Fullerton was born in
Bellshill,
Scotland). He attended the
Glasgow School of Art and graduated from the MA painting programme in 2002. Michael Fullerton trained as a painter. His work includes painting, printmaking and sculpture. He works with portraiture, referencing the 18th century portraitist,
Thomas Gainsborough, and combining aesthetic with political concerns, his mode described by Roberta Smith of the
New York Times, as "a well-trained if so far unoriginal way with paint." He has painted
Lady Cosgrove, seen as a feminist pioneer for being the first female judge in Scotland, in a work titled
Lover, which refers to the artist's love of oil painting, as well as of the "romance" of political action. and The Centre for Contemporary Arts,
Glasgow in the solo show
Suck on Science. His solo show
Are You Hung Up? was shown at the
Transmission Gallery, Scotland as well as
Counter Gallery, London in 2003. His show entitled
Get Over Yourself was shown at Greene Naftali,
New York City, in December 2006. He was included in
Tate Triennial 2006, a three-yearly survey of new art. His most recent solo show was "Columbia", which was shown at the
Chisenhale Gallery, London between 9 September and 24 October 2010. ==Solo shows==