About

Yvette L. Cummings Arendt resides in the American South where she is currently Associate Professor of Visual Arts in Painting/Drawing at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. Cummings holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her work can be found in both public and private collections and has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the south, mid-west, and internationally. Cummings was selected as the inaugural solo exhibition, What is Withheld, for the international artist group, Art Mums United, based in the Czech Republic. Among her many awards, Yvette was a finalist in the Women’s United Art Prize 2022, received honorable mention in 2021, and was awarded First Place in the Disrupted Realism exhibition at Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI juried by John Seed. Cummings has been twice featured in the 701 Center for Contemporary Art South Carolina Biennial in Columbia, SC, winner of the 701 CCA Prize for artist under 40 in South Carolina, as well as Contemporary South at Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, NC and Coined in the South, Mint Museum Charlotte NC.