Artist Bio: Eileen Brady Nelson
Eileen Brady Nelson has been a fine art photographer, educator, and workshop leader for the past 25 years. She has taught at Marymount Manhattan College, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Rockland Community College, Rockland Center for The Arts, and The Art School at Old Church in Closter, The Blue Rock School.
Eileen has conducted workshops in creativity and photography for adults in the United States and France. She also has lead intensive black-and-white workshops and summer camps for teenagers.
She is the recipient of two New York State Arts Grants administered by the Arts Council of Rockland.
She has a BA from Queens College in Art History and has done postgraduate work in Photography at The International Center of Photography, Pratt Institute, and Universita’ di Firenze and Duke Center of Documentary Studies.
In 2014, after studying with Eric Maisel and other top creativity coaches for two years, she was awarded a Certificate in Creativity Coaching. Eileen has integrated her creative coaching experience with her talents as an artist and teacher and recently launched The Hudson River Creativity Lab.
This new endeavor, www.hudsonrivercreativitylab.com, expands Eileen lifelong work in the arts, and offers workshops in creativity; photo based art workshops, and individual creative coaching, as well as collaborations with other teaching artists.
Eileen Brady Nelson’s work can be seen online at:
Yale University collection- www.artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/103362
Haber Arts -www.haberarts.com/mitchell.htmAllen Sheppard Gallery - www.allensheppardgallery.com
StatementEileen Brady Nelson – Artist’s Statement:
The work I submitted is from a new series, The Pandemic Journal, 2020-2022. The Cyanotype collages and color images I made while sheltering at home during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The decision to delve into color imagery and embrace the spontaneity of the cyanotype process was a departure from my roots as a black & white photographer. Using everyday objects, PPE gloves and masks, in the photograms I was attempting to document our lives and make order out of chaos. The large color images are for the most part a document of my collections, including art journals.
I have always photographed “Close to Home” often with a 4x5 inch view camera. But this work necessitated a more direct approach; photograms and digital imagery seemed the proper fit for this project.
My photographic education began at The International Center of Photography in the late 70s. Under the guidance of mentors Via Wynroth, Lisette Model, and David Heath, I cultivated a deep appreciation for the art of documentary photography.
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Recent Projects:
2024 Praxis Photo Art Center. Work featured in “Home” show, January 2024.
2020-2024 “The Pandemic Diary” An installation of Cyanotype mixed media drawings.
First shown on Digital Platform - https://arium.xyz/spaces/eileenbradynelson.
2019-22 Trustee on the Board of Directors of The Edward Hopper House Museum and Study
Center in Nyack, NY.
Liaison between EHH and Wim Wenders filmmaker & artist.
Organized NYC screening of "One or Two Things I know about Hopper.”
2017 The Sketchbook Project. Brooklyn, NY. (See Publications.)
2015 Launched www.hudsonrivercreativitylab.com.
A fine art studio, private Creativity Coaching, and collaborative Creative Space.
2006 - 2010 Videographer for documentary film about Cree Healer in Alberta, Canada. I made many trips to Canada to follow “Lone Walker,” Medicine Man, on his medicine trail, as he collected herbal medicines, and prepared them for clients around the world. Documented private tribal ceremonies of the indigenous people in Canada.
1999 - 2003 Video and Photographic Documentary Project, for DeCruz Studios in Florence, Italy, on the use of lasers in the restoration of art pieces and paintings.
Select Shows:
2015 The Alphabet Project- 10 years later - an installation and workshop.
Tallman Mountain Arts, Piermont, New York.
2015 Domicile. 3 person show at Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY.
2014 The Book Project. Photographs and Readings from favorite children’s books. Curated show and performances. Piermont Public Library, Piermont, NY.
2010 5 Photographers of Rockland County. Azarian-McCullough Gallery, STAC. Sparkill, NY.
2006 Cyanotypes.
Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC.
Gallery Artists show. Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC.
2005 Photography as Process. Imaging Arts Gallery, Tappan, NY.
The Birthday Party - An Installation. Imaging Arts Gallery, Tappan, NY.
2004 Artist’s Under the Influence. Mentor Show. Rockland Center for the Arts.
Domicile. Photographs and Installation with a Teen group. ROCA.
2003 Change - a collaboration with Brady Nelson. Ceres Gallery, West 27th Street, NYC.
2002 Alternative Processes. Traveling show, Texas Photographic Society, Houston, Texas.
2001 Knight’s Lake. Allen Sheppard Gallery, West 24th
Street, NYC.
