Jennifer Cummins

Jennifer Cummins is an artist and printmaker based in Dublin. She graduated in 2019 as a mature student from Limerick School of Art and Design with B.A. (Hons) in Print Contemporary Practice. She is a member of Black Church Studio Printmakers in Dublin and was awarded a graduate bursary prize from Cork Printmakers in June 2019. As part of the bursary prize Jennifer took part in ‘Host’, a Cork Printmaker’s exhibition in the Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork City, August 2020. Jennifer has also taken part in exhibitions in conjunction with Limerick Printmakers in the Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick and at the IMPACT Printmaking and Graphic Arts Conference in Santander in Spain.

My work revolves around the liminal space that exists between my observations of my everyday surroundings and my inner, intuitive self. The work explores this ‘threshold’ using colour, shape and texture as important components.

Through the mediums of screen-printing and photography as parallel practices, I allow this ‘liminal space’ between inside and outside to influence my intuitive approach to how I make my work. This leads to a process driven practice where the mono-printing techniques of screen-printing influence the construct and final outcome of the prints in a direct expression of that moment. My photography of the colour, shapes and textures in my surroundings play into the shapes and colours that I use to create the prints.