Nici Cumpston
1963
Australian artist, curator, writer and educator (born 1963)
Nicole Jane "Nici" Cumpston 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.