Pamela Nelson
1947
Born, March 25, 1947,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1974
B.F.A. Art, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Patterns of Soul, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
2006 Double Take, Gerald Peters
Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 Game Show, Liman Studio Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2003 Gameshow, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
2002 Tapestry: Pamela Nelson, National Arts Club, New York
2001 Eternity: 24/8, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2000 Patterns: A Mid-Career Survey of the Work of Pamela Nelson, Dallas Visual Art Center (catalog), Dallas, TX
Pieced, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
1998 Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
1995 Featured Artist, Texas State Capitol, Austin, TX
Recent Painting, Blasingame Design, Ft. Worth, TX
1994 Show of Shows, Installation M.O.A.T. (Museum of Agenda and Transgression), Dallas, TX
Still Life of the Interior, New Paintings by Pamela Nelson, Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, TX
Pamela Nelson, McNair Gallery, Telluride, CO
1993 La Pausita, Installation, Artisana Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 Room Inside My Head: An Installation, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
1991 Marking Our Times, Peregrine Gallery at the Crescent, Dallas (brochure), TX
1990 Hall of Mirrors, Peregrine Gallery at the Crescent, Dallas, TX
1987 Faux Feast, Peregrine Gallery at the Crescent, Dallas, TX
1985 Pamela Nelson: A Sculpture Garden, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, TX
1983 Pamela Nelson: Stagescapes, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, TX
1981 Project Room A: Chapel, 500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas, TX
1980 Pamela Nelson: Chapel of Essentials, Toni Jones Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 6 Pak, Museum of SE Texas,
Beaumont, TX
2005 Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Artists Among Us, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
Matter of Devotion, The Image Conference, University of Houston, TX
PAPER, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003 gamegirl, Cidnee Patrick Gallery, Dallas, TX, with Ginger Geyer
2001 Gallery in the Garden, Governor’s Mansion, Austin, TX
2000 Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX (with Mary McCleary and Lydia Balahutrek)
1998 Healing Wings, William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
1997 The Fourth Dimension, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Collaborations, North Lake College, Irving, TX
1996 Through a Glass Darkly, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
Hope, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
1995 DCCCD Faculty Exhibit, Dallas Visual Art Center, TX
House and Garden, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
A Texas Summer, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994 The Exquisite Corpse, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Diamonds are Forever, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
1993 DARE: A to Z, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Outside: In, Outsider and Contemporary Artists in Texas, Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
Curator: Murray Smither & Jim Edwards (catalog)
1992 Baubles, Bangles, and Mardi Gras Beads (with Lynda Benglis and Mary McCleary),
Galveston
Art Center, Galveston, TX
Curator: Clint Willour
Sit, Stand and Wonder: Furniture Makers, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Curator: Joan Davidow
Metal and Mettle: Art and Spirit, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX,
Curator: Paul Roger Harris
Forty
Views Plus, Arlington Art Museum,
Arlington, Texas,
Curator: Joan Davidow
1991 Healing Hands, Lubbock Arts Center, Lubbock, TX (catalog)
(also D-Art Visual Art Center), Curator: Future Akins
Texas Art Celebration ’91,Cullen Center, Houston, TX (brochure)
Juror: Becky Duval Reese
Lone Star Art, Very Special Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
1990 33rd Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR,
Juror: Linda Cathcart (brochure)
Silent Stories, Peregrine Gallery at the Crescent, Dallas, TX
Cross Show, X Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA (also shown at University of New
Orleans, New Orleans, LA)
1989 Inaugural Exhibit, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The
TV Show, Dallas Museum of Art, TX
(brochure)
Curators: James Chefchis & David Hynds
Constructed
Image, The Gallery, Hughes-Trigg Student
Center, SMU, Dallas, TX,
Curator: Karen Churchill
1988 JFK: Memory, CRCA Gallery (Center for Research in Contemporary Art),
University
of North Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX,
Curator: Jeff Kelley (brochure)
Texas Exhibit, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Curator: Patricia Meadows with advisory committee (catalog and video)
