Plainsboro Library Gallery to Show ‘Socially Relevant’ Art

During February and March, Plainsboro artist, designer, and illustrator Terrance Cummings will show his work in the Plainsboro Public Library gallery.

Opening February 1, the show will feature Cummings’ graphic work,  which often consists of flattened areas of color assembled into stylized figures. Classically trained in figurative drawing, the artist often uses the human figure as his main subject.

Cummings describes his art as “socially relevant” and says he aims to create art that “addresses a problem.”  He says he hopes “to provide positive depictions and alternatives to some of the challenging issues of today.”

Born in Birmingham, ALA, Cummings grew up in New York City. He attended his first art classes at the Art Students League, where he studied anatomy and design. He then attended the NYC High School of Music and Art and received a  BFA degree from the Parsons School of Design.

Cummings has worked for Random House, Crown Books, Viking Penguin, and Kensington Press as a book designer and illustrator. He has received awards from the Bookbinders Guild, the Society of Illustrators, and The American Illustration Award.

Cummings is scheduled to present a gallery talk at the library on February 5, provided library access is not restricted due to Covid. If he has the opportunity, he says, he will discuss how art lives beyond the moment it was created.