Selected Solo Exhibitions & Projects:
2010 Maiden Rock Review: Water, live music and video performance with The DitchLilies, TBA
2009/10 Public Art Saint Paul, Saint Paul, MN, Hunting and Gathering Project with Artist and Scientists
2009 Maiden Rock Legion, Maiden Rock, WI, Maiden Rock Review: Trains, live musical
performance, video, slide and spoken word
2008 Janet Wallace Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, Recent Work
Swan Song Contemporary Arts, Maiden Rock, WI, Wonder, installation
2007 ARC Retreat, Stanchfield, MN, Reflection, outdoor exhibition and installation
2006 Gallery 360, Mpls, MN, Hulk, window installation
2005 municipalWORKSHOP, York, AL, Window Washing York Project
Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA, 81 Observations
2004 Marshall Arts, Mpls, MN, Old Glory
Community Arts Center, Hancock, MI, Drifting and Dreaming, audio/visual performance
2003 Artist Forum #25, St. Paul, MN, Flavor, audio/visual performance
2002 Gallery 360, Mpls, MN, Snow Globe Series, window installation
Artist Forum #20, St. Paul Yacht Club, St. Paul, MN, Filmstrip, audio/visual performance
2001 Artist Forum #15, Walker Art Center, Mpls, MN, Untitled, audio/visual performance
1999 Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha, NE, Recent Works
1995 Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson Architects, St. Paul, MN, Recent Works
1992 Forus, Sendai, Japan, Dream, window installation
1991 Ichiyonichi Gallery, Sendai, Japan, Self Portraits
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 Olson Gallery, Bethel University, St Paul, MN, Point A - Point B
2007 Art Jones Gallery, Casket Arts Bldg, Mpls, MN, Nuestra Frida
Swan Song Contemporary Arts, Maiden Rock, WI, Swan Song
801 Gallery, Mpls, MN, Untitled
Gallery Co, Mpls, MN, Five
2006 Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, Re-Constructed Reality
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN, Home House Project:
The Future of Affordable Housing
2005 Minnesota Center for Photography, Mpls, MN, Photocentric
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls, MN, From<To
Intermedia Arts, Mpls, MN, Home Sweet Home Again
2004 Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN, New Photography,
McKnight Photographpy Fellowships 2003-04
Dille Gallery, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN, New Photography,
McKnight Fellows 2003-04
Steffl Gallery, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, New Photography, McKnight Fellows 2003-04
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, From<To
Concordia University, St. Paul, MN, Photo Biennial 4: Self Portrait
2003 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Mpls, MN, Long Afternoon
Omphale Gallery, Calumet, MI, Recollection
2001 Intermedia Arts, Mpls, MN, Mulch, audio/visual performance, two person collaboration
2000 No Name Exhibitions@ The Soup Factory, Mpls, MN, Shutter
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, Untitled
Jax Warehouse, St. Paul, MN, Jack and Jill, installation, two person collaboration
1998 SIMPARCH, Traveling Exhibition, USA, Object D’ Art
Omaha Stockyards, Omaha, NE, Stockyards Exhibition, outdoor installation and curator
Bemis City Park, Omaha, NE, Temporary Contemporary, outdoor installation
1997 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls, MN, Five Jerome Artists
Minnesota Center For Photography, Mpls, MN, Extended Realities
Arts and Science International Conference, Denmark, Sweden, The Brain and Self
1994 Minnesota Center For Photography, Mpls, MN, Local Color
1992 Duet Photography Gallery, Sendai, Japan, Three Interpretations
1991 Green Plaza Gallery, Sendai, Japan, Recent Works
1990 Cinque Hall, Sendai Japan, This Is A Concert, audio/visual performance, two person
collaboration
Honors:
2003-05 Midwest Photographers Project, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2003/04 University of Minnesota/McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship, Mpls, MN
2001 Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, MN
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowship, St. Paul, MN
1998 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, St. Paul, MN
1996/97 Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists,Mpls, MN
Artist Residencies:
2007 ARC Retreat Center, Stanchfield, MN
2005 Coleman Center for Arts and Culture Fellowship, York, AL
2004 The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies/Jerome Foundation Fellowship,Redwing, MN
2003 New York Mills Arts Retreat/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, New York Mills, MN
2002 Blacklock Nature Sanctuary/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Moose Lake, MN
2001 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
1998 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Fellowship, Omaha, NE
Visiting Artist Lectures:
2009 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, & critiques
2008 University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN
2007 University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, & critiques
2006 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Anoka Ramsey Community College, Anoka, MN
University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN
2005 Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN, & critiques
Roanoke College, Salem, VA, workshop
2004 Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
2003 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
New York Mills Regional Culture Center, New York Mills, MN, workshop
Walker Art Center, Mpls, MN, workshop
2002 University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN, & workshops
2001 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2000 College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Red Oak Elementary, Red Oak, IA
1999 University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
1998 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
1997 Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1991-92 Japan College of Design, Sendai, Japan, workshops
Panelist:
2004 Illinois Arts Council Photography Fellowships, Chicago, IL
2003 Blacklock Nature Sanctuary Fellowship Residency Program, Mpls, MN
2002 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowships, St. Paul, MN
2001 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowships, St. Paul, MN
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Photography Fellowships, St. Paul, MN
Collections:
2008 Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
University of Minnesota, Boynton Health Service, Mpls, MN
2004 Family Housing Fund, Mpls, MN
Publications:
2009 Drifting, The DitchlLilies, cd images
2006 Heavier Than Air, Nona Caspers, University of Massachusetts Press, front cover
The Truant Lover, Juliet Patterson, Nightboat Books Publishing, front cover
2005 Photocentric: The Photography of the Upper Midwest, Alex Starace, www.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, www.mnartists.org, September 13, Smash at Nash, Doug Hanson, Star Tribune, Mpls, MN, September 10, Rewind: From<To, Lorne Roberts, Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Winter Issue
2003 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 |