Refused, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Sculpture at the Bar, Belo Mansion, Dallas, TX, Juror: Marla Price
Citylife: Views of the City, Rotunda, Texas Commerce Tower, Dallas, TX
Curator: Paul Rogers Harris (brochure)
1987 Artists for Amnesty, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX,
Curator: Paula Barber
Texas Fine Arts Association Annual, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX,
Juror: Susan Freudenheim
Handmade in Texas, LTV Center (now Trammell Crow Center), Dallas, TX
Curator: Paul Rogers Harris (brochure)
1986 Folk Inspired, Caroline Lee Gallery, Houston, TX
Animation/Imagination, Frito-Lay Corporation, Plano, TX,
Curator: June Mattingly
Art
in the Metroplex, Texas Christian
University, Fort Worth, TX,
Juror: Peter Frank
AWARDS
2000 City of Dallas Urban Design Awards, Dream/Study Award for the TIF Streetscape Project
Eighth Annual Legend Award, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1996 Eller Media Billboard, Dallas and Fort Worth, TX
Banner Competition, Art and Soul, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX
1994 Merit Award, AIA, DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Mockingbird Station, TX
1993 Artist-in-Residence, Connemara Conservancy, Plano, TX
Curator: Amy Monier
1990 Honorable Mention, “31st Invitational Exhibition,” Longview Museum and Arts
Center, Longview, TX, Juror: Sue Graze
1988 Patrick Media Billboard, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Mickey Guston
1987 Merit Award, “September Competition,” Alexandra Museum, Alexandria, Louisiana
Juror: Lynn Gumpert
1986 Merit Award, “Citation ’86,” Crescent Gallery, Dallas, , Texas , Juror: Dave Hickey
1984 Merit Award, “Art in the Metroplex,” Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas,
Juror: Robert Murdoch
A. H. Belo Corporation, Dallas, TX
AMS Productions, Dallas, TX
American Airlines, Dallas, TX
Blue Mesa Grill, Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX
Dallas Foundation, Dallas, TX
Dell Children’s Hospital,
Austin TX
Dr. Pepper, Dallas, TX
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Fox Sports, Dallas, TX
Helen of Troy Corporation, El Paso, TX
Hughes and Luce, Dallas, TX
J. C. Penny, Dallas, TX
Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX
M-TV Collection, New York, NY
Nations Bank, Charlotte, NC
Nokia Corporation, Dallas, TX
Steak and Ale Corporation, Dallas, TX
Sterling Commerce, Dallas, TX
Sterling International, New York, New York
U.S. Embassies in Tangikistan, Ivory Coast, Cambodia
U.S. Trust of Texas, Dallas, TX
Books
Adams, Carol, Inner Art of Vegetarianism, Lantern Books (cover design), 2000.
Adams, Carol, Prayers for Animals, Continuum Books (cover design), 2004.
Poe, Joy. No Bluebonnets, No Yellow Roses: Essays on Texas Women in the Arts, Edited by
Sylvia Moore. New York: Midmarch Books, 1998, pp. 84, 91.
Nathan, Paul. Texas Collects, “Thoughts for Food.” Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1988.
pp. 74-75.
Who’s Who in American Art, 1989 (first entry).
Selected Articles
________. “Season’s Greeting from your wacky friends in politics,” Newsweek, December 22,
1997, p. 81.
________. “Light rail heavy on art,” The Dallas Morning News, June 2, 1997, p. 1A
________. “Boxing Pam…Nelson at McNair,” Telluride Daily Planet, December 23, 1994.
Allison, Christine. “Artists @ Home,” D Home and Garden, Spring Issue, 2001, p. 74
Ballow, Coco. “Artists shoe religious perspective at exhibit,” El Tiempo, El Paso Times,
November 22, 1996, p. 3
Daniel, Mike. “Change of Art,” Guide, The Dallas Morning News, March 20, 1998, p. 65.
Goad, Kimberly. “Pam Nelson: Portrait,” The Dallas Morning News, February 14, 1990.
Greene, Mariana. “The Incredible Inedibles,” Dallas Life Magazine, Dallas Morning News,
April 24, 1998, pp.20-21.
Griffin, Laura. “A Home for their work,” The Dallas Morning News, December 7, 1998.
Harris, Joyce Saenz. “High Profile,” The Dallas Morning News, October 8, 2000.
Jarmusch, Ann. “Billboard winners take to the road,” Dallas Times Herald, June 25, 1988.
Kutner, Janet. “Dual Format
Rich Varied,” The Dallas Morning News, April 26, 2006.
Kutner, Janet. “No Trivial Trinkets,” The Dallas Morning News, March 17, 1990.
Kutner, Janet. “Time as friend and foe,” The Dallas Morning News, January 15, 1991.
Kutner, Janet. “Queen of Kitsch,” The Dallas Morning News, April 8, 1993, p. 1C.
Kutner, Janet. “Pam Nelson at Edith Baker,” The Dallas Morning News, April 18, 1998, p. 9C.
Lively, Kim. “At Home with Art,” Dallas-Fort Worth Home and garden, November, 1982,
Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 92-95.
McGhie, Juliet. “Lot’s of Energy, lots of ideas,” Citilites, Winter issue, 2001, p. 13.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. “A hard look,” Dallas Observer, March 1, 1990.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Connemara: A Natural Setting for Art,” The Dallas Morning News,
March 18, 1993, p. 1C.
