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Fredrick J. Nelson

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EDUCATION
1975

MFA, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO

1972 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1971 BA, Webster College, Webster Groves, MO
1968 Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, MO
AWARDS
2001 Missouri Artist-In-Residence, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
1997 Purchase Award, Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR
1994 Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts Residencies, Paris, France
Messing Sabbatical Grant
1993 Juror’s Award, “Mail In Art”, Margaret Harwell Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO
1990 Mid-America Art Alliance / National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Painting and Works on Paper
Juror’s Award, “14th Annual Small Works Exhibition”, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Juror’s Award, “26th Annual Delta Art Exhibition”, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1982 Exhibition Grant, Northern Arts Council, England
Travel Grant, L.Y.C. Museum, Brampton, England
1981 Exhibition Grant, Northern Arts Council, England
1980 Juror’s Award, “22nd Eight States Competition”, Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Juror’s Award, “Marietta National Painting and Sculpture Exhibition” Marietta College, Marietta, OH
1978 Juror’s Award, “19th Annual Works on Paper,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
1974 Teaching Assistanceship, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
1973 Scholarship, Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2002 The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2001 Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL
1991 Mid-America Biennial. Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
1983 36th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition. Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
1982 L.Y.C. Museum, Brampton, England
1978 19th Annual Works on Paper. Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Urban Blues. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 Retrospective: Painting, 25 years. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996 The Tao of Landscape. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
The Language of Landscape. Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1994 The Image of Pursuance. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1993 The Gardens at Abbeville, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1992 Myth and Metaphysics, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1991 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1990 The Gifts of Grace and Terror, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1988 The Natural Paradise, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985 Grae Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Signet Arts, University City, MO
1983 Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
1982 Bede Gallery, Jarrow, England
Hull College of Higher Education, Hull, England
L.Y.C. Museum, Brampton, England
1981 Fontbonne College, Clayton, MO
Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 Meramec Community College, Kirkwood, MO
1979 Terry Moore Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1978 Davis Gallery, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, MO
1977 Louis D. Beaumont Gallery, Maryville College, Chesterfield, MO
1972 Loretto Gallery, Loretto School, Kansas City, MO
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1991 Genell Miller and Frederick J. Nelson, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL
William Yonker and Frederick J. Nelson, Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
1989 Frederick J. Nelson and William Yonker, Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
1983 Michael Rubin and Fred Nelson, Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, MO
Nelson and Rosenbloom, Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Home Grown. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2001 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. Burlington Art Center, Burlington, IA
New Works on Paper. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 Contemporary 2000: 2nd Annual Contemporary Exhibit. Point Gallery, Omaha, NE
Recycled Paper III. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 49th Quad State Exhibition. Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Recycled Paper II. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997 40th Annual Delta Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
47th Annual Art Competition. Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR
1995 Last Chance. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1993

American Cultural Center, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
New Works on Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Dealer’s Choice. Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Mail in Art, Margaret Harwell Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO

1992 Departures and Connections, Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
1991 Mid-America Biennial, Nelson Adkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Earth Elements, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Selections from the Atrium Gallery, Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
Drawn to the Earth, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1988 20th Annual Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
7th Annual Contemporary Art Exhibit, Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, MO
31st Annual Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Museum, Chautauqua, NY
1987 30th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art St. Louis III, St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO
Paper Works, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 Artists in the Atrium, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Art St. Louis II, St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO
XXIX Salon Internationale, Palais Municipal des Expositions, Lyon, France
1985 Small Works National, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
Vivace, St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO
1984 Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
Brubeck Arts Center, Wabash College, Carmel, IN
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terra Haute, IN
Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, IL
Indiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN
13th Annual Traveling Exhibition, Jasper Community Arts Commission, Jasper, IN
36th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
26th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little, Rock, AR
1982 2nd Annual Limehouse Open, Limehouse Studios, London, England
Small Works, Newcastle Gallery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
L.E.A. Exhibit, Leicester Gallery, Leicester, England
The John Moore’s Exhibition, Liverpool Exhibition Center, Liverpool, England
1980 22nd Annual Eight States Exhibition, Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Upfront; An Invitational Exhibition, Alternative Space, Memphis, TN
Fontbonne College, Clayton, MO
Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Marietta National Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
1979 Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Messing Gallery, Ladue, MO
National Invitational, Blackwell Gallery, Salisbury, MD
1978 19th Annual Works on Paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
21st Annual Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Museum, Chautauqua, NY
1977 Critic’s Choice, St. Louis Convention Center Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1976 Colorfield Painters, Emden Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Rising Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Gallery Rouff, St. Louis, MO
National Invitational Exhibit, Western Carolina State University, Cullowee, NC
Gallery 210, University of Missouri @ St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1975 Terry Moore Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1973 National Drawing Competition, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Chennel Gallery, London, England
Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR
Forsyth School, Clayton, MO
L.Y.C. Museum, Brampton, England
Mary Institute St. Louis Country Day School, Ladue, MO
The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
A.G. Edwards, St. Louis, MO
Armstrong, Teasdale, Schafly and Davis, St. Louis, MO
Boatmen’s National Bank, St. Louis, MO
Bryan, Cave, St. Louis, MO
Café Zoe, St. Louis, MO
Centel Corporation, Chicago, IL
Champion International Inc., St. Louis, MO
Cincinnati Bell information Systems, Cincinnati, OH
Draper and Kramer, Chicago, IL
First National Bank, Columbia, MO
Fogelman Byrnes, Memphis, TN
Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
Forsyth School, St. Louis, MO
Harper & Row, Medical Publishing Division, St. Louis, MO
HBE Adams Mark, Buffalo, NY
HBE Adams Mark, Dallas, TX
Holiday Inn Regional Headquarters, Shawnee Mission, KS
Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Cornfield & Jenkins, St. Louis, MO
Johnson & Higgins, St. Louis, MO
Krey Distributing Company, St. Louis, MO
LaSalle Partners, Chicago, IL
Mark Twain Bank, St. Louis, MO
Mary Institute St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
Meceli Holding Company, St. Louis, MO
Mercantile Bank, St. Louis, MO
Morris Holdings Inc., St. Louis, MO
Northwestern Bottle Company, St. Louis, MO
Parkcrest Surgical Association, St. Louis, MO
Paul Stuart, Chicago, IL
Peat, Marwick, St. Louis, MO
Prevost and Partners Ltd., London, England
Prudential Home Mortgage Company, St. Louis, MO
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO
Retina & Vitreous Consultants, St. Louis, MO
R.R. Donnelley, World Headquarters, Chicago, IL
The Swan Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Tockman and Wolk, St. Louis, MO
U.S. Bank, St. Louis, MO
Valley Steel, Centralia, MO
Vector Securities, New York, NY

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