About

British artist, Joe Cummins graduated from the Fine Art Drawing BA hons at Camberwell College of Arts in 2013.

Since then, he has worked across various design led vocations including set design, visual merchandising and illustration. The pandemic spurred on the return to a more conceptual and personal practice spanning drawing, painting as well as tattooing.

Their work interrogates the duality of simplicity vs complexity, often exploring the relationship between shapes, colours, structure and pattern. Cummins uses 3D perspective and colour theory to lead the eye across surreal landscapes, building images that are inspired by the twists and turns of what it means to navigate the modern world. In particular, Cummins responds to personal narratives around self preservation, family and the stigma of mental health, as well as broader topics such as the reality of living within intersectional and complex systems. They query what it means to be present in a forever turbulent space, and invite the viewer to seek beauty in understanding something that is not immediately visible, clear or ever fully resolved.

Cummins has a continued conceptual art practice. Along side this he works as a UX designer and tattoo artist in Berlin, where he currently resides.

Education

2023 – UX Design Certificate, Career Foundry, Berlin, Germany
2018 – Teaching Art at Summer Camps, Language Farm, Germany
2016 – Foundation in Art Therapy, BAAT, London , UK
2013 – BA Hons in Fine Art: Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London, UK
2010 – Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Central St. Martins, UAL, London, UK

Exhibitions

Group show at Cookies Annual Bizarre, Studio C, Berlin – 2023
Solo show, at LIGA Tattoo Collective, Berlin – 2022
Coexist Project – at Future Cafe, Berlin, Germany – 2018
Solo show, at Big-Sur, Berlin, Germany – 2017
BA:SE, Group Show, Bussey Building, London – 2012
Something at the Rag Factory, Group Show, London – 2010
“We Cluster & We Stick”, Group Show for Rosie Dwyer, Chelsea Art College, London – 2018