1. Professional life

2. Personal life

3. Selected Exhibitions Curated by Nirith Nelson
     Bill of Lading    I Am an Other    Stairway    Observatory Gallery    Domains  

4. References

Professional life

Nelson studied Art History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.{{fact|date=June 2014}} During her studies for the master's degree{{fact|date=June 2014}} she began her work at the Israel Museum, where for nine years she practiced curatorial work and public speaking on art and design.^[2] She is on the faculty of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design since 2000.^[2] Since 2002, she developed{{fact|date=June 2014}} and ran the JCVA Artists Residency program,^[1] where she screens and invites international artists and curators and creates individually-tailored programs for each in line with their artistic interests.{{fact|date=June 2014}} Special projects that enrich visiting artists as well as the local art milieu, including exhibitions, lectures, workshops and multidisciplinary seminars were initiated and encouraged.{{fact|date=June 2014}}

For 13 years,^[1] she was the art advisor of the Jerusalem Foundation,^[3] where she was responsible for the selection, concept, and integration of artworks into Jerusalem’s urban landscape{{fact|date=June 2014}}, and where she worked with both local and international artists.{{fact|date=June 2014}} Nelson initiated innovative projects in visual as well as interdisciplinary arts throughout the city.{{fact|date=June 2014}} Almost all projects were community-based and related to the human environment they were immersed in.{{fact|date=June 2014}}

Within this framework, Nirith Nelson initiated several successful projects such as the Dwek Gallery in Mishkenot Sha’ananim and the Art Cube Gallery at the Artists studios, which she managed artistically.^[4] She founded the Daniela Pasal Centre for Media Art,^[5] and founded and directed the successful Moonlight Cinema Festival.^[5] Nelson also curated the Mishkenot Photography Collection,{{fact|date=June 2014}} which became one of Israel’s most prominent collections of contemporary Israeli photography,^[6] and was responsible for many other long-lasting public art projects in the city of Jerusalem.{{fact|date=June 2014}}

She has also served as an art advisor to many other institutions,^[5] consulted for many artists and designers, and participated in numerous symposia. She has also served as a judge for several art and design committees, including among others The Andy Bronfman Prize,^[7] the Crate and Barrel prize, and the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize. Nelson’s vivid lectures on contemporary art and design have drawn large audiences since her days at the Israel Museum.{{fact|date=June 2014}}

Personal life

Nirith Nelson is the daughter of Hannah and Nathan Nelson.{{fact|date=June 2014}} She has a sister Lee-Bath Nelson (High Tech Executive and VC),^[8] and a brother Ben Nelson (Founder of The Minerva Project).^[9]

Selected Exhibitions Curated by Nirith Nelson

Bill of Lading

Bill of Lading - with Rotem Ruff. A joint exhibition of Raqs Media Collective from India and Nevet Yitzhak from Israel at the Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, May 2014.^[10] This exhibition was the fruit of an exchange project of two concurrent residencies in 2011. Raqs Media Collective were invited to the JCVA and Yizhak was invited to Khoj (International Artists’ Association) in New Delhi. Raqs Media Collective presented three works: The Capital of Accumulation (relating to Rosa Luxemburg); More Salt in your Tears and Bloom (which resulted from their visit to the Dead Sea). Nevet Yitzhak presented a large installation titled The Concert, which corresponds with Vermeer’s painting of the same name.^[11]

I Am an Other

I Am an Other - contemporary conceptual jewelry biennale. Thirty-five jewelry designers and artists presented their work at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, June 2012. Nelson asked the jewelry designers to create a piece for themselves that would also reflect their inner self. She entered into a dialogue with each artist, accompanied the development of the piece, and initiated a singular photography project that accompanied the exhibition catalogue, wherein each artist’s portrait was taken with the one-of-a-kind jewelry piece they produced.^[12][13]

Stairway

Stairway - installation by Polish artist Monika Sosnowska, at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, September 2010. Sosnowska came to the JCVA residency in 2008. She was offered a private and detailed architectural tour of Tel Aviv, which became one of the reference points for this installation.^[14][15]

Observatory Gallery

Observatory Gallery - a one-person show by London-based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa, was part of Video Zone, the Video Art Biennale,{{fact|date=June 2014}} at the Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, November 2004. Hiraki Sawa showed what later turned to be his landmark works: Spotter, Airliner{{fact|date=June 2014}} and Dwelling. Following this exposure, Sawa was embraced by the art community in Israel and was shown at the Israel Museum, the Petach Tikva Museum, the Haifa Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum.{{fact|date=June 2014}} In addition, his work Going Places, Sitting Down was bought for the permanent collection of the Israel Museum.{{fact|date=June 2014}} Following his JCVA residency he made another well-received piece named Passer-by.^[16]

Domains

Domains - Contemporary Israeli Design, traveling exhibition:

Tokyo Designers Block, Tokyo (October 2002); International Design Center, Nagoya (December 2002); Jintai Museum, Beijing (February 2003); the New Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai (March 2003);^[17] Seoul Arts Center – Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul (September 2003); Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (December 2003);^[18] UTS Gallery, Sydney (April 2004); RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (May 2004), Indira Gandhi Gallery, New Delhi, (March 2005). This exhibition, which featured 13 Israeli designers,{{fact|date=June 2014}} was the result of an invitation by Teruo Kurosaki,{{fact|date=June 2014}} who met Nelson in an international design event in London. Nelson was the only guest curator at the Tokyo Design Block.{{fact|date=June 2014}} The Domains exhibition was presented in three venues in Tokyo,{{fact|date=June 2014}} as the Tokyo Design Block takes place throughout the city. The response to the exhibition was so overwhelming that it sprouted invitations to seven other venues in the Far East and the Pacific. The exhibition traveled for over two years and opened many doors for participating Israeli designers and others as well.^[19][20]

References

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• Chuck Puleo
• Chuck Pyle
• Chuck Reed (Arena football)
• Chuck Reed (gridiron football)
• Chuck Renslow
• Chuck Riggs
• Chuck Riley (murderer)
• Chuck Riley (Oregon politician)
• Chuck Robbins
• Chuck Russink
• Chuck's Choice
• Chuck Schummer
• Chuck's Gun Shop
• Chuck's Gun Shop & Range
• Chuck Shamata
• Chuck short ribs
• Chuck Shurley
• Chuck Sieminski
• Chuck Smith (Kansas politician)
• Chuck Smith (politician)
• Chuck Sorensen
• Chuck Spadina
• Chuck Spieser
• Chuck Staben