Jer Nelsen, MFA
Working in Upstate South Carolina
EDUCATION
2017 MFA in Visual Art, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2009 BS in Photography, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2009'
CURRENT WORK
2021 Ghost Spaces: Junkspace and the Slow Death of the Shopping Mall
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023. At the Edge of All We Know, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC (solo)
2022. Faculty Exhibition, Vandiver Gallery, Anderson, SC
Ghost Spaces: Junkspace and the Slow Death of the Shopping Mall, Marion, IN (solo)
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Beard Art Galleries, Marion, IN
Expanding, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
Grant County Makers, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
2018 Group 6 WIP, University Hall, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2017 Pop-Up, The Ballroom Gallery, Winona Lake, IN
Windows x Wormholes, Williams Galleries at Indiana Wesleyan, Marion, IN (solo)
Ad Infinitum, Raizes Gallery, Cambridge, MA (solo)
Armstrong National 2D Exhibition, Armstrong University, Savannah, GA (juried)
2016 townies, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
Boston Young Contemporaries, Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA (juried)
The Space Between, Center Hall Galleries, Marion, IN
2015 un / ceremonial, Old Master, Marion, IN (solo)
Rhyme & Reason, Old Master, Marion, IN
Faculty Exhibition, Beard Art Galleries, Marion, IN
Featured Alumni Exhibition, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
2014 Chasing Light: An Exploration of Palladium Printing, Mount Memorial Gallery, Winona Lake, IN (solo)
Faculty Exhibition, Beard Art Galleries, Marion, IN
2013 Featured Alumni Exhibition, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
2010 Vistas, Wesleyan World Headquarters, Fishers, IN
2008 Deleted Seems, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
What Dreams May Come / Exploration, The Rock Gallery, Springfield, IL
Rock & Dirt, 1920 Gallery, Marion, IN
Ardelia Williams Juried Show, Beard Art Galleries, Marion, IN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019 Posidrag: Issues 4 + 5 + 6
2018 To Infinity: The Contemplarary Sublime, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
WIP Zine, Issue 18.3, 18.4
Posidrag, Issues 1 + 3
2017 WIP Zine, Issue 17.4
CURATION & JUDGING
2014 Juror - In [FOCUS], Anderson Center for the Arts, Anderson, IN
2103 Curator - IWU Snapshot, 1920 Gallery
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Filmmaking + Film Theory
Alternative Photographic Processes (Pd/Pt Printing, Wet Plate, Cyanotype)
Faith, Metaphysics, Sublime, Materiality
Cartography and Mapmaking
Visual Coding and Interactive Art
Human Organization and Patterning
COLLECTIONS
Anderson Center for the Arts, Anderson, IN
Williams Galleries, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN
University Archives, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN