THOMAS CUMMINS
Born in San Antonio, Texas. Currently lives and works in San Antonio.
CONTACT
EDUCATION
Maine College of Art | Portland, Maine | Chicago, Illinois | Photography & Critical Theory | M.F.A.
University of Texas | Austin, Texas | Studio Art & Art History with minor in Architecture | B.A. | B.F.A.
Chelsea College of Art & Design | London, England | Art History
Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design | London, England | Photography
Instituto Allende | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | Painting & Metals
RECENT STUFF
RaumArs Residency | Rauma, Finland
Bethany Arts Community Residency | Ossining, Ny
I-Park Foundation Fellow | East Haddam, Ct
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Permanent Public Art | San Antonio, Tx
Big Tex Flats Permanent Public Art Photo Mural | San Antonio, Tx
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Picted Fence Public Art | San Antonio, Tx
Künstlerhaus Bethanien + BlueStar Stipend | Berlin, Germany
Creative Place-Keeping: Plaza de Armas | Public Art San Antonio | San Antonio, Tx
San Antonio Airport Picted Fence | San Antonio, Tx
Pace House Residency | Stonington, Maine
Muzey Istorii Kronshtadta Permanent Collection | Kronstadt, Russia
Playa Fellow | Summer Lake, Oregon
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow | Amherst, Virginia
Cy Twombly Foundation Fellowship
The Studios of Key West Residency | Key West, Florida
Millay Colony | Austerlitz, New York
Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences Fellow | Rabun Gap, Georgia
Santa Fe Art Institute | Santa Fe, New Mexico
NCCA Art Residency in Kronstadt | St. Petersburg, Russia
Baie Sainte-Marie Residency & Travel Stipend | New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia
ArtPace 12.2 WindowWorks | San Antonio, Texas
Cultural Collaborative Grant | Office of Cultural Affairs | San Antonio, Texas
On Our Radar | Creative Capital | New York, New York
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | Nebraska City, Nebraska
X Marks the Art Public Art Commission | Houston Street | Public Art San Antonio
Byrdcliffe Colony | Woodstock, New York
Salud-Arte Permanent Public Art Commission | University Health System
USA Projects | Los Angeles, California
Yaddo | Saratoga Springs, New York
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | New York, New York
Que PASA? | Public Art San Antonio & San Antonio International Airport
Creative Capital PDP | San Antonio, Texas | New York, New York
Texas Public Radio Community Advisory Board | San Antonio, Texas
ArtPace Travel Grant | Copenhagen, Denmark
Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, Vermont
Artist Foundation Visual Arts Grant | San Antonio, Texas
LINKS
"Thomas Cummins Residency" | David Lyons | Bethany Arts Community | October 25, 2019
"2019 August Open Studios at I-Park" | Fairfield Citizen | August 25, 2019
“Big Tex Officially Opens in Southtown” | Camille Garcia | Rivard Report | November 29, 2016
“Pace House in Stonington to host artists, gallery tours” | Penobscot Bay Press | June 25, 2015
“EDNA 5” | Caroline Crumpacker | The Millay Colony for the Arts | June 11, 2015
“Blue Star Announces 2015 Berlin Residency 3.0” | Tami Kegley | The Rivard Report | May 8, 2015
“SSA Gala” | Southwest School of Art | October 2014
“Кронштадтские истории” | Evgenia Kuznetsova | Мир экскурсий | June 2014
“Playa Presents” | e-Playa | May 1, 2014
“Кронштадтские истории” | MrZooew | February 24, 2014 | (video)
“Кронштадтские истории” | Elena Gubanova | National Centre for Contemporary Arts | February 2014
