Dan Nelson

I am an interdisciplinary artist and writer who plays with words, symbols, signals, and sounds to explore how humans communicate and create meaning.

Self-taught artist with some photography training and a background in liberal arts.

Selected Exhibitions

2020
Untitled installation, 18 Albany Contemporary, Oakland, Calif.

2019
Imperial Services residency/exhibition, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, Calif.
Hands and Pants VII, Faultline Art Space, Oakland, Calif.
Put-Ons, NIAD Arts Center, Richmond, Calif. (solo)
Daddy’s Books, The Drury Gallery at Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vt.

2018
Future Perfect, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, New York
Imagining Post-Capitalism, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, Calif.

2017
The Corporation, The Compound Gallery, Emeryville, Calif. (solo)
Turing’s Echo, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, Calif.

2015
Hands and Pants VI, Faultline Art Space, Oakland, Calif.
Selections from the Collection of Dan Nelson and Lexa Walsh, Wall Gallery, Oakland, Calif.

2014
Hands and Pants V, MOCO Gallery, Oakland, Calif.

2013
Hands and Pants IV, 63 Bluxome Street Gallery, San Francisco, Calif.

2012
Origins and Futures, public intervention, Portland, Ore. (solo)

2011
Tall Tales: Collaborative Projects, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, Calif.

2010
The Origin and Future of the Blood, Swee[t]art Drawing Gallery, Oakland, Calif. (solo)

2009
Regime Change, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, Calif.
From One Hand to One Mind to One Hand to Your Mind, Los ...