Richard-Jonathan Nelson
richard-jonathan-nelson.com
richardartistmail@gmail.com
Education
2015-2017 Master of Fine Arts, focused in Textiles, California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
2009-2011 Georgia State University, Focus in Textiles, Atlanta, GA
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Anastatica, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 TBA, International Art Museum of America, San Francisco , Ca
2014 Cassandra and Witches love you too, Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah, GA
Two Person Exhibitions
2018 Deep Horizon , Embark Gallery, San Francisco , CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Stitch Fetish, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles
Orium 2, Aggregate Space Gallery, San Francisco,CA
Great Worry or Great Freedom, Headlands Center for the Arts,
2017
· Editions, Borderline Art Collective, San Francisco, CA
· Flat File Fundraiser, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
· Out Of Body PS8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
· Transformed, Borderline Art Collective, San Francisco, CA
· Jurors’ Choice/Nave Commission, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
· M.F.A Thesis Show, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
· Teenage Dream, Startup Fair, San Francisco, CA
· MFA Now, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
· Hold, 5/5 Collective, San Francisco, CA
· Sooner Or Later, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
· Get Lost, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
· After Echoes, Ctrl + Shift, San Francisco, CA
· Two artist one room, Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA
· Daydreamers 2, Quality Gallery, San Francisco, CA
· #CCATEXTSTYlING, College Avenue Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2015
· Outside Ourselves, Ourselves Outside, Border Line, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2018 Methods of Act(ng)on: CCA Alumnx Residency Open Studio
2017 Headlands center for the Arts Graduate Fellow
2017 AICAD Fellowship nominee
2016 Barclay Simpson award nominee
2015 Byron Meyer Scholarship
Professional Experience
2016
· Assistant, Mario Pires Cordeiro
· Assistant, Pamela Joyner- Giuffrida Collection
2011
· Assistant, Spirited Calligraphy - Performance and installation
· Gsu Textile studio assistant
· Arrowmont school of the arts and crafts, Studio assistant to Alice Schlein
Teaching Experiences
2016 Teaching assistant, Tali Weinberg, California College of the Arts
2014 Savannah Clayspot