“Good Morning Florida Keys with Jenna Stauffer” | WEYW 19 | December 17, 2013 | (television)
“Catching the Night: Long Exposure Photography with Thomas Cummins, AIR” | The Studios of Key West | December 2013
“!tch” | The Current | September 2013
“Itch” | Glasstire | September 2013
“ArtBeat” | Michelle Laflamme-Childs | KVSF 101.5 | May 17, 2013
“May Artists in Residence Readings and Open Studio” | Santa Fe Art Institute Blog | May 1, 2013
“April Artists in Residence Readings and Open Studio” | Santa Fe Art Institute Blog | April 5, 2013
“Five x Seven 2013 Participating Artists” | Austin Contemporary | April 2013
“Residence Program 2013: Thomas Cummins” | NCCA Saint-Petersburg | March 30, 2013
“Seven Minutes in Heaven” | CAM 2013 | March 2013
“Thomas Cummins” | Arturo Infante Almeida | The UTSA Art Collection – A Living Legacy to San Antonio’s Cultural Heritage | 2012 | p.52 | (image)
“Can art meet business in X Marks the Art?” | Ben Judson | Plaza de Armas | October 15, 2012
“X Marks The Art” | Public Art San Antonio | 2012
“Reflections on a summer month at Artpace” | Lilah Leopold | APB | September 13, 2012 | (image)
“Summer Tour Success” | Ernesto Olivo | APB | August 7, 2012 | (image)
“The Faces of Camp Artpace: Places and Spaces” | Kaela Hoskings | APB | July 25, 2012
“Seduction & Private Moments” | Jessica Garcia | How Not To Make A Living As An Artist | July 15, 2012
“San Antonio: Keeping Pace: Linda Pace’s Legacy” | Scott Andrews | art ltd. magazine | July 2012
“Artpace Window Works” | Francisco Cortes | Segundo Class | June 12, 2012 | (images)
“Thomas Cummins: Authenticity with a Twist of Uneasiness” | Christa Brothers | RGV Beyond Arts & More | June 2012 | p.10-13 | (images)
“Opening of Hudson Room and Window Works at ArtPace San Antonio” | J. Michael Short | San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2012 | p.18 | (images)
“Top Picks” | Bryan Rindfuss | Current | May 9 – 15, 2012 | p.24-5
“CAM Open Studio Tour: Thomas Cummins” | Ben Judson (web design) | Contemporary Art Month | March 2012 | (images)
“Goldilocks” | Austin Culture Map | February 2012
“Goldilocks” | Julie Ziegelman | Austin Art Connections | February 2012
“Lights Up! at VisArts” | Art News | December 2011
“Lights Up!” | VisArts at Rockville | November 2011
“Lights Up! Exhibit and The Nature of Light and How We Experience It” | Rockville Science Center | November 2011
“Program repurposes storefronts as homes for art” | Benjamin Olivo | The Downtown Blog | October 5, 2011
“First look: pop-up galleries in SA” | Artifacts | Current | September 29, 2011
“2011 ArtPace Travel Grant recipients” | Wendi Kimura | APB | August 30, 2011
“Texas Art Travel: San Antonio” | Sarah Fisch | Glasstire | August 11, 2011 | (images)
“How We Roll” | Callie Enlow | San Antonio Magazine | May 2011 | p.78 | (image)
“Thomas Cummins” | Nanette La Salle | Kree-ey-tiv-i-tee | May 1, 2011 | (images)
“What We’re Reading” | Sam Sifton | New York Times | April 15, 2011
“The Long Table of Love” | Hills Snyder | Contemporary Art Month | March 2011
“CAMitos: Some studio visits, Erick Jackson” | Sarah Fisch | Plaza de Armas | March 21, 2011
“The Swimmer. Yaddo. Saratoga Springs, New York.” | SuburbaNews | March 10, 2011
“San Antonio: March is Contemporary Art Month” | Austin Art Blogs | March 8, 2011
“CAM Neo-Automatic Open Studio Tour: Thomas Cummins” | Ben Judson | Contemporary Art Month | March 2011 | (images)
“Luminaria: Arts Come to Light” | ARTslut | Current | March 21, 2011 | (image)
“CAM 2011 highlights” | Elda Silva | Express-News | February 27, 2011 | p.5k
“Who’s doing what at Luminaria?” | Deborah Martin | Express-News Art Beat | February 27, 2011
