Mike Nelson (artist)

Michael "Mike" Nelson (born 1967) is a contemporary British installation artist. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011.^[1] Nelson has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize: first in 2001 (that year the prize was won by Martin Creed), and again in 2007 (when the winner was Mark Wallinger).

Working practice

Nelson's installations typically exist only for the time period of the exhibition which they were made for. They are generally extended labyrinths, which the viewer is free to find their own way through, and in which the locations of the exit and entrance are often difficult to determine. His "The Deliverance and the Patience" in a former brewery on the Giudecca was in the 2001 Venice Biennale.^[2] In September 2007, his exhibition A Psychic Vacuum was held in the old Essex Street Market, New York.^[3] Essays on Nelson's projects, '24A Orwell Street King's Cross Sydney'^[4] and 'The Deliverance and the Patience'^[5] have been written by artist/curator Richard Grayson.

His major installation The Coral Reef, 2000, is on display at Tate Britain until the end of 2011. It consists of fifteen rooms and a warren of corridors. This work and its showing at Matt's Gallery earned him his 2001 Turner Prize nomination.

See also

• Turner Prize
• Young British Artists
• British art

Notes and references

1. ^ Charlotte Higgins, "Mike Nelson to represent Britain at Venice Biennale 2011," The Guardian, 31 March 2010
2. ^ "Mike Nelson: The Deliverance and The Patience", peeruk.org. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
3. ^ "Creative Time presents Mike Nelson A Psychic Vacuum", creativetime.org. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
4. ^ "Mike Nelson: 24A Orwell Street Kings Cross Sydney", essay by Richard Grayson. Retrieved 08 Feb 2009.
5. ^ "Mike Nelson: The Deliverance and The Patience", essay by Richard Grayson. Retrieved 08 Feb 2009.

External links

• Information about Mike Nelson at 330 Gallery
• Matt's Gallery: Mike Nelson
• Turner Prize shortlist 2001
• Creative Time: Mike Nelson
• Frieze Art Fair: Mike Nelson commission (2006)
• Mike Nelson's A Psychic Vacuum in New York City, September 2007
• frieze review of A Psychic Vacuum
• Telegraph review (2006)
• frieze review of Modern Art Oxford show (2004)
• Guardian review (2004)
• Guardian interview (2007)
• Display page on Tate Britain's website
• TateShots at the Venice Biennale 2011: Mike Nelson in The British Pavilion The artist on his work at the Venice Biennale 2011. 7 June 2011

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