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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Name
Nici Cumpston
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Assistant Curator
  • Lecturer
Birth date
1963
Birth place
Adelaide, SA
Active Period
  • 1987-
Residence
  • 1963 - 1968 Broken Hill, NSW (Also lived in Alice Springs and Darwin )
  • 1968 - 1979 Manitoba, Canada
  • 1979 - 1983 Riverland, SA
  • Cairns, QLD
  • 1983 - 1987 Alice Springs and Darwin, NT
  • 1987- Adelaide, SA
Training
  • Bachelor of Visual Art, Honours, 2002 - 2004 South Australian School of Art, University of SA (http://www.unisa.edu.au/art/)
  • Bachelor of Visual Art, 1998 - 2002 SA School of Art, University of South Australia (http://www.unisa.edu.au/art/)
  • Advanced Diploma of Applied and Visual Art, 1992 - 1994 North Adelaide School of Art
  • Diploma of Applied and Visual Art, 1987 - 1989 North Adelaide School of Art
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Menindee, Broken Hill, Wilcannia, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Cumpston, Nici

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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)