Erin Jane Nelson

Erin Jane Nelson lives and works in Atlanta, GA. In 2011 she received her BFA from The Cooper Union. Recent solo exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (2021); DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL (2020); Chapter NY, New York, NY (2023); and Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA (2019). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Carnegie Museum of Art (upcoming 2024) The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2021); Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (2020); Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (2020); La Galerie, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France (2019); and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2018). Nelson was the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts.

Works

Erin Jane Nelson, Frozen Rust Bloom, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, The tree that threw herself in the ocean, 2022, Pigment prints, artist tape, glass, and bio-based resin on glazed stoneware, 50 x 34 x 5 in

Erin Jane Nelson, We squeezed the stone until it bled, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Heavy Moth, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Licking the Lake, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Licking the Lake (detail), 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Xenophora, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Xenophora (detail), 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Little Armoured One, 2020

Erin Jane Nelson, League of short-lived things, 2020

Installation View, Erin Jane Nelson at New Museum Triennial: Soft Water, Hard Stone, 2021

Equity Seeds, 2019, Cotton pigment print, natural dyes, found photographs, mat board, and found fabric on panel, 52 × 41 inches

Daufuskie Muscat, 2018, Pigment prints, shells, and resin on glazed stoneware, 20 × 30 × 3 inches

Erin Jane Nelson Slurp, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 21h x 21 1/2w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Silt sieve, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 19h x 21 1/2w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Badderlocks, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 18 1/2h x 13w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Chauvin Garden, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 18 1/2h x 15 3/4w x 2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Ebos Landing, 2018, Resin, shells, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 11 1/2h x 13 1/2w x 1 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Fort Frederica, 2017, Resin, shells, enamel pin, pigment, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 18h x 13 1/2w x 2 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Frenier, 2017, Resin, pine cone, glass, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 10 3/4h x 11 3/4w x 3d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Isle de Jean Charles, 2018, Resin, pigment, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 17h x 12w x 3 1/2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Jekyll, 2017, Resin, pigment, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 21h x 15w x 3 1/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Kill Devil Hills, 2018, Resin, sea star, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 15 1/2h x 11w x 2 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Manchac, 2018, Resin, pigment, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 13 3/4h x 15 3/4w x 2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Ocracoke, 2017, Resin, pigment, sand, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 17h x 14 1/2w x 2 1/2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Whispering River, 2017, Resin, feather, and pigment prints on glazed, earthenware, 18h x 12 1/2w x 1 1/2d in

Her Deepness Freyja, 2017 Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, moss, cellophane, aluminum, and styrofoam amaranth, 50h x 58w in

Epona Jane, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, ink, and various fabrics, 64h x 38w in

SeaPersephone, 2017 Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, aluminum, plastic wheat, and styrofoam amaranth, 65h x 55w in

Monsieur Xolotl, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Cotton, silk flowers, and various fabrics, 35h x 35w in

Jizo Feeler, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, aluminum, debris, and styrofoam amaranth, 88h x 75w in

Raccoona Charon, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, 115h x 240w in

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Erin Jane Nelson, Aurally, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Aurally, 2023 (detail)

Erin Jane Nelson, Diaphanous Muck, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Calyces, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, I Am the Arrow, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Imago, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Frozen Rust Bloom, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, The tree that threw herself in the ocean, 2022, Pigment prints, artist tape, glass, and bio-based resin on glazed stoneware, 50 x 34 x 5 in

Erin Jane Nelson, We squeezed the stone until it bled, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Heavy Moth, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Licking the Lake, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Licking the Lake (detail), 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Xenophora, 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Xenophora (detail), 2022

Erin Jane Nelson, Little Armoured One, 2020

Erin Jane Nelson, League of short-lived things, 2020

Installation View, Erin Jane Nelson at New Museum Triennial: Soft Water, Hard Stone, 2021

Equity Seeds, 2019, Cotton pigment print, natural dyes, found photographs, mat board, and found fabric on panel, 52 × 41 inches

Daufuskie Muscat, 2018, Pigment prints, shells, and resin on glazed stoneware, 20 × 30 × 3 inches

