Artist’s CV

 

Education

  • MFA in Arts and Humanities (TBC)

  • MA in Contemporary Art Practice

  • Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Distinction)

  • Certificate in Hand Embroidery

  • Foundation in Art and Design with a specialisation in Fine Art and Moving Image (Distinction)

 

Awards

  • Nelson’s film “In my mother’s dimple” was awarded the Homiens Art Prize for Dec-Jan 2024

  • “The Ties that Bind” was shortlisted in the “Applied Arts”

  • Winner in the Fine Art Category for the film “Hi Daddy”

  • Winner of the film category for “Dirge for my Dead Petz”

  • Anthology Magazine Personal Memoir Competition ‘24, Women United Art Prize ‘24 (Painting and Drawing), VAO ‘24, Women United Art Prize ‘23 (Collage and Fiber Art), VAO Open ‘23

 

Residencies

  • Month-long residency making a textile installation in gallery.

    Currently forecast as August '25

 

Publications

  • Publication of "In my mother's dimple" essay in peer-reviewed journal JAWS

  • Feature in “The Homiens 60”, publication

  • “Her last gift to him was a grievable death” and “Mirror, mirror” published in “On the Bias”, a joint publication between the RCA and Parsons School of Design (May ‘24)

  • “Inheritance” published in Glimpse zine

  • Feature and interview in Artist’s Lounge

 

Exhibitions

  • Film screening of "In my mother's dimple" with film-maker Q&A

  • Exhibited "in my mother's dimple" in a group show

  • Exhibiting "And her tears washed away his sins" and "In my mother's dimple" in a group show

  • Final show for the MFA in Arts and Humanities at the RCA

  • Exhibited “In my mother’s dimple” and “Every moment is…”

  • Exhibited the films “He…I…” and “That need(s) to be fixed”

  • Exhibited “In my mother’s dimple” in a physical group show

  • “In my mother’s dimple” was shown in the online exhibition for the Dec-Feb ‘24 winners of the Homiens Art Prize

  • Exhibited “In my mother’s dimple” in a physical group show

  • Exhibiting “In my mother’s dimple” in a physical group show

  • Exhibited “And her tears washed away his sins” as part of a group show.

  • Exhibited “The Ties that Bind”

  • Exhibited “And her tears washed away his sins”

  • Exhibited “And her tears washed away his sins”

  • Exhibited “The Ties That Bind” and “And her tears washed away his sins” as part of the MA graduation show.

  • Exhibited “Blood and Milk” as part of a group exhibition

  • Exhibited “He Shoots, She Leaks” as part of a “Tate Late” event.

  • Exhibited a sound work as part of a broadcast radio show

  • Exhibited work “Stultitia” in an online group exhibition

  • Exhibited “filteredBody” as part of a gallery-based group show

  • Exhibited “Ecce Mater” as part of an online group show

  • Exhibited “He Shoots, I Leak” for the end of year group show for the Graduate Diploma at Chelsea College of Art & Design

  • Exhibited “Meat Flicks” at a group show “I am in it”

  • Exhibited “filteredbody” as part of a group show

  • Exhibited “What if I like me like this?” and “Witches Hex” as part of a group show.

  • Exhibited the “filteredbody” series as part of a group show.

  • Exhibited “Dirge 4 my Dead Petz” as part of Foundation end of year group show.