Jan Anders Nelson

 

EDUCATION

 

1970 -1974 Midland Lutheran College, Bachelor of Art

1974 - 1977 University of Wisconsin, Master of Art

1976 - 1977 New York University, Graduate Independent Study

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2018

 

"Visions of Venus/Venus' Vision"

Dr. Elaine Schmidt, Curator

Zhou B Art Center

Chicago, Illinois

 

"2018 Open Photography Exhibition"

Salmagundi Club

47 Fifth Avenue

New York, N.Y.

 

"13th Annual ARC Salon (2017-18)"

Finalist

Art Renewal Center

 

2017

 

"ArtPrize 2017"

Womens' City Club

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

"Best of the Best"

Juror:  Curlee Raven Holton, Executive Director, David C. Driskell Center

Pepco Edison Place Gallery & Art Impact USA

Washington, D.C.

 

"BRAND 45, 45th Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper",

Juror: Leslie Jones, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Brand Library and Art Center

 

"Works on Paper, 2017"

Long Beach Island Foundation for Art and Science

Juror: Jane Panetta, Associate Curator, Drawings,

Whitney Museum of Art

Loveladies, New Jersey

 

 

"Modern Masters: A Look at Hyper_Realism"

Arte Ponte Gallery

New York City, New York

 

7th Annual Microsoft Employee Art Exhibition,

Microsoft Corporation Art Collection

 

 

"Industrialism in the 21st Century"

Curator, Jan Anders Nelson, Allan Gorman

Nicole Longnecker Gallery

Houston, Texas

 

​2016

 

TVAA National Invitational

Mesquite Arts Center

Dallas, Texas

Award for Excellence

 

Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series

Treason Gallery

Seattle, Washington

 

Appleton Museum of Art

2016 Biennial:  Inspired Lines

Juror: Alison Ferris, senior curator,Des Moines Art Center

Ocala, Florida

 

6th Annual Microsoft Employee Art Exhibit, 2016

Microsoft Corporation Art Collection

 

Sanchez Art Center

2016 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition

Juror: Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Chief Curator, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

Pacifica, California

 

JF Gallery

5th Annual Juried Competition, 2016

West Palm Beach, Florida

 

Colored Pencil Society

Explore This! 12, 2016 Invitational

Online  exhibition

http://www.cpsa.org

 

Conroe Art League

2016 Invitational

Conroe, Texas

 

Gallery 114

Winter 2016 National

Portland, Oregon

 

2015

 

New Hampshire Institute of Art

2015 Biennial

Juror: Sarah Montross, Associate Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

Manchester, New Hampshire

 

Post ArtPrize 7 Exhibit, Frames Unlimited

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

ArtPrize 7, Collins Art Gallery, GRCC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

2015 Bellingham National Art Exhibition - Salon des Refusés

Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington

 

First Annual “At the Walker” - First Place prize - 2D

The Walker Art Gallery, Garnett, Kansas,

(Video of the juror's critical review "At the Walker" exhibition: http://1drv.ms/1KE1MN6)

 

Fifth Annual Microsoft Employee Art Exhibit

Microsoft Corporation Art Collection

 

2013

 

Fourth Annual Microsoft Employee Art Exhibit

Microsoft Corporation Art Collection

 

2010

 

First Annual Microsoft Employee Art Exhibit

Microsoft Corporation Art Collection

 

2004

 

Claustrophilia - Group show

Capital Hill Arts Center

Seattle, Washington

 

 1978

Tacoma Community College

Solo Exhibition

Tacoma, Washington

 

Combined Faculty Art Exhibition

University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washinton

 

1977

 

Mostly Paint Group Show

State Street Gallery

Madison, Wisconsin

 

M. A. Solo Exhibition

Gallery 7

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

 

Davidson National Print & Drawing Competition

Juror: Marcia Tucker, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art

Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina

 

1975

 

9th Dulin National Print & Drawing Exhibition

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

 

Drawings USA

Juror: Janet Fish, Artist

Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

1974

 

13th Midwest Biennial,

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska