Gemma Nelson
Gemma Nelson 'Hello Carousel/Floral Decorations For Bananas' 42cm x 48cm, Indian ink, enamel, sequins and thread on canvas, 2011
Gemma Nelson 'The Peacock With The Raspy Voice' 20cm x 20cm, Indian ink, enamel, sequins and glow in the dark acrylic on canvas, 2011
Gemma Nelson 'Look Out! Helter Skelter!' 25cm x 30cm, Indian ink, enamel and sequins on canvas, 2011
Gemma Nelson 'The Mountain of Orgasmic delights and laddered stockings' Indian ink, enamel and mixed media on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2008
CV Gemma Nelson
Born 1984, West Yorkshire, UK
artist currently lives and works in London
Education:
2003-2007 University College London:
BA (hons) Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art
2006: Anatomy for Artists, University College London
2005: Philosophy of Perception, Pictures and Values, University College London
Exhibitions:
2011 ‘Hello Carousel’ Solo show, VEGAS, London
2011 ‘Dulwich Picture Gallery Bicentenary Exhibition’ Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2011 ‘Drawn Together’ Jeannie Avent Gallery, London
2011 ‘Roulette’ VEGAS Gallery, London
2010 ‘Feminism In London’, Aubin Gallery, London
2010 Amsterdam Art Fair
2010 Trajector Art Fair, Brussels
2010 GIVEITANAME, VEGAS, London
2009 Trident Way II: The Southall Project, Departure Gallery, London
2009 Glitterarty, Hackney Wick, London. Curated by Lee Campbell
2009 Gallery Forward, West Yorkshire
2009 Saatchi Gallery, London
2009 Slick Dessin, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Paris
2009 Cover of Feb 09 issue of ‘a-n’ art magazine
2009 AAF, London, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
2009 The London Art Fair, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, Islington, London
2008 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2008/9 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, (touring), Liverpool Capital of Culture, The Coach Shed, Liverpool, Club Row, London
2008 John Jones Art Collection, Finsbury Park, London
2008 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
2008 ‘Gemma Nelson & Matt Franks’, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
2007 ‘Rising Stars’ Coombe Gallery, Devon
2007 ‘4 New Sensations’, Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4, Truman Brewery, London
2007 Gissings group show, Finsbury Circus, London
2007 The Slade School of Fine Art degree show, University College London, London
2007 Finalist in the Nationwide Mercury Art Prize, The Hospital Gallery, London
2006 interim show, Slade School of Fine Art, Woburn Studios, Bloomsbury, London
Residencies & Talks:
2010 Lecture of work at Huddersfield University.
2009 Trident Way II: The Southall Project, Departure Gallery, Southall, London.
2009 Guest Speaker for ‘IN DISCUSSION 5) ANJA PRISKA “THE SEDUCER” PAINTINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL’, London
Press and publications:
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008
Catalogue edited by Bev Bytheway and Eileen Daly
Publisher: New Contemporaries [1988]
ISBN 978 0 9540848 8 2
a-n Magazine- February edition 2009
cover
ISSN 9770261342034
Cluster Magazine- March edition 2009
Issue 2 ‘Act Two’
ISSN 1756-2457
Paper X, issue 2 October 2009
‘Ecstacy Stacy’ and ‘Madonna’