ABOUT THE ARTIST > ▪ Biography
 
"...I'm delighted to be able to have your portfolio in our files..." wrote renowned architect Cesar Pelli


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(partial listing)

  • Pritzker Studio and Gallery, Highland, NY
  • Noho Gallery, New York, NY, 1988-2007
  • Woodstock Museum and Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
  • Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
  • Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
  • United States Embassy, Nassau, Bahamas
  • Flemington Gallery of the Arts, Flemington, NJ
  • 60 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (partial listing)

  • Coral Springs Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Coral Springs, FL
  • Nina Torres Art Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Arts Society of Kingston, NY
  • Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
  • Bearsville Graphics, Woodstock, NY
  • Clove Church Gallery, Saugerties, NY
  • Pritzker Gallery, Highland, NY
  • Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, 2001 (Lorenzo De Medici Award in Sculpture)
  • Noho Gallery, New York, NY
  • Woodstock Historical Society, Woodstock, NY
  • Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juror: Ivan Karp)
  • Artists in Support of Education, Brooklyn, NY
  • Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY (Hon. Mention)
  • North Miami Museum and Art Center, Miami, FL
  • Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL (Juror: Duane Hansen)
  • Continuum Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Grove House, Miami, FL (Juror: Dorothy Gillespie)
  • Norton Gallery & Museum of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, FL(Juror: Robert T. Buck, Welfred McGibbon Award)
  • NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Matinee Art Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas

WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACES

  • United States Embassy , Nassau, Bahamas (Ongoing Display)
  • Institute for the Arts,  Nassau, Bahamas (Ongoing Display)
  • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York City, NY (Ongoing Display)
  • Desanti Plaza, Hartsdale, NY
  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ
  • Beechwood at Bank Street, Summit, NJ
  • Brookside Gardens Conservatory,  Wheaton, MD
  • St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, Woodstock, NY
  • Tinker Street,  Woodstock, NY (Ongoing Display)
  • Cornell Park, Kingston Biennial, Kingston, NY

COLLECTIONS

Nelson has works in public and private collections in the United States and the Bahamas.  Public collections  include the United States Embassy, Nassau, Bahamas; The Institute of the Arts, Nassau, Bahamas; The Woodstock Historical Society, Woodstock, New York; The Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida. Her works are in private collections in London, Miami, Maryland, Vermont, Woodstock, and New York City.

AWARDS

Awards include Lorenzo Il Magnifico Award for sculpture, Biennale, Florence, Italy; Welfred McGibbon Award, Norton Gallery and Museum of the Palm Beaches Palm Beach, FL.

PUBLICATIONS

She has been featured in many publications such as New Art International 2003 & 2012,; Guild Sourcebooks Architectural and Interior Art 20 - 22; The Artful Home #4; "Art Now Gallery Guide", New York Profile.

Additionally, she has been featured in numerous local and international newspapers and publications. A partial list includes:

  • "Who's Who in American Art"
  • "Who's Who in the East"
  • "The World's Who's Who of Women"
  • "Art News", Poughkeepsie Journal
  • "Art Works", Kingston Freeman
  • "Creativity is Prayer", Woodstock Times
  • "Two Ways of Seeing and Feeling", Gallery & Studio, NY
  • "From Woodstock with Art," Kingston Freeman
  • "Woodstock Artist Shows At Noho/Art Beat", Kingston Freeman
  • "Art Beat", Kingston Freeman
  • "Full Nelson", Woodstock Times
  • "Basha Nelson's Boxed Colors", Woodstock Times
  • "Womens' Art", The Miami Herald
  • "Edges and Insights" Show, The Tribune, Nassau, Bahamas