Joan Nelson
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Joan Nelson (b. 1958, California; lives and works in Stamford, New York) is well known for her paintings that incorporate multiple pictorial landscape traditions and pay homage to and borrow from artists such as Albrecht Altdorfer, Albert Bierstadt, George Caleb Bingham and Casper David Friedrich. Occupying a unique place in the long history of landscape painting, Nelson's works simultaneously speak to the experience of landscape and the complexity of representation, artfully incorporating reality, memory and mediated experience. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA ; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; among many others. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art, all New York, NY; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Minneapolis Museum of Art, MN; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; and Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin. Nelson received her BFA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, shellac ink, pencil, milk paint, glitter on wood panel
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN 809
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2021
acrylic, spray paint, shellac ink, nail polish, glitter on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2021025
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2022
mixed media on panel
59 7/8h x 59 7/8w x 1 3/8d in
152.08h x 152.08w x 3.49d cm
JN 820
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, shellac ink, pencil, milk paint, glitter on wood panel
30h x 30 1/16w in
76.20h x 76.36w cm
JN 814
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, shellac ink, pencil, milk paint on wood panel
59 13/16h x 59 13/16w in
151.92h x 151.92w cm
JN 816
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, shellac ink, glitter on wood panel
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN 819
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2021
acrylic, pencil, pastel, on watercolor board
20h x 20w in
50.80h x 50.80w cm
JN_WOP_71
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2021
acrylic and spray paint on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2021021
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2021
acrylic, spray paint, shellac ink on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2021023
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2020
spray enamel, acrylic ink, marker on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2020003
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2020
spray enamel and acrylic ink on acrylic sheet
20h x 20w in
50.80h x 50.80w cm
JN_PL_2020004
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2020
spray enamel, acrylic ink, marker and burnt sugar on acrylic sheet
20h x 20w in
50.80h x 50.80w cm
JN_PL_2020005
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2020
spray enamel, acrylic ink, marker on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2020010
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2020
spray enamel, acrylic ink, marker on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2020011
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2019-20
spray enamel and acrylic ink on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2019-20013
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2019
spray enamel and acrylic ink on acrylic sheet
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
JN_PL_2019014
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2018
mixed media on paper
16h x 20w in
40.64h x 50.80w cm
JN_WOP_43
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
calligraphic inks, marker, pencil, acrylic, gouache, spray enamel on paper
14 1/8h x 14w in
35.88h x 35.56w cm
JN_WOP_64
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
calligraphic inks, marker, pencil, acrylic, gouache, spray enamel on paper
15 3/8h x 15w in
39.05h x 38.10w cm
JN_WOP_47
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
calligraphic inks, marker, pencil, acrylic, gouache, spray enamel on paper
9h x 8 5/8w in
22.86h x 21.91w cm
JN_WOP_53
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
mixed media on paper
16h x 16w in
40.64h x 40.64w cm
JN_WOP_45
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
mascara, calligraphic inks, marker, pencil, acrylic, gouache, spray enamel on paper
8 1/2h x 8 1/2w in
21.59h x 21.59w cm
JN_WOP_52
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
calligraphic inks, marker, pencil, acrylic, gouache, spray enamel on paper
8 1/2h x 8 1/2w in
21.59h x 21.59w cm
JN_WOP_54
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2018
mixed media on paper
15h x 15 1/4w in
38.10h x 38.73w cm
JN_WOP_48
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, spray paint, pencil, Cassel earth pigment and iridescent powder on paper
7 3/4h x 7 3/4w in
19.68h x 19.68w cm
JN_WOP_17
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, spray paint, pencil, Cassel earth pigment and iridescent powder on paper
8h x 8w in
20.32h x 20.32w cm
JN_WOP_20
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, pencil and mascara on paper
13 3/4h x 13 1/2w in
34.92h x 34.29w cm
JN_WOP_37
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, pencil, mascara on paper
13 3/4h x 13 1/2w in
34.92h x 34.29w cm
JN_WOP_14
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink and pencil on paper
13 3/4h x 13 1/2w in
34.92h x 34.29w cm
JN_WOP_15
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, spray paint, pencil and Cassel earth pigment on paper
7h x 7w in
17.78h x 17.78w cm
JN_WOP_18
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, spray paint, pencil, marker and mascara on paper
13h x 13w in
33.02h x 33.02w cm
JN_WOP_33
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2017
acrylic, ink, spray paint, pencil and mascara on paper
9h x 9w in
22.86h x 22.86w cm
JN_WOP_30
Joan Nelson
Untitled, 2016
acrylic, oil, shellac ink, spray enamel, pigment, glitter on panel
12h x 12w in
30.48h x 30.48w cm
JN 802
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2015
ink, spray enamel, oil, beeswax on panel
11 3/4h x 11 3/4w in
29.84h x 29.84w cm
JN 799
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2015
ink, acrylic, glass beads on panel
11 3/4h x 11 3/4w in
29.84h x 29.84w cm
JN 797
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2014
ink, spray enamel, beeswax on panel
11 3/4h x 11 3/4w in
29.84h x 29.84w cm
JN 776
Joan NelsonUntitled, 2014
ink, spray enamel, glass beads on panel
11 3/4h x 11 3/4w in
29.84h x 29.84w cm
JN 793