STEPHEN NELSON C.V. TEACHING, CURATING AND COMMUNITY WORK

Teaching and Lecturing Work

2000 - present Art History Abroad – Course Leader and Lecturer Travelling across Italy with groups of gap year students (up to 30 in each group) teaching architecture, painting and sculpture in extended tours that include Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Siena and Sicily. Organising all practical aspects of course within Italy, including pastoral care of students, transport, accounts, accommodation etc. Mentoring new tutors.

Co-author and teacher of Art History Abroad’s Contemporary Art course – a two week summer course examining the contemporary art scene in , including also short visits to other major European cities e.g Biennnale, Venice; Documenta, Kassel.

2004 British Council, Yeravan, Armenia – Visiting Lecturer Visiting Lecturer for pop art exhibition and organiser of printmaking workshops for Yeravan’s art students.

1996 - present Visiting lectureships in painting and sculpture:  Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.  Cheltenham University  Portsmouth University  Newcastle University  University of the Arts, London

1999 – 2005 Tower Hamlets College, London - Lecturer Part-time lecturer in Contextual studies, graphic design and sculpture to Btec and students on pre-degree graphic design course.

1998 – present Gallery/Museum Lecturer Guided talks for corporate clients for a range of major exhibitions at galleries and museums including:  (Frida Kahlo, Matisse Picasso, Joshua Reynolds, Hopper, Rothko, Bacon, Pollock, Turner Prize and Altermodern)  British Museum (Michelangelo’s Drawings)  Serpentine Galley (Allen McCullum, Piero Manzoni, Richard Serra)  (Yves Klein, Aratjara, Doubletake, Unbound and Russian Art).

1995-2005 Tate, Education Lecturer. Delivering regular one-hour lectures within the permanent collection to school children, college students and adult groups.

Curatorial Work

2008 Man&Eve, London - Walls have ears featuring Simon Callery, Clem Crosby, Jasper Deane, Brian Griffiths,Kabir Hussain, Sarah Jones, Brighid Lowe and Stephen Nelson STEPHEN NELSON C.V. TEACHING, CURATING AND COMMUNITY WORK

2006 Tannery Arts, London – Domestic

1996-98 British Council in Africa: Eritrea and Tanzania. Two exhibitions showing British contemporary artists in Eritrea and Tanzania, for the first time. Co-ordinated artist-led workshops with local community groups that included war veterans, disabled groups and orphaned children. 1997 – 98 United Nations Development Programme World Poverty Day – Co-ordinator Commissioned song by Ndala Kasheb to be distributed, free, to the taxi drivers of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as part of a campaign to promote hygiene.

Community and Access Work

1987-1990 Whitechapel Art Gallery London - Schools Co-ordinator Creating and leading workshops with Primary and Secondary school groups on exhibitions by Joan Miró, Bruce Nauman, Arshile Gorky, Tony Cragg and Jacob Epstein. Devised and led workshops for disabled groups. Main duties involved welcoming school groups and helping students to create art works based around the ideas of the artists exhibiting.

Developed and delivered, with Jefford Horrigan, a series of “touch” workshops for visually impaired visitors.

1990 South Bank Centre, London – Artist in Residence Collaborated with musicians, writers and dancers on year long residency with Havering Primary School project to stage a final performance at the Royal Festival Hall.

1995-2005 – Artist, Tate Xtra Working on a collaboration between Tate and Lambeth and Westminster Councils - an annual scheme for students (Year 8) to work with the gallery collection, alongside artists

1995 – 2005 Tate Britain – Inset Trainer Training teachers on arts education strategies for primary and secondary school children, both within the classroom and for external visits to galleries and museums.

Education, Qualifications and Awards

1980-83 B.A (Hons) Fine Art, South Glamorgan Institute, Cardiff 1983-84 Masters in Fine Art, Birmingham Polytechnic 1999-2000 Arts Council of England Helen Chadwick Fellowship(Oxford University) including residency at the British School at Rome, Italy. 1990 British Council Travel Award 1984 Fellowship in Painting, Cheltenham College of Art