Stephen Nelson
BA, MA
Biography
Stephen Nelson, BA, MA is an artist who divides his time between London and southern Italy. After completing degrees in Fine Art at the universities of Cardiff and Birmingham, he has since established his practice as a sculptor, working in a range of materials and media. Stephen’s work has been exhibited internationally and in the UK at galleries and museums including Camden Arts Centre, the Whitechapel Gallery, the Fine Arts Society and twice at the Royal Academy Summer Show.
Stephen also curates exhibitions, which have included shows in Eritrea and Tanzania for the British Council and an exhibition about British art and the Italian arte povera movement, for the Estorick Collection. A personal venture of his is a nonprofit gallery established on the site of a bus shelter in the Pollino National Park in Basilicata, Italy, which regularly hosts site- specific work created by international artists.
Stephen has led numerous art and cultural tours throughout Europe and further afield, and has acquired specialist knowledge of Italy and Mexico. He is also an experienced scuba diver and has explored seas (and cenotes)
all over the world.
