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ERIN JANE NELSON
678.951.7438
257 Varet St. #302
Brooklyn, NY 11206
erinjanenelson@gmail.com
www.erinjanenelson.com


Education
2011 BFA, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York
2009 Foreign Exchange, Malmo Academy of Art, Sweden
2006 Pre-College, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA


Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2012 Forthcoming exhibition at Project Space in Vancouver, BC
2011 Boola Boola and the Best of Luck Always, with Lauren Anderson at The Barn Space, Saugatuck, MI.
2011 Rhyming Event, at The Cooper Union, New York, NY.


Select Group Exhibitions
2011 Leftovers, Ox-bow School of Art Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2011 New York Did it to Me, Smack Mellon, presented by Capricious in conjunction with New York Photo Fest 2011, Brooklyn, NY
2011 The Show Must Go On, Capricious Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Fine Line, as part of Movember (in conjunction with The Prostate Cancer Foundation) at Openhouse Gallery New York, NY
2010 Saturday Sun, Capricious Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Exhibition II, 10/2/10, Berlin, Germany
2010 After|Math, PS122, New York, USA
2010 Todo Importa, Gatos de Marte, Murcia, Spain
2009 Authentic Forgeries, KHM Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
2009 The Trace, La Mama Gallery, New York, United States
2009 This Life, This Lie, atelier 35, Bucharest, Romania
2008 Personal Space, Contemporary Architecture Centre Budapest, Hungary
2008 “Voluspa” as part of Young Curators, New Ideas Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Helsinki Biennale 2008, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland


Awards and Fellowships:
2011 Ox-bow School of Art Student Fellowship, The Cooper Union
2010 Vincent J. Mielcarek, Jr. Memorial Fund prize in Photography, The Cooper Union
2010 Elizabeth Kray Memorial Prize in Poetry, The Cooper Union
2008 The Dale Harris Award in Art Historical Writing, The Cooper Union
2008 Silver Award in Photography, National Foundation for the Advancement of Art


Experience
2011 Admissions Counselor for The Cooper Union, New York, NY (currently)
2011 Studio Assistant for Nicole Cherubini, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Donating Artist for the George Eastman House Benefit Auction
2011 Chef at The Ox-bow School of Art Saugatuck, MI
2011 Intern at The New York Fire Department Photo Unit, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Intern to Michael Schmelling, Photographer, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Guest Blogger on iheartphotograph.com
2010 Founder of The Institute for Cognitive Misfires, Brooklyn NY
www.instituteforcognitivemisfires.org
2010 Curator of “Hey Guys” for Holiday at Primetime Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Editorial Assistant for Cabinet Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Assistant to Laurel Ptak, curator, for the exhibition IRL at Capricious Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Work Scholar for Aperture Foundation New York, NY


Publications:
2012 Forthcoming Book with Gottlund Verlag
2010 Unpublished Issue 01, Italy
2010 Romka Magazine Issue 5, Germany
2010 Bruit de Fond/Background Noise, Je Suis Une Bande De Jeunes, France
2010 OCW Magazine no. 17, Canada
2009 Capricious Magazine no. 10 The Feminist Issue
2009 Candy Magazine Issue 12 The Photography Issue, Ireland (online)
2009 How Many are You Scared (self-published/printed)
2008 0_100 Magazine, Italy, Issue 03
2008 Humble Arts Foundation Group Show no.24 (online)