“Luminaria: the un-Lamening?” | Sarah Fisch | Plaza de Armas | January 11, 2011
“Blue Moon Art Project” | Chris Camero | November 21, 2010 | (video)
“Second Friday Art Walk” | Bryan Rindfuss | Current | November 10 – 17, 2010 | p.23
“Pop Yo Trunk” | Ernie Zuniga | Fox News First | KABB | October 5, 2010 | (television)
“Guadalupe 30th Anniversary” | Eyewitness News at 10pm | Kens | October 2, 2010 | (television)
“Pop Yo Trunk – Ultra Vez” | Gabriel Quintero Velasquez | Una Noche de La Gloria 2010 | September 18, 2010 | p.16-17
“San Antonio on the Horizon” | Margaret Meehan | Glasstire | September 2010
“This is Not a Photo Show” | Noah Simblist | Daily Serving | September 7, 2010 | (image)
“First Friday meets Fotoseptiembre” | Bryan Rindfuss | Current | September 1 – 7, 2010 | p.31
“Blue Star Contemporary Art Center: This is Not a Photo Show” | SAfotoBlog | August 2010
“This is Not a Photo Show” | Re-Title | August 2010 | (image)
“This is Not a Photo Show” | Kimberly Aubuchon & Bill Fitzgibbons | Blue Star | August 2010 | (images)
“This is Not a Photo Show” | Kimberly Aubuchon | Unit B | August 2010
“Last Call to Participate in September Events” | Jimmy LeFlore | Public Art San Antonio News | August/September 2010
“Gallery Stroll” | Emily Messer | San Antonio Express-News | July 11, 2010 | p.3K | (images)
“First Thursday v. First Friday” | Bryan Rindfuss | Current | June 30 – July 6, 2010 | p.31
“From, Johnson part II” | Judith Baumann | Play | March 11, 2010 | (image)
“From, Johnson – March exhibit at Northern” | Judith Baumann | Play | March 8, 2010
“From, Johnson” | Northern : Olympia All Ages Project | March 8, 2010
“Top Picks” | Bryan Rindfuss | Current | January 6 – 12, 2010 | p.31
“Bling-Bling Fling” | October 24, 2009
“ARTifacts (notes on culture)” | Sarah Fisch | Current | August 26 – September 1, 2009 | p.71
“Home is where the art is” | Emily Seale | Current | August 12 – 18, 2009 | p.27
“You Turn Me On” | Current | April 22 – 28, 2009 | p.67 | (image)
“Colloquium I” | Leticia Rocha-Zivadinovic | The Colloquium | April 23, 2009
“That’s UIU, as in Abiquiu, with two L’s” | Bill Davenport | Glasstire | April 21, 2009
“LUMINARIA Streetscape Artists” | Sarah Fisch | Current Curblog | March 13, 2009 | (images)
“DuChampions rock Second Saturday” | Elda Silva | San Antonio Express-News Art Beat | February 10, 2009
“LOOK & LISTEN: Photography shows light at the end of the tunnel” | Emily Messer | 210SA | December 30, 2008 | p.10 | (images)
“ARTifacts (notes on culture)” | Sarah Fisch | Current | December 23 – 29, 2008 | p.23
“On the Street” | Mark Jones | Current Curblog | December 27, 2008
“Christmoustache soiree benefits S. Presa community” | Eva Ruth Moravec | Express-News | December 21, 2008 | p.2B | (image)
“On the Street: A Light, A Rake, A Shadow…” | Mark Jones | Current Curblog | December 18, 2008 | (images)
“You Could Even Say It Glows…” | Justin Parr | Fl!ght | December 13, 2008 | (images)
“Odd Works” | New Orleans Photo Alliance | October 4, 2008
“Odd Works” | Thom Bennet | New Orleans Photo Alliance | September 2, 2008
“Hunting Art Prize Finalists” | Hunting Art Prize | February 29, 2008
“Local Artists Receive Prestigious Grants” | Sharon Wong | San Antonio Magazine | March 2007 | p.38 | (images)
“Robleto Receives Tobin Grand Prize” | Vincent Bosquez | SLHW Literary Notes | November 7, 2007
“19 Artists Will Get $92,000 of Foundation’s Grants Today” | Deborah Martin | San Antonio Express-News | November 6, 2007
“Dario Robleto Receives Tobin Grand Prize For Artistic Excellence” | Texas NonProfits | November 2007