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4 July–1 August 2026

Adam John Cullen, Studio

LON Gallery proudly presents Adam John Cullen's third solo exhibition with the gallery, Studio.


Please join us for the opening celebration on Saturday 4th of July from 2-4pm.

The exhibition will serve as a site for the coalescence of Cullen’s meticulously collected materials and his archive of concepts, thoughts and understandings. In Studio, the disparate workings of the artist’s atelier are finally settled into their completed form.


Based in Castlemaine in regional Victoria, Cullen’s studio is a place of collection; where his archive of ideas, objects and materials idly await articulation and transformation; the ultimate metamorphosis often spans years.


Materially, Cullen finds inspiration in packaging materials, plastic chocolate packets, fabric sourced in foreign flea markets, thrifted jewels, reclaimed pewter, stones and environmental refuse. In Studio, these materials ultimately conclude in sculptural forms, photographic works captured on salvaged, expired film and a collection of responsive texts by Jesse Boylan, Allison Gibbs and Daisy.


Adam John Cullen has exhibited in major institutions across Australia and internationally, including Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, Gertrude Contemporary Glasshouse, Shepparton Art Museum, Yellow Brick Studios in Athens, and the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. His work is held in various public and private collections, including the Australian National University (ANU), Drill Hall Gallery Collection, Shepparton Art Museum Collection and Deakin University Art Collection.

Giuseppe & Conger, 2026Italian linen, hydrostone, oxides, reclaimed pewter, past works cast in industrial packaging55 x 50 x 9cm

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XO, 2026Italian linen, hydrostone, oxides, reclaimed pewter, past works cast in industrial packaging24 x 53 x 20cm

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Amy and Carol, 2026Hydrostone, oxide, reclaimed pewter, cast in clay, glass & museum packing materials55 x 19 x 27 cm

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Tom & Canta, 2026Reclaimed pewter, cast tomato and cantaloupe4 x 4 x 4 cm

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Grottaglie, 2026Reclaimed pewter, hydrostone, oxide and found scrap metal, bent via farm machinery cast in solid pewter43 x 38 x 10 cm

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Skylí, 2026Archival photographic print on bamboo paper, aluminium frame20.5 x 26.5 x 2 cm

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Sarakina, 2026Archival photographic print on bamboo paper, aluminium frame26.5 x 20.5 x 2 cm

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Fílos, 2026Archival photographic print on bamboo paper, aluminium frame, museum glass20.5 x 26.5 x 2 cm

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Gátes, 2026Archival photographic print on bamboo paper, aluminium frame26.5 x 20.5 x 2 cm

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Scratch, 2026Archival photographic print on bamboo paper, aluminium frame and museum glass Reclaimed pewter, cast bottle-brush branch, markings by Fazola and Borer beetlesArtwork in two parts. Photograph: 20 x 26 cm. Sculpture: 23 x 6 x 7 cm

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Untitled (No. 4), 2026Reclaimed pewter, fake pearls and blue lapis beads25 x 13 x 2 cm

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Untitled (No. 2), 2026Reclaimed pewter, fake pearls and blue lapis beads18 x 15 x 2 cm

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Untitled (No. 1), 2026Reclaimed pewter, fake pearls and blue lapis beads18 x 18 x 2 cm

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Untitled (No. 3), 2026Reclaimed pewter, fake pearls and blue lapis beads12 x 21 x 2 cm

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