Nici Cumpston b. 1963

  • Artist (Photographer)
Nici Cumpston is a photographer who creates images of significant Indigenous cultural landscapes of the Murray/Darling basin. Her images are mostly pencil and watercoloured hand painted black and white images.
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exhibited at
In the Balance: Art for a Changing World
Date
21 August 2010 - 31 October 2010
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

This exhibition surveyed the work of over 30 artists and collectives who were engaged with pressing environmental issues and debates. The majority of artists in the exhibition were Australian; their work was contextualised and expanded through the inclusion of international participants whose works resonated strongly with local concerns.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Environmental
exhibited at
The Challenged Landscape
Date
20 April 2010 - 21 May 2010
Place
UTS Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia
Date
19 October 2009 - 4 December 2009
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/nd49/making-tracks-a-glimpse-at-two-decades-of-aboriginal-art-in-sa/
exhibited at
BITE: recent additions to the Flinders University Art Museum Collection
Date
8 May 2009 - 19 July 2009
Place
Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Shards
Date
2008
Place
SA School of Art Gallery, University of South Australia, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.unisa.edu.au/art/sasagallery/default.asp
exhibited at
Uneasy: Recent South Australian Art
Date
2008
Place
Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum/
exhibited at
Indigenous Responses to Colonialism - Another Story
Date
2007
Place
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/
Power and Beauty, Indigenous Art Now
Date
2007
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/power_and_beauty
exhibited at
The Murray Cod: The Biggest Fish in the River
Date
2006 - 2008
Place
National Tour
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.netsvictoria.org/NETS_4_3.html
exhibited at
Holy Holy Holy
Date
2004 - 2005
Place
Flinders University Art Museum, 2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum/index.cfm?mid=6&sid=0
exhibited at
Reflections
Date
2002
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/
exhibited at
Nakkondi/Look - Indigenous Australians 1999-2000
Date
2000 - 2002
Place
State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

for the 2000 Adelaide Festival of the Arts toured to Bernnheim Library, Noumea, New Caledonia 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Regional New Caledonia tour 2002 – The Kluge Rue Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Craftsouth website', Adelaide, South Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Allas, Tess (2009), 'Interview with the artist'.>, <ExternalResource: Lawrence, Kay and Cumpston, Nici pages 234-245 (2007), 'A Story is Like a River: Weaving the Murray', Melbourne University Press, Anthology titled Fresh Water: New Perspectives on Water in Australia edited by Potter, Emily; Mackinnon, Alison; McKenzie, Stephen; McKay, Jennifer.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Craftsouth website', Adelaide, South Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Saines, Deborah Durie (1993), 'Interview with the artist', Unknown.>, <ExternalResource: Lawrence, Kay and Cumpston, Nici pages 234-245 (2007), 'A Story is Like a River: Weaving the Murray', Melbourne University Press, Anthology titled Fresh Water: New Perspectives on Water in Australia edited by Potter, Emily; Mackinnon, Alison; McKenzie, Stephen; McKay, Jennifer.>]
Related recognitions
  • Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • WA Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • People's Choice Award - River Murray Art Prize (received)
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Queensland Art Gallery (received)
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Queensland Art Gallery (received)
  • Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • People's Choice Award - River Murray Art Prize (received)
  • WA Indigenous Art Awards (received)