Austin Cullen

Austin Cullen is a Houston based photographer and printmaker. He received his BFA from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2019, and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2022. As a graduate student at UNL, Austin worked as a gallery assistant in the Eisentrager Howard Gallery, and as a Graduate Instructor of Record. He currently works as an Educator at Cypress Falls High School and the Houston Center for Photography. He lives with this wife (who is a an amazing artist that you should check out here), his dog, and two cats.

His current project explores museum natural displays and the natural world, and how they influence and affect one another. This project stems from his long-standing interest in natural history museums and the history of display. For this project he has worked closely with Houston Museum of Natural Science, Chicago Field Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Natural History Museum , Kansas University Natural History Museum, Hastings Museum, and several other notable Natural History Museums.

Austin's work has been included in numerous venues including the Houston Center for Photography, Filter Photo, and the Midwest Center for Photography. He has also had his work exhibited in online spaces like Urbanautica: Ethical Shifts in Photography (2021), Undisclosed Resource (2021), and Dohdo Magazine.

Print sales of imagery from A Natural History (Built to be Seen), and Dust Watching are available for purchase. Click here for more information.

COMMISSIONS, PUBLICATION, WORKSHOPS or to bring an EXHIBITION of images to your community and/or schedule a public presentation, contact the artist directly.