JESSICA ASHLEY NELSON
Education:
BFA Photography: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY, 2010.
Employment:
Intern, Gabrielle Civil, Saint Paul, MN 2010 - Present
Intern, JoAnn Verburg, Minneapolis, MN 2009 - 2010
Intern, The Lab Digital Productions, Minneapolis, MN 2008 – 2009
Publications:
The New York Times Magazine, College Issue, The Thinker, September 21st, 2008 p. 36
Auburn University Alumni Magazine, The Thinker, Spring 2009, p. 54
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Front Cover Collage, Viewbook 2011-2012, Student Zine, 2010
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Abbey, Viewbook 2010-2012, Student Zine, 2010, p. 20
Exhibitions:
2011 Onward, Ring Cube, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Ladies Night, Gallery 148, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Onward, Project Basho Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Dance Film Project, Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2010 You Made Me Do This, NYSRP/AICAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Merit Scholarship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Merit Scholarship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Performance:
2012 Sugar Babies, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Northern Spark Festival's: Empty Words, Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Orchestra I, II, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Strong Sweet Waves: Magic Trick, We-Are-Familia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Sugar Plum Fairy Variation, NYSRP/AICAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Platonic Solids, Bryant Park, New York, NY
2009 When We Opened for Japanther, Halloween 2009, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Feast of Failure, Open Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Awards/Honors:
2011 Ethel Morrison VanDerlip Award
2010 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Photo Merit Scholarship
2009 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Photo Merit Scholarship