Erin Jane Nelson

Erin Jane Nelson lives and works in Santa Fe, NM. 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 (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 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