Solo Exhibitions
Morgan Lehman, upcoming exhibition, New York, NY, January 2016
Kopeikin Gallery, Science Fiction, upcoming exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2016
PATRON Gallery, upcoming exhibition, Chicago, IL, July 2016
David Klein Gallery, Science, Detroit, MI 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions
Pulse Miami, with Kopeiken Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, December 2015
Art Miami, with David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL, December 2015
David Klein Gallery, First Show, Detroit, MI, 2015
Reynolds Gallery, Dog Days, Richmond, VA, 2015
Candela Gallery, Unbound4!, Invited artist, Richmond, VA, 2015
Capital One Gallery, Old School / New Rules, Richmond, VA, 2015
1708 Gallery, Cabin Fever, Richmond, VA, 2015
Art Miami, Miami, FL, 2014
College of William and Mary, Breaking Ground: Survey of Contemporary Photography, Williamsburg, VA, 2014
David Klein Gallery, Group exhibition, Detroit, MI, 2014
University Art Gallery, From The Collection, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2014
Downtown Fair, New York, NY, 2014
1708 Gallery, 35 Candles, Richmond, VA, 2014
Ficciones Typografika, Curated by Erik Brandt, Minneapolis, MN, 2014
David Klein Gallery, Group Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 2014
Art Miami, Miami, FL, David Klein Gallery, 2013
Art Miami, Miami, FL, David Klein Gallery, 2012
Art Platform Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Visweek, Sheraton Seattle, Seattle, WA, 2012
22 Gallery, Modular 22, Chicago, IL, 2012
College of Visual Arts, Faculty Exhibition, St Paul, MN, 2012
Cranbrook Art Museum + Cranbrook Science Museum, Light and Color, traveling exhibition, Detroit, MI, 2012
The Print Center, online exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Cranbrook Art Museum, No Object Is An Island: New Dialogues With The Cranbrook Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2011
David Klein Gallery, Liz Cohen, Brittany Nelson, Lauren Semivan, Detroit, MI, 2011
Greenwood Museum of Art, Click 646, Greenwood, SC, 2011
David Klein Gallery, Summer Select, Detroit, MI, 2011
Art Aspen, with David Klein Gallery, Aspen, CO, 2011
Cranbrook Art Museum, Here Here, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2011
Forum Gallery, Material Girl, in collaboration with Katie Wynne, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2011
Forum Gallery, Can I Live, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2010
Waller-Yablonsky Gallery, Shadow Box, Bozeman, MT, 2009
Photoworks San Francisco, Polaroid Showcase, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Tart Gallery, February, Bozeman, MT, 2009
Baxter Gallery, Illumination, Bozeman, MT, 2009
Tart Gallery, Space/Time, Bozeman, MT, 2007
Emerson Cultural Center, Naked Negative, Bozeman, MT, 2005
Montana State University, Personal Vision, Bozeman, MT, 2005
Grants
Creative Capital Foundation, 2015 Awardee in Visual Arts, New York, NY
Theo Westenberger Foundation, New York, NY, 2015
Collections
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Candela Gallery Collection, Richmond, VA
Mercedes Benz Gallery, Detroit, MI, works on loan
Numerous private collections
Awards/Residencies
Teton Art Lab, upcoming artist in residence, July 2016
Phoenix Art Museum, Sidney Zuber Photography Award, Special Juror's Choice Honorable Mention, Phoenix, AZ, 2015
The Print Center, Fish/Pearce Prize for excellence in process based work, Philadelphia, PA
Minneapolis Institute of Art + Site Santa Fe, Collector’s Tour, 2013
Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Faculty Grant, 2013
Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT, 2012
Cranbrook Art Museum + Science Museum, commissioned work, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Print Center, 86th International Competition, Philadelphia, PA (juror Jennifer Blessing, Curator, Guggenheim) 2012
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Director’s Award, 2011
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Emerging Artist Award, Finalist, 2011
Cranbrook Art Museum, Purchase, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Merit Scholarship Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2010
Hunke Photography Scholarship Award Winner, Montana State University, 2007
Critical Mass, Juried Portfolio Finalist, Photolucida, 2007
Publications/Features
UNSEEN Amsterdam, The Ins and Outs of Collecting, panel discussion featured artist, with Kopeiken Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015
Art F City, Highlights from the Creative Capital Retreat, featured artist with Lorraine O'Grady and Narcissister. Paddy Johnson, August 2015
Breaking Ground: Survey of Contemporary Photography, College of William and Mary, Catalogue, 2014
Hand Crafted Process, Zhejiang Province Arts Publishing, USA and China, 2014. Eight page feature, edited by Sandy King, Sam Wang, Christina Z. Anderson, Zhong Jiangming.
A New Science: Studio Visit With Brittany Nelson, Richmond Arts Review, Inga Schunn, September 2014
Common-Practise, Potzesny, Louise. Web feature, common-practise.com, 2014
IDPURE Magazine, Issue 34, Switzerland, 2014
Collecting Women Artists, Symposium at Art Miami, featured artist, Art W with Institute for Women and Art, 2013
Brittany Nelson at Art Miami. Ogle, Patrick. Interview for Mapanare.us
Brittany Nelson Science. Buhmann, Stephanie. Catalogue, David Klein Gallery, 2013,
The Armory Show, Catalogue, David Klein Gallery Artist, 2013
Jet Fuel Review, Spring Issue 2013, Lewis University, Chicago, IL
Gum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes. Anderson, Christina Z., 2013
Visweek, VisWeek Art Show: Brittany Nelson, Catalogue, 2012
Blue Canvas, Blue Canvas + Cranbrook, Issue 12, 2012
Art Photo Index, Brittany Nelson, web feature, 2012
Visual.ly. Skau, Drew. Visweek 2012 Art Show, web article, 2012
Cranbrook Art Museum, No Object Is An Island: New Views from the Collection, Catalogue, 2011
Nonfigurative Photo. Collins, Douglas. Iterative Art of Brittany Nelson, web article, 2011
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Here Here, Graduate Catalogue, 2011
Zone Zero, Brittany Nelson Space/Time. Meyer, Pedro. web feature, 2011
Experimental Photography, Anderson, Christina Z. 4th and 6th Editions, 2010
Lectures
Society for Photographic Education, National Conference Guest Speaker, Science Fiction, Las Vegas, NV, March 2016