Avery Z. Nelson (they) was born in Rhinebeck, NY and lives and works in NYC. Nelson’s vibrant and sensual paintings record the inner experience of a trans self beyond constructs of gender, remapping the body’s erogenous zones in ever-shifting ways. Grounded in gesture, rhythm, and dance, Nelson generates friction between movement and stillness, figure and landscape, to erupt and destabilize categories within poetic compositions.
Nelson has presented solo shows most recently at Blade Study Gallery (NYC), Rachel Uffner Gallery (NYC), and Prats Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona). Nelson's work has been included in group exhibitions at many spaces including DS Galerie (Paris), Para Site (Hong Kong) and the DePaul Art Museum (Chicago). Their work has been reviewed in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail, Artforum, Artspace, and Spike Magazine. In 2019 Nelson received a Sharpe Walentas Studio Fellowship, and in 2021 they were a recipient of an FST Studio Funding Grant.
