
2014 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
2012 ArtFair Melbourne (James Makin Gallery)
2012 Figurative Difference (two person show), Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2012 Drawing a Fundamental Liberation-II, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
2011 The Lake Hindmarsh Project, AltitudeArt, Gipps Street Gallery,
2011 Erotica, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Network Exhibition, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2010 The Lake Hindmarsh Project, AltitudeArt, Jeparit, VIC
2010 Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Winter Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Group Show, Maunsell Wickes, Sydney
2009 Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2009 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
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
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2022 William Fletcher Development Grant recipient
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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
Caloundra Regional Gallery.
Parliament House South Australia – Portrait of Sir Douglas Nicholls
Manning Regional Art Gallery
Cowra Regional Gallery
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery VIC
Bathurst Regional Gallery NSW
Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery VIC
Horsham Regional Gallery VIC
Ballarat Regional Gallery VIC
Chicago Printmakers Collective
London Print Workshop
Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery NSW
Print Council of Australia
Pratt Group Holdings
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery VIC
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
Oakhill College NSW
Representation:
Wagner Contemporary, Paddington, NSW
Lennox St Gallery, Richmond, VIC
PRIZES & COMPETITIONS (finalist or winner)
2026 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize finalist
Blake Art Prize finalist
2025 Naked & Nude Art Prize finalst
Omnia Art Prize finalist
Sorrento Art Prize finalist
2024 KAAF Art Prize finalist
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award (Highly Commended)
Basil Seller Art Prize finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award finalist.
JADA Drawing Prize finalist
Lane Cove Art Award finalist
Archibald Portrait Prize finalist (AGNSW)
Darling Portrait Prize finalist (NPG)
Bayside Painting Prize Finalist
2023 KAAF Art Prize finalist.
Calleen Art Award finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist
Waverley Art Prize finalist
Salon des Refusés S.H. Ervin Gallery finalist
2022 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 Art Prize finalist
Muswellbrook art prize finalist
2021 Doug Moran Portrait prize semi-finalist (2 works).
Naked & Nude art prize finalist.
KAAF 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 KAAF Art Prize semi-finalist
Moran Portrait Prize finalist
Naked & Nude art prize finalist
Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist
Waverley Art Prize finalist
Ravenswood Women's Art Prize finalist
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.
Bendigo Art Gallery Paul Guest drawing prize finalist.
Calleen Art Award finalist
Percival Portrait Prize finalist
Muswellbrook Art prize finalist
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing finalist
2017 Korea Australia Arts Foundation (KAAF) finalist
Rick Amor Self Portrait Finalist
Doug Moran Finalist, "Highly Commended" award
Winner of Manning Art Gallery, 'Naked & Nude' art prize
Calleen Art Award finalist Cowra Regional Gallery
2016 JADA finalist Grafton Regional Gallery (Tours for 2 years)
2015 Semi Finalist Doug Moran
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
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
2026 Artists Profile ESSAY | In Defence of Not Knowing: Être and the Art of Reflection
2025 Named as one of Australia's top 100 hottest collectable artists.
2024 Featured in ‘Slow Reveal’ by author Paul McGillick.
2024 Featured in 'About Face' art book by author Amber Creswell Bell
2024 Foreign Influence TV interview with Dagmar Cyrulla
2024 Featured in 'About Face' art book by Amber Creswell Bell.
2023 Named as one of Australia's top 100 hottest collectable artists.
2023 Feature profile in Issue 65 of Artist Profile journal.
2022 Named as one of Australia's top 100 hottest collectable artists.
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 by Prue Gibson
2015 The 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 streaming audio
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 Dagmar Cyrulla’s Potent Imagery by Prue Gibson, 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
2007 Joy 94.9 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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