Rees, Christina. “Bleeding Arts,” Dallas Observer, September 17-23, 1998, p. 15.
Sachson, Gail. “Being a little off the wall makes for fun at rail station,” February 20,1997.
Sime, Tom. “Stage West’s new face gives Ft. Worth Theater a lift,” Dallas Morning News,
July 17, 1998.
Radio and Television
Matthews, Quin. “Art Matters,” WRR-FM, September 10, 2000.
Crilley, Jeff, “Open Art,” Fox 4 News, January 3, 1999.
Helsell, Jack, KXAS-TV, Channel 5, “Profile” on the 6 o’clock news, June 24, 1988.
Kelly, Judy & Greg Bader. “Artseye,” segment, KERA-TV, channel 13, June 17, 1987.
2003 Window installation, Barneys/New York City, Simon Doonan, creative director
2000 Design for “Boxcar Children,” Dallas Children’s Theater, Dallas, TX
1997-98 Commission for First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX
1997 Christmas card for Texas Gov. & Mrs. George Bush
1995 Commission for KERA-TV to honor Julia Childs, Dallas, TX
1994 Commission for Tom Thumb Grocers, State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX
Mural for J.C. Penny, Dallas, TX
1990 Mannequin for window, Barneys/New York, NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
Sculpture and Invitation, Party for Wilds of Africa Opening, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, TX
1989 Commemorative Poster, Ramses Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Natural History, Dallas, TX
1988 Billboard (Clothes Make The City), Patrick Media Group, Dallas, TX
2007 Color Equations, NorthPark Center, Dallas
TX
2006 Presbyterian Hospital Chapel, Dallas, TX
2005 Stained glass windows, First United Methodist Church of Richardson, TX
Schaefer Landing Residential project, floor and wall mosaics, Brooklyn, New York
Floor Medallion, Terminal D, DFW Airport, Irving, TX
2004 DART Light Rail Station (American Airlines Center Victory Station), Dallas, TX
2003 Polk Elementary School, façade and walkway, benches, Dallas, TX
2000 City Center TIF Streetscape Project, Dallas, TX
1999 Meditation Chapel, Jackson Building, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX
1998 Theater façade, Stage West. Ft. Worth, TX
Park Cities YMCA, Dallas, TX
1997 Mural, Children’s Collection, J.
Erik Jonsson Library, Dallas, TX
1996 DART Light Rail Stations (Dallas Zoo, Lovers Lane, Mockingbird)
1993 Wall Paintings, City of Dallas Animal Shelter, Dallas, TX
1992 Mural, DART Construction Fence, Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX
1988 Sculpture, The Reptile House, Dallas Zoo, TX
2004 Guest Lecturer, Fort Worth Historical Society
Guest Lecturer, White House Appointments Personnel
2001 Juror, Love Field Competition
1995-98 Workshops, Dallas Museum of Art (also, 1994, 1993, 1982, 1985)
Guest Lecturer, Dallas Museum of Art (also, 1993)
Guest Lecturer, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
1994 Instructor, Dallas Cable Video Camp, Dallas
1993-99 Lecturer/Demonstrator, Liquitex Paint, Binney & Smith Co.
1993-95 Instructor, painting, Cedar Valley College, Dallas
Juror, Site Sculpture Competition, Municipal Center, Plano, Texas
1992 Juror, DART Garland Bus Transit Center, Garland, Texas
1991 Instructor, Arlington Museum of Art
1991-93 Station Design Artist, Light Rail (3 stations), DART
1987, 1989 Created and produced award, “She Knows Where She’s Going,” Girls
Club of America, Dallas
1985 Co-curator, “The Madonna Project, Steps I and II,” Theater Gallery, Dallas
2001-09 Presidential Appointee, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, elected vice chair,
Washington, D.C.
2000-05 Appointment to Public Art Committee, City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs
2002-present Member, Southern Methodist University Executive Libraries Board, Dallas
2001 Task Force, Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs to write cultural arts policy
1996-98 Member, Board of Trustees, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1994-present Director, Open Art Project, Stewpot Shelter, Dallas, TX
1993 Exhibition Consultant, “A Friend for Life,” S.P.C.A. and Dallas Zoo
1992-98 Member, Steering Committee, E.A.S.L. (Emergency Artists Support League), Dallas
1991-92 Member, Advisory Council, D.A.R.S. (Dallas Arts Resource System)
1989-91 Member, Board of Directors, D.A.R.E (Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition)
1987-89 Member, Board of Directors, Texas Sculpture Association