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BioExhibitions"Family Stories"
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Dawn Nelson was born outside of Chicago in 1950. She grew up in the mid-west; summers in Wisconsin and school years outside of Chicago. She went to Illinois Wesleyan University for art school and Lesley College for graduate school. Following college, she moved to the Boston area, where she has remained. She worked for 10 years as Art Therapist, and then as an Art Teacher, which she has been doing for about 20 years. She has been an active participant in both her home community of Jamaica Plain and her school community of Weston. She has been particularly active in the areas of developing art exhibitions and creating sets for plays. Dawn was Artist-in-Residence at Weston Public Schools from 1989 to 1992, and has been actively exhibiting her own art work in the Boston area since 1990. She has also been involved with Jamaica Plain Open Studios since it's inception in 1993.
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Dawn NelsonEXHIBITIONS
ONE WOMAN SHOW ·
Center Street Café. Jamaica
Plain. March, 2001. ·
The Massachusetts Cultural
Council. January, 1999. ·
" Paintings by Dawn
Nelson." The Footlight
Club. Jamaica Plain. March, 1999. ·
Featured Artist.
Jame's Gate. Jamaica Plain. September
- November, 1988. ·
"Recent Work by Dawn Nelson."
The Footlight Club. Jamaica
Plain. November, 1996. ·
Featured Artist.
"Watercolor workshop with Sam Thompson."
CCTV, Cambridge, MA.
October, 1996. ·
"Southwestern
Light." Bela Luna
Exhibition Series. Jamaica Plain. November,
1994.
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"Revelations; Outerscapes/Innerscapes."
Jamaica Plain. March,
1993.
(Sponsored
by the Massachusetts Council of Arts and Humanities.) ·
Featured Artist:
Weston Public Library Gallery Area.
Summer, 1990.
GROUP SHOW PARTICIPANT
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Jamaica Plain Open Studios.
Fall, 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00,and 01. ·
“Jamaica Plain Arts
Association Show”. The
Footlight Club. Jamaica
Plain. November, 2001. ·
"Art in our Lives."
25th anniversary exhibition; class of 1973. Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL.
October, 1998 ·
"Jamaica Plain Artists." Senator Brian Joyce's Office.
Massachusetts State Capitol.
Boston. Summer, 1998. ·
"Jamaica Plain
Artists." Scolly Square
Gallery, Boston City Hall, November, 1996.
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Participating artist;
"A Tribute to Hailer's."
Gallery 659, Jamaica Plain, February,
1994.
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Faculty Show, Weston Public Library Art Gallery, June, 1995. |
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Digital Photomontage by Dawn
Nelson On New Year’s Eve of 2001
my Mom lost her four-year battle with lung cancer.
This body of work was done over the course of her illness.
All of the work has to do with my thoughts about my mom and our
family. When
I was in art school I was taught not to make art that was too personal. The thinking was that very personal work ran the risk of
being too sentimental and of loosing its universal message. At 50, and upon loosing my mom, I am so proud to be able to
be extremely personal in my artwork.
If art cannot be personal, what can? This
digital photomontage series was created using Adobe Photoshop.
The images in them come from old family photos, scans of actual
objects and handwriting, original photos and drawing, all of which I
digitally alter, layer, and “stitch” together. Memories
are glimpses of recollections in my mind.
Sometimes my memories are clear, and at other times fuzzy.
Time and reality are blurred.
Stories told to me of people who came before me coupled with
pictures of these people weave imagery in my mind. These
limited edition prints are signed and numbered by the artist. The
image “We Say Goodbye” is not for sale. All
other prints are available for $150 each. If you are interested in purchasing a print, contact Dawn
Nelson at
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