Kelly Nelson
Professor of Art Education and Chair of the Department of Theatre, Art and Graphic Design

Kelly Nelson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Michigan State University and a Master of Art Education as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking at Eastern Michigan University.  Her work is housed in collections to include the Turner Print Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Arkansas State University and the University of Denver. Her work has been exhibited in competitive exhibitions at Dundarave Print Workshop, (Vancouver, Canada), Limerick Printmakers, (Limerick, Ireland), and Lahti Art Museum, (Finland) among others. She earned an award for experimental printmaking in the Fifth International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria and a diploma for her work Omnivore’s Dilemma at Vilnius International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lithuania. Her work is included in Contemporary American Printmakers.  Kelly taught a SmartPlate workshop at Limerick Printmakers in Limerick, Ireland, completed a residency at Zea Mays Printmaking and teaches at Longwood University, Virginia.