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Mr. John Cummins

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DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
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Latitude
-27.99908
Longitude
145.7794049
Start Date
1950-01-01
End Date
1950-01-01

Description

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ID
tb9d26

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/john-cummins
Birth Place
Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Biography
John Cummins holds a degree in Comeercial Art and Industry from Townsville TAFE. He has received many commissions over the years including reproducing his works as posters for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, designing the book cover of one of historian Henry Reynolds’ books, and designing the logo for the Fifth Festival of Pacific Arts in Townsville, 1988. He is a Gu Gu (Ku Ku) Yalaji elder and fluent Indigenous language speaker. As well as poster and other design work, John has been engaged in bark painting, using natural ochres and brushes made from the hair of his wife and daughters. From 2000 he began painting large commissions for Hans Sip on linen, following the lead of his brother Luke who had already been painting for Hans for some years. John’s interest in art and his heritage was influenced by his father and uncle who encouraged him to look at his culture for inspiration. He began to appreciate the beauty of his traditional Quinkan art when visiting the many rock art galleries at Laura and the surrounds. He has accumulated many stories which were mainly gathered by anthropologists from the South Australian Museum in field trips conducted in the 1920s and again in the 1960s. They were taken from senior informants at the time who were born in the 19th century. There are over 50 stories in the archive and over the last 10 years or so John and his brother have documented many of them in their paintings. Writers: Allas, Tess fishel Date written: 2007 Last updated: 2013
Born
b. 1950
Summary
Commercial artist, John Cummins has had a number of commissions since gaining his degree in Commercial Art and Industry at the Townsville College of TAFE. These include commissions from ATSIC, Posters for The Criminal Justice Commission, Child Care Posters, Aids Prevention Posters, several posters for the National Aboriginal and Islander Observance Day and the Fifth Festival of Pacific Arts in Townsville.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed