Born a Warumunga and Luritja woman from Central Australia, Kelli Cole is an independent curator and Assistant Curator in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Department at the National Gallery of Australia.

In this role she has been an integral part of the team responsible for curating successive Indigenous Art Triennial exhibitions and the eleven permanent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Galleries. Cole also worked with Hetti Perkins on the production of ‘art+soul II’ for ABC TV.

Image: Lisa Mattiazzi