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 (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
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
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Barkindji
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Cumpston, Nici

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