CV | Peter AC Nelson

EDUCATION

PhD in Creative Media

School of Creative Media

City University Hong Kong

Visiting Researcher

Games Research Unit

IT University, Copenhagen

Student Fellow

Applied Centre for Interactive Computing

City University, Hong Kong

Master of Fine Art

University of New South Wales Art & Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts

First-Class Honours

University Medal for Fine Arts,

University of New South Wales

2015-2018

2018

2017-2018

2010-2012

2002-2006

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Crab_backup, Wellington Street Projects, Sydney.

Things the look like rocks, Gallery 9, Sydney

Landscape Tractate, MOP Projects, Sydney

Grids and Stones, HanArt TZ Gallery, Hong Kong

The Mountain Without the Words, Gallery 9, Sydney

Extensions of a No-Place (The Clock Work Man), Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing

Extensions of a No-Place (Wen Zhengming), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

Extensions of a No-Place (Wen Zhengming & Qui Ying), Taipei Artist Village, Taipei

Extensions of a No-Place (Undoing), Alaska Projects, Sydney

Extensions of a No-Place (the stone buildings), Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney

Extensions of a No-Place, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney

Mountain drawing (the first time I felt at home), Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2019

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Serious Games, HowArt Museum, Shanghai.

ACM Multimedia, Nice, France

When Artists Enter The Factories, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York City.

ISEA, Nagi Art Centre, Gwangju, Korea

The Emerald City, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong.

Heterotopia/On The Route, GCA Museum, Chongqing.

Asia Hotel/REAL ESTATE/LANDSCAPE, Hefei Contemporary Art Space, Hefei.

ISEA 2016 Juried Exhibition, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

SafARI, Artist-run festival, Sydney.

4th Chongqing Biennale for Young Artists, Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts

Institute, Chongqing.

Channels Video Art Festival, Screenspace, Melbourne.

SYD/DRW, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin.

Chongqing/Sydney, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney.

Wondermountain, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney.

Redline, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing.

The Art & Australia Collection, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney.

New Waves of NPM, National Palace Museum, Tainan.

Middle Head: 33°50’S, 151°14’E, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.

Othering (realities in landscape), Digital Art Centre, Taipei.

A3 A Tois, Instant 42, Taipei.

Othering (realities in landscape), RearView ARI, Melbourne.

The Third Landscape, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.

2019

2018

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

PRIZES/GRANTS

Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Scholarship

Outstanding Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants, City University of Hong Kong

Career Fund Grant, The Copyright Agency, Australia

Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant

Artstart Grant, The Australia Council for the Arts

Art & Australia/Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award

Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship, University of New South Wales

Australian Postgraduate Award

2017

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS

Multiple Approaches to Game Analysis Workshop, IT University, Copenhagen

Artist in residence, City of Sydney

Redline International Artist Workshop, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing

Artist in residence, Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing

Artist in residence, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei

Artist in residence, Serial Space, Sydney

Artist in residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Artist in residence, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

2017

2014

2013

2011

2009

PRESS

Grids and Stones: Landscapes as Cultural Self-Portrait, Art Asia Pacific. http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/GridsandStonesLandscapesAsCulturalSelfPortrait

Artist Profile: Peter Nelson, The Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2015/apr/18/artist-peter-nelson-new-faces

Something like a painting, China Daily.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2015-01/16/content_19332584.htm

The Waste Land – Peter Nelson, Taipei Times.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2013/11/10/2003576530/2

Rethinking the Margins, Surface Asia Magazine.

http://www.surfaceasiamag.com/read-news-3-0-669-rethinking-the-margins.surfaceasia.magz#.UYcg3-De7dk

Extensions of a No-Place, Carrie Miller, the art life.

http://theartlife.com.au/2012/extensions-of-a-no-place/

Peter Nelson: Mountain Drawing (the first time I felt at home), Das 500.

http://www.dasplatforms.com/das_five_cent/peter-nelson-mountain-drawing-the-first-time-i-felt-at-home/

Architect of the Ethereal, Australian Art Collector, Issue 52.

http://www.artcollector.net.au/PeterNelsonArchitectoftheEthereal

2015

2013

2012

2011

2010