2006 (with his painting Edmund, depicting gallery director and art historian Edmund Capon), in 2011 and 2012. Other prizes and honours Cullen was exhibited in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize show of 2000-2001 with a portrait of comedian Mikey Robins. He was the winner of the Mosman Art Prize in 2005, having been a finalist in 2000. In November 2009, the Cullen Hotel, named after the artist, opened in Melbourne. Later life and legacy In 2011 he was given a suspended jail sentence for drink-driving and weapons offences. A psychiatric report recommended treatment for bipolar disorder as well as a long-term alcohol rehabilitation program. He died on 28 July 2012, after having been seriously ill for some time. Erik Jensen's 2015 biography of Cullen, Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen, won the 2015 Nib Literary Award as well as being shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction. Acute Misfortune, directed by Thomas M. Wright, based on Jensen's book, with the screenplay co-written by Wright and Jensen and focussing on Cullen's volatile relationship with his biographer, was released in 2018. References External links The Cullen Hotel The Maker: Adam Cullen 1965 births 2012 deaths Australian artists Archibald Prize winners University of New South Wales alumni Archibald Prize finalists Australian portrait painters