May 12
Artist Talk: Catherine Nelson
This talk proudly sponsored by the Christopher U. Light Lectureship in the Arts
Born in Shreveport, LA, Catherine Nelson is a sculptor and installation artist working primarily with wood, textiles, and metals.
Nelson has exhibited at venues including BronxArtSpace in New York, Redline Contemporary Art Center in Denver, AUTOMAT in Philadelphia, Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, Binyamina Gallery in Tel Aviv, and PHILOBIBLON in Rome. She has been an artist-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center, Women’s Studio Workshop, and Denver Public Library's ideaLAB. She co-founded Southern Heat Exchange, an exhibition space and digital residency for emerging artists with ties to the American South.
Catherine earned her BA in Art, Art History, and Spanish from Duke University and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Connecticut. Her collaborations with with New Orleans-based dance company Known Mass and musician MJ Guider as well as her work in craft-based small businesses continue to inform her approach to art-making.
from Art & Art History