Erin Jane Nelson Slurp, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 21h x 21 1/2w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Silt sieve, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 19h x 21 1/2w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Badderlocks, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed stoneware, 18 1/2h x 13w x 1 5/8d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Chauvin Garden, 2018, Resin, pigment, shells, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 18 1/2h x 15 3/4w x 2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Ebos Landing, 2018, Resin, shells, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 11 1/2h x 13 1/2w x 1 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Fort Frederica, 2017, Resin, shells, enamel pin, pigment, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 18h x 13 1/2w x 2 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Frenier, 2017, Resin, pine cone, glass, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 10 3/4h x 11 3/4w x 3d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Isle de Jean Charles, 2018, Resin, pigment, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 17h x 12w x 3 1/2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Jekyll, 2017, Resin, pigment, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 21h x 15w x 3 1/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Kill Devil Hills, 2018, Resin, sea star, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 15 1/2h x 11w x 2 3/4d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Manchac, 2018, Resin, pigment, and pigment prints on glazed earthenware, 13 3/4h x 15 3/4w x 2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Ocracoke, 2017, Resin, pigment, sand, and pigment print on glazed earthenware, 17h x 14 1/2w x 2 1/2d in

Erin Jane Nelson, Whispering River, 2017, Resin, feather, and pigment prints on glazed, earthenware, 18h x 12 1/2w x 1 1/2d in

Her Deepness Freyja, 2017 Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, moss, cellophane, aluminum, and styrofoam amaranth, 50h x 58w in

Epona Jane, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, ink, and various fabrics, 64h x 38w in

SeaPersephone, 2017 Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, aluminum, plastic wheat, and styrofoam amaranth, 65h x 55w in

Monsieur Xolotl, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Cotton, silk flowers, and various fabrics, 35h x 35w in

Jizo Feeler, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, various fabrics, aluminum, debris, and styrofoam amaranth, 88h x 75w in

Raccoona Charon, 2017, Pigment print on Jacquard Organza and Cotton, 115h x 240w in

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2018

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Installation view at Atlanta Contemporary, 2019

Erin Jane Nelson, Aurally, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Aurally, 2023 (detail)

Erin Jane Nelson, Diaphanous Muck, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Calyces, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, I Am the Arrow, 2023

Erin Jane Nelson, Imago, 2023

Press

2024 1.13

Group Exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Erin Jane Nelson

2024 1.11

Group Exhibition at March Gallery, New York

Erin Jane Nelson

2023 4.26

New York Times

Erin Jane Nelson

2023 4.7

2023 Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient

Erin Jane Nelson

2023 4.6

New York Times

Erin Jane Nelson

2023 3.31

Solo Exhibition at Chapter NY

Erin Jane Nelson

2023 3.7

Art Review-ArtReview March 2023 Issue

Erin Jane Nelson

2022 10.5

Fondation Villa Datris Exhibition Catalogue Available Now

Erin Jane Nelson

2022 9.17

Group Exhibition at Adams and Ollman

Erin Jane Nelson

2022 7.9

Group Exhibition at Lyles and King

Erin Jane Nelson

2022 5.27

Group Exhibition at Villa Datris Foundation for Contemporary Sculpture

Erin Jane Nelson

2022 2.11

Curatorial Project at Chapter NY

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 12.9

Virtual Educator Workshop with the New Museum

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 12.1

eflux

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 12.1

Artforum Must See Guide

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 11.4

New York Times

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.30

Artnet News

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.29

Vanity Fair

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.24

L'hebdo

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.24

The Art Newspaper

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.23

gallerytalk.net

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 10.23

The Art Newspaper

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 9.16

Group exhibition at Chapter NY

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 9.10

Solo presentation at FIAC Paris

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 7.16

Solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 5.12

FIAC Portrait

Erin Jane Nelson

2021 4.2

Participation in New Museum Triennial

Erin Jane Nelson

2020 5.20

Participation in NADAs online art fair initiative: FAIR

Elizabeth Atterbury, Sterling Lawrence, Erin Jane Nelson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya

2019 9.14

La Galerie, CAC Noisy-le-Sec

Erin Jane Nelson at La Galerie, CAC Noisy-le-Sec, France

2019 8.22

New York Times Style Magazine

Erin Jane Nelson

2019 6.4

Contemporary Art Daily

Erin Jane Nelson at Atlanta Contemporary

2019 5.9

ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY

Erin Jane Nelson

2018 6.15

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

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