Lee Nelson

Artist Statement

These images are a result of a compulsion to make images. I have been remarkably unproductive during this period but at times I have been compelled to create some kind of record or inventory, simply, and just with my phone as camera since it was almost always at hand. At the same time I started taking images of the TV screen. At first it was a fascination with the Work From Home aspect of news reporters and talk show hosts broadcasting through Facetime. More recent events have compelled me to rise from my couch when confronted by horrors and hope.

Artist Bio

1977 Graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, BFA Photography
2018 Smith Anderson North Gallery San Anselmo, CA “PhotoAlliance-Bay Area Currents” (Group) August 29th-September 29th
2016 Dada Gallery San Francisco, CA “Americana Pop” (Group) December 26th, 2016 through February 7th
2015 PHOTO Gallery Oakland, CA “California!” (Group) October 15-November 14
2015 San Francisco Camerawork “Heat” Annual Juried Show, (Group) July 23- August 22
2014 PHOTO Gallery Oakland, CA “Sense of Place”, (Group)
2014 PHOTO Gallery Oakland, CA “Upon Reflection” curated by Stephen Wirtz (Group)
1984 San Francisco Camerawork 10th Anniversary Juried Show