Kenneth Nelson
Email: knelson101@gmail.com
Always seeking. Searching for stories rooted in the human spirit. The all-encompassing human condition. Digging deeper than superficial, artificial exteriors. Watching for our shared emotions and gestures in the everyday. Working on long term projects that identify any changes of over time. Speaking with a contemporary photographic voice in standard vernacular so all can understand the visual. Exploring the who, what, where, why, and how of human nature. With stories like "Public Display of Eating, Harlem Nocturnal, Coney Island House."
As photography is what I live and breathe every day, it has allowed me the ability to chronicle experiences and share them with others. To which, I am humbly appreciative.
Solo Exhibitions:
"Harlem Nocturnal"
En Foco Touring Gallery
Bronx Library Center, Bronx NY 2010
"Harlem Nocturnal"
Gallery at Adam C. Powell, Jr.
State Office Building, NY NY 2006
Group Exhibitions:
-Museum of the City of New York, NY Responds - Dec. 2020
-Museum of the City of New York, ActivistNY - Aug. 2020
-Rush Arts Gallery, Curate NYC - 2010
-BWAC/Van der Plas Gallery, Brooklyn Show - 2006
-BWAC, Fall Art Show - 2005
-BWAC, 25th Anniversary Spring Art Show - 2005
-BWAC, Solo Works Show - 2003
-Amber Gallery, 9/11 Remembrance - 2003
Publications:
“Harlem: A Century in Images” - October 2010
By Deborah Willis, Cheryl Finley, Elizabeth Alexander
Studio Museum in Harlem/Skira Rizzoli
“Red Hook”
Nowy Dziennik (Newspaper) - July 2003
Education:
Pratt Institute – BFA w/Honors, Photography
Commercial Photography:
-Digital Asset Manager, Macy’s Inc.
-Studio Photographer, A&S/Jordan Marsh
-Camera Sales, Abraham & Straus
Associations:
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition
NAACP/ACT-SO Program, Photography Judge