Profile in Brief

Gus Cummins is a member of 'The London Group' and was elected 'Royal Academician' (RA) in 1992. He has won numerous prizes and has work in collections in the UK, Europe and the USA. Gus has taught at many Art Colleges, principally at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. He was born in London in 1943 and lives in Hastings.

Gus Cummins's has had solo shows throughout the UK since the 1970's and exhibits each year at the Royal Academy. His work has been exhibited widely in group shows including exhibitions at the Mall Galleries, the National Portrait Gallery, the Festival Hall, Camden and Battersea Arts Centres and the Royal Academy, as well as many private galleries. He has also exhibited in Norway, Holland, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates and the USA.

Prizes

Henry Moore Prize (London Group) (1982)
GLC Spirit of London Festival (1983)
Daler-Rowney Prize (Royal Academy, 1987)
First Prize in the Hunting Group (1990, 1999)
House and Garden Prize and Blackstone Award (Royal Academy, 1992)
Royal Watercolour Society Prize (Bankside Gallery, 2001)
Jack Goldhill Sculpture Award (Royal Academy 2005)