Marcus Nelson

Overview
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Nelson’s artistic practice focuses on the medium of paint by depicting skinless, almost flayed bodies in ethereal landscapes. Often appearing beyond human in nature, he uses the body as a vessel through which to explore our interconnectivity through flesh, with visceral scenes giving way to psychological explorations of the soul. Inspired by philosophy that questions the different ways in which humans and animals can be interpreted, Nelson’s paintings explore these ideas in an abstract sense, allowing figuration to take shapes and forms that appear equally familiar and uncanny. Within each painting contains a sense of duality, where hope balances on the cusp of despair, and violence bleeds into intimacy. Emotional and physical landscapes are pushed to breaking point, and true vulnerabilities are exposed from within.
Works
  • Marcus Nelson, Primal Scream, 2023
    Marcus Nelson
    Primal Scream, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    90 x 70 cm
    35 3/8 x 27 1/2 in
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Guts Exhibitions 
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Courtesy of Brynley Odu Davies
Courtesy of Brynley Odu Davies

Education

2017 - 2021 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London - BA Fine Art.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Lost Boys, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, U.K.

2021 Scar Tissue, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, U.K.

 

Duo Exhibitions

2023 - A Tragedy in Three Acts with Tim Plamper, Grove Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

 

Museum Exhibitions

2021 Behind the Glass, Boys Don’t Cry UK in collaboration with the Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection (group exhibition), London, U.K.

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 NEW NOW: Part 1, Guts Gallery, London

2023 The Other Side of Paradise, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation Marylebone, London, U.K 

2022 ERROR.Restart, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China.

2022 Hiraeth, Phillips, Online Exhibition.

2021 Don’t Go South, Studio Berkheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

2021 Up Close and Personal, The Curators Online, curated by Dynamisk.

2021 Human - ish , See You Next Thursday Online, Curated by Maria Vogel.

2020 After Hours, Harlesden High Street, Southside Wandsworth, London, U.K.

2019 Speaking in Tongues, National Gallery, London, U.K.

2019 Themselves Warehouse Group Show, Unit 8 Warehouse , London, U.K.

2018 The Modern Man, Candid Arts Trust, London, U.K.

 

Residencies

2023 PLOP Residency, London, U.K.

2022 Spread Museum, Entrevaux, France. 

August 2020 - The Fores Project, London, U.K.