Nici Cumpston

Nici Cumpston
Born
Nicole Jane Cumpston

1963 (age 6162)
Adelaide, South Australia
Alma materUniversity of South Australia
Known forPhotography, visual arts, Indigenous art curation
RelativesJeremy Cumpston (brother)

Nicole Jane "Nici" Cumpston OAM is an Australian art photographer, painter, curator, writer, and educator. After being appointed inaugural curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) in 2008, she became founding artistic director of Tarnanthi, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts festival held in Adelaide in 2014, while retaining her position at AGSA. In May 2025 she will take up her appointment as director of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.