Liz Nielsen Explained

Liz Nielsen is an American photographer based in Brooklyn.

Career

Nielsen prefers using traditional analog photography methods with hand-made negatives and natural lighting. She graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002 and a MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago two years later.

Nielsen's photography has been featured in The New Yorker,^[1] The New York Times,^[2] Wall Street Journal,^[3] Hyperallergic^[4] ArtSlant,^[5] British Journal of Photography,^[6] and LensCulture,.^[7]

Her work has been exhibited at Black Box Projects^[8] in London, the Denny Gallery^[9] in New York, Danziger Gallery in New York, and SOCO^[10] Gallery in North Carolina.Nielsen and Carolina Wheat founded the Elijah Wheat Showroom in 2016, and have also co-organized the exhibition Transaction at Knockdown Gallery.

She was a 2020 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina.

References

1. Web site: Liz Nielsen. The New Yorker. 2016-03-05.
2. Web site: Shows of Support. Browne. Alix. T Magazine. 2016-03-05.
3. News: Scaling the Gallery Walls. Chou. Kimberly. Wall Street Journal. 0099-9660. 2016-03-05.
4. Web site: 9 Artists to Watch from the 2012 Bushwick Open Studios. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2016-03-05.
5. Web site: Liz Nielsen. ArtSlant. 2016-03-05.
6. Web site: Black Box Projects Liz Nielsen. British Journal of Photography. 2018-10-25.
7. Web site: Liz Nielsen. LensCulture. 2018-10-25.
8. Web site: Liz Nielsen - Black Box Projects . blackboxprojects.art. 2018-10-25.
9. Web site: Liz Nielsen - Denny Gallery. dennygallery.com. 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033802/http://dennygallery.com/artists/liz-nielsen/. 2016-03-06. dead.
10. Web site: Liz Nielsen. SOCO GALLERY. 2016-03-05.