Joel Cunningham

Joel Cunningham

Inspired by Tribal Art, Cubism and Street Art, Joel creates work which is raw in style but refined in its finish. His sculptures are assemblages of curious shapes which create compositions with personality and depth. Joel’s paintings are an amalgamation of styles. Using a mixed media approach, his work expresses emotion with loose drawing and colour coupled with more considered mark making.

Joel has been a finalist in several major art prizes within Australia and exhibits his work throughout Australia and internationally.

Living and working in Sydney, Australia. Joel completed his studies at Sydney College of the Arts where he obtained a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours. Prior to that he received a Diploma of Fine Arts at Sydney’s Meadowbank TAFE.

2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours, Sydney College of the Arts

2014 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts

2012 Diploma of Fine Arts, Meadowbank TAFE

2007 TESOL Certificate 4

Exhibition History:

2018

The Other Art Fair, Sydney

Vulnerable, Monstrous and Vulnerably Monstrous, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Timbres: Personal Qualities or Character, Glebe, NSW

2017

Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill, NSW

Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Balmain Art and Craft Show, Balmain, NSW

2016

Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, New South Wales

Finalist, Hidden, A Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, Rookwood, NSW

Put It On Wax 2, A charity event , Ambush Gallery, Chippendale, NSW

Beams Festival, Chippendale, NSW

Balmain Art and Craft Show, Balmain, NSW

Makers Matter: Round 2 , Gaffa Gallery, Sydney CDB, NSW

Eden Unearthed ( commissioned installation), Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park, NSW

Collective Unconscious, M2 Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW

2015

Finalist, Hunters Hill Art Exhibition, Hunters Hill Town Hall, Sydney, N.S.W

Put it On Wax (a charity art exhibition), The Standard, Darlinghurst, Sydney, N.S.W

Tarantino, The Fox Hole, Sydney CBD

Art Noir, Mr Falcons, Glebe, Sydney, N.S.W

2014

Finalist, Sculpture in the Gardens, Rosby Winery, Mudgee, N.S.W

Finalist, Sculpture...