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Woolloongabba Art Gallery

613 Stanley St, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
p: +61 7 3891 5551 ~ e: email@wag.com.au
open: Tue-Fri 10am-5pm ~ Sat 10am-3pm

Sam Bullock

Bio

(b. 1979)

Studies

1992 St James College, Brisbane
1992–94 Sunnybank Autistic Centre, Brisbane

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Roots of ResistanceWoolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2024
Darkside of the Mirror, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2023
Dystopia, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2017
Autistic spectrum: Darkness and light, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2017 Life in Focus, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2013 Latin America in Focus, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2011 Wild International, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2009 Revolution in Motion, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2007 World Reflections, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005 Through the Mind’s Eye, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2003 The Human Experience, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2002 Dreams and Realities, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2000 Observations, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions

2024 Xmas Show 2024, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2023
 
Between Spaces 2023, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2022
Between Spaces 2022, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2021
 Xmas Show 2021, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Unaffected and Connected, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Queensland
2012 Renegades: Outsider Art, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns, Queensland
2011 3rd Annual Belle Arti Chapman & Bailey Art Award 2011, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2010 18th Annual Outsider Art Fair, 7 W New York, New York, NY, USA
2010 The Artist’s Ego, Amsterdam Outsider Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 The Artist’s Ego2, OLOF Art Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands
2010 The Artist’s Ego3, Matisse Club Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2010 Erotica: National Acquisitive Prize, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane
2009 17th Annual Outsider Art Fair, 7 W New York, New York, NY, USA
2008 European Outsider Art Fair, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
2008 The Australian Connection, OLOF Art Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands
2008 New Generation: ART Brisbane, Brisbane Convention Centre, South Brisbane
2008 Art of the Nude: Works from the Alex Mackay Collection, Albury City Art Gallery, New South Wales
2005 Gateway Art Exhibition, Positive Life Store, Brisbane
2004 The Unusual Suspects II, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2003 Sex and Sexuality: Selected Works from th e Alex Mackay Collection of Erotic Art, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland
2002 Out of this World, The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
2001 Visionary Images, Access Arts, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane
2001 Action Forum 2001, Brisbane Convention Centre, South Brisbane

Artist In Residence

2001 Action Forum, Brisbane Convention Centre, South Brisbane

Bibliography

Articulate, Planet Radio 88FM, 18 July 2005
Brown, Phil. ‘Power and passion’, Brisbane News, 24–30 April 2013
Brown, Phil. ‘Brutal honesty’, Brisbane News, 5–11 September 2007
Bullock, Sam. Sam Bullock: Revolution in Motion [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art
Dealer, Brisbane, 2009
Bullock, Sam. Sam Bullock: Global Perspective [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art
Dealer, Brisbane/OLOF Art Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands, 2008
Bullock, Sam. Sam Bullock: World Reflections [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art
Dealer, Brisbane, 2007
Bullock, Sam. Sam Bullock: Through the Mind’s Eye [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art
Dealer, Brisbane, 2005
Cahill, Jason. ‘Sam Bullock, art and revolution in motion’, Green Left Weekly,
Issue 812, 23 September 2009
Haxton, Nancy. ‘Autistically Artistic’, The Wynnum Herald, 4 May 1994
Loughnan, Melissa. Australiana to Zeitgeist: An A–Z of Contemporary Art,
Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2017
McLean, Sandra. ‘Star shines at opening’, The Courier Mail, 1 May 2002
Maier, Heidi. ‘In your face’, The Courier Mail, 2 April 2003
Smith, Sue. ‘Freedom of expression’, The Courier Mail, 14 April 2000

Collections

QUT, Brisbane
Alex Mackay Collection of Erotic Art, Brisbane
Peter Fay Collection, Sydney