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contact name: Celeste Nelms
phone: 715 448-4504
email: celestephoto@yahoo.com

location address:
Jax Warehouse
263 East 4th Street
St. Paul MN 55101

open to public: yes
hours: Toned gelatin silver fiber prints are available for purchase in limited additions. For more information feel free to email me or call (715) 448-4504.

2007 ARC Retreat Center Artist Residency, Stanchfield, MN
2005 Coleman Center for the Arts Fellowship Residency, York, Al
2004 Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Fellowship Residency, Red Wing, MN
2003-05 Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2003 University of Minnesota/McKnight Photography Fellowship, Mpls, MN
2003 New York Mills Fellowship Residency, New York Mills, MN
2002 Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Fellowship Residency, Moose Lake, MN
2001 Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, MN
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Residency, Johnson, VT
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowship, St. Paul, MN
1998 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Fellowship Residency, Omaha, NE
1998 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, St. Paul, MN
1996 Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists, Mpls, MN

(partial listing)
2008 WONDER, Swan Song Contemporary Arts, Maiden Rock, WI, solo exhibition
2007 NUESTRA FRIDA, Grupo Soap del Corazon & Art Jones Gallery, Mpls, MN, group exhibition
SWAN SONG, Swan Song Contemporary Arts, Maiden Rock, WI, group exhibition
REFLECTION, ARC Retreat Center, Stanchfield, MN, solo outdoor exhibition and installation
RECENT WORKS, 801 Gallery, Mpls, MN
FIVE, Gallery Co, Mpls, MN
2006 SEVEN YEAR ITCH, Gallery 360, Mpls, MN, window display, group show
RECONSTRUCTED REALITY, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, group show
HOME HOUSE PROJECT, HOME SWEET HOME AGAIN, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, U of MN, Mpls, MN, group show
2005 PHOTOCENTRIC, Minnesota Center for Photography, Mpls, MN, group show
WINDOW WASHING YORK PROJECT, municipalWORKSHOP, York, AL, solo project
81 OBSERVATIONS, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, solo show
2004 NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, 2003-04 McKnight Fellows, Katherine E Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN, group show
2004 FROM HERE TO, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnepeg, MB, Canada, group show
2003 LONG AFTERNOON, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Mpls, MN, two person show
RECOLLECTION, Omphale Gallery, Calumet, MI, group show
2002 PRESENCE, Gallery 360, Mpls, MN, solo exhibition
2001 ARTIST FORUM #15, Walker Art Center, audio/visual performance
2001 MULCH, Intermedia Arts, performance collaboration w/ Mary Esch
2000 SHUTTER, No Name Exhibitions @The Soap Factory, Mpls, MN, group show
2000 UNTITLED, Mississippi River, solo outdoor a/v presentation
2000 UNTITLED SERIES, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, group show
1999 RECENT WORKS, Garden of the Zodiac, Omaha, NE, solo exhibition
1998 OBJECT D'ART, SIMPARCH, Traveling group exhibition, USA
1998 STOCKYARDS EXHIBITION, Omaha Stockyards, Omaha, NE, curated group show and outdoor installations
1997 FIVE JEROME ARTISTS, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls, MN, group show
1997 REIMAGING THE LANDSCAPE, Katherine Nash Gallery, U of MN, Mpls, MN, group show
1997 EXTENDED REALITIES, pARTs Gallery, Mpls, MN, group show

2008 Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
2008 University of Minnesota, Boynton Health Service, Mpls, MN
2004 Family Housing Fund, Mpls., MN
http://www.fhfund.org/homesweethomeagain/visual_art/Nelms.htm

Swan Song Contemporary Arts, Maiden Rock, WI

The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Midwest Photographers Project: Photographyhttp://www.mocp.org/collections/mpp/nelms_celeste.php

Family Housing Fund
http://www.fhfund.org/homesweethomeagain/visual_art/Nelms.htm

municipalWORKSHOP:
http://www.municipalworkshop.org/resNelms.html

SHOTS MAGAZINE:
http://www.shotsmag.com/issue57.htm
http://www.shotsmag.com/shots70b.htm

2006 "Heavier Than Air" by Nona Caspers, University of Massachusetts Press, front cover
"The Truant Lover" by Juliet Patterson, Night Boat Books, front cover
2005 Photocentric: The Photography of the Upper Midwest, Alex Starace, mnartists.org, December 20
2004 The Shot Less Taken, Katrina Wilber, The Minnesota Daily, Mpls, MN, September
So Good It’s Almost Eerie: McKnight Fellows in Photography, Michael Fallon, mnartits.org, September 13
Smash at Nash, Doug Hanson, Star Tribune, Mpls, MN, September 10
Rewind: From2003 Long Afternoon: Celeste Nelms and Carolyn Swiszcz, Cynde Randall, Arts Magazine of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Mpls, MN, May
Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness, Michael Fallon, City Pages, Mpls, MN, July
2000 Untitled Series of Photographs, 2000, Shots #70, Mpls, MN, December
1999 Photographer Finds Originality Within Tradition, Kyle Macmillan, World-Herald, Omaha, NE, August 1
Photographic Archaeology: Altering Space with Celeste Nelms, Julie Kane, The Reader, Omaha, NE, July 22
1998 pARTs Journal, Mpls, MN
1997 Celeste Nelms, Interview with Russell Joslin, Shots #57, Dallas, TX, September
1991 Spot Gallery, Asahi Shimbun, (national) Japan

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Richmond, Virginia

Birth Date:
April 15, 1960

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
midwest

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

Photographer

http://www.celestenelms.com 

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