1994 One woman show. Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
1993 A Family Album. One woman show. T. Schreiber Studio, NYC.
Select Group Exhibitions:
2022 Spring in Wartime. Bull Farm Gallery, Rockhill, NY.
2018 Cyanotypes. Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY.
2017 Group Show. ROCA, West Nyack, NY.
2013 Faculty Show. The Art School at Old Church, Closter, NJ.
2010 Hudson River Encaustics. Outside/In Piermont, NY.
Faculty Show. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
2008 Faculty Show. ROCA, West Nyack, NY.
2007 Summer Salon. Allen Shepard Gallery, NYC.
2006 Gallery Artists. Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC.
Collaborations. Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge, NY.
2001 Alternative Process. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
2001 Stopping Time. Hopper House, Nyack, NY.
1999 Missing Elements. Allen Sheppard Gallery, W. 24th St, NYC.
1999 Swanstock Photographers. Image Bank, 5th Avenue, NYC.
Alternative Portraits. Laurie Seeman Gallery, West Nyack, NY.
New York-Century of Grit and Grandeur. Rockland Center for the Arts.
Faculty Show. Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY.
1997 Perceptions. Michael Petronko Gallery, 478 Broadway, NYC.
1997 Recent Photographs. St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY.
1996 The Multi-Dimensional Shoe. Hopper House, Nyack, NY.
If the shoe fits…. FAO Gallery, New York, N.Y.
An Extended Portrait of Children. Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY.
Small Works.
Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
Tomorrow—The Rockland Connection. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
One-person show. Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
Group show.
Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
1995 Hudson River Show. Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.
Small works Show. Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
Three-person show. Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY.
Group show.
Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
1994 Group show. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
Group show. Hopper House, Nyack, NY.
Group show. Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY.
Group show.
Salmagundi Club, Annual Photo and Sculpture Show, NYC.
1991 Women of Vision - Group Show. Tokyo, Japan.
Group show.
T. Schreiber Studio, New York, NY.
Group show.
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
1990 Women Photographers - Group show. Nikon House, New York, NY.
Teaching and Workshops:
2019-2022 Art & Meditation, Cyanotype mini workshops in my studio
2010 Alternative Photography Processes. Visiting Instructor. RCC
2007-2018 Alternative Process and Polaroid Transfer Workshops. ROCA.
2008 Alternative Process Workshop. WICE International Center, Paris, France.
2006 Polaroid Transfer Workshop. WICE International Center, Paris, France.
Polaroid Transfer Workshops. The Art School, Closter NJ.
Teen Alternative Photo Workshops. ROCA.
Teen Alternative Photography Workshop and Camp. Brady-Nelson Studios, Piermont, NY.
2005 Alternative Photographic Workshops -
various. See: www.eileenbradynelson.com
2003 Alternative Process Workshop Leader. El Shaddai Art Center, Sparkill NY.
B/W Photo and Cyanotype Processes. Teen Workshops Leader, Piermont, NY.
2002 Teen Photo Workshop. Piermont, NY.
Alternative Processes. Photography Instructor. Rockland Community College.
2001 Alternative Processes. Workshop Leader for Teenagers. Arcachon, France.
2000 Polaroid Workshops. Leader, with students at the Blue Rock School, West Nyack, NY.
1997-1999 Photography Instructor. Rockland Community College.
1982 Photography Instructor – Marymount Manhattan College, NYC.
Publications:
The Sketch Book Project. “A global, collaborative art project.” Brooklyn, NY. 2016-2017.
Contributed a handmade book to the project. These books toured the US, ending up at
The Whitney Museum of Art, NY.
Image Bank. 1999 Edition.
Swanstock. First Edition 1998.
Women Photographers, Our Illusions and Reality. The Photo Review. 1993 Competition Issue.
New York Times - Film stills for publicity.
Women of Vision. Tokyo/NewYork, 1990.
Video and TV Projects:
Italian Series. Exhibition prints purchased for set decoration on “Queen’s Supreme” TV Series.
Ikea Commercial. Photographs purchased for set decoration on Ikea commercial series.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Title Sequence Photographs. American Masters, PBS.
Education:
Queen's College, New York. BA, Art History.
International Center of Photography. One Year Certificate program.
University of Florence, Italy. Independent study, Italian Renaissance Art.
Pratt Institute. Art Therapy Master’s program, 2000- 2001, Brooklyn, NY.
Creativity Coaching Certificate. Awarded in 2015, by Creativity Coaching Association.
Residencies:
1996, 2007, 2010, and 2013. Spirit Lake, Spokane, Washington. Artist in Resident.
Associations:
1997-1999. Art in Public Places Committee. Rockland County, NY.
1995-1997. Piermont Flywheel Gallery. Board of Directors. Piermont, NY.
Stock Agencies:
2003 - Aperture Images.
1998 to present - Image Bank, Getty One. NY.
1995-to present - Swanstock, Tucson, Arizona.
Grants:
2005 - NY State Arts in Education - Grant.
2003 - NY State Council of the Arts - Grant for a Project with the Hispanic Community of
Rockland County - The Alphabet Project.
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