Roger Cummiskey
Roger Cummiskey,Dublin, Ireland / Mijas, Spain
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Roger, from Blackrock, County Dublin, in Ireland is a full time painter. He also lives and works
for over half the year in southern Spain.
He exhibits widely on the world wide web, in solo and group exhibitions as well as in
Galleries.
Roger has had paintings representing Ireland in London (1999), Stockholm (2000), New York
(2000) and at the Florence Biennale in 2003 to which he has been invited again to exhibit in
December 2005.
I am a full time visual Artist Professional Member of Visual Artists Ireland - VAI.Member The Artists' Resale Right (ARR) (Droit de Suite) In Ireland - IVARO
Chairman of the Andalusian International Artists Group - AIA-Group - PAIA.
Presidente del Grupo de Artistas Internacionales en Andalucia - PAIA.
Member Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores - AEPE.
Member Asociación de Acuarelistas de Málaga - AAM.
Member of NADFAS - Costa del Sol Decorative and Fine Arts Society. This year they celebrate their 20th anniversary and are a Member Society of NADFAS (UK) celebrating their 40th anniversary this year.
I am a former CEO in a voluntary capacity of Very Special Arts, Ireland, - part of the International Charity founded by the sister of the late President of the United States of America, J F Kennedy, and former US Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith in 1975.
I was a Board member of Eucrea Ireland Ltd. part of the European Communities Helios programme
Roger is a Dublin Watercolourist, living between Ireland and southern Spain.
He has developed a unique individual style and specializes in paintings that take their themes and titles from the wanderings and writings of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Miguel de Cervantes and other Literary and Historical personalities. He is a recognised Joycean artist.
Roger´s paintings have been exhibited in Australia, China, Finland, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA, and in many national and private shows in Ireland.
His paintings have represented Ireland at the Florence Biennale and also at International Art Exhibitions in London, Stockholm and New York.
Corporate collectors include: Enterprise Ireland, Starbucks, SWV Studios, Dipetane Int., Ballymore Homes, Computer Associates Inc., BT Business.
Museum Collections: Monaghan County Museum; Airfield Trust; Ayuntamiento de Mijas, La Cala Cultura; Ayuntamiento de Competa, Málaga, Spain; The James Joyce Tower Museum.
Charitable Donations: The Unicorn Children's Foundation; Amnesty International; Health Action Overseas; The Prince's Foundation; Unicef; The Marie Curie Cancer Care Foundation, Ireland; UNICEF, Ireland; Rehab Foundation, Dublin ; University of Southern Florida; Rossmore Golf Club; Artists Asociation of Ireland; Michael O'Connell Charity Dolphin RFC; The Artworks, Poole, Dorset, UK; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; TSUNAMI-ART-AUCTION-IRELAND; Ataxia Uk (www.ataxia.org.uk) and The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (www.mandela-ninos.org); Cooperation Ireland; CUDECA; Hunt Museum, 2006; Burkina Faso, West Africa fundraising; Concordia Anti Aids Charity, Aspandem and Piel de Mariposa, Marbella - Princess Marie-Luisa de Prusia. Hunt Museum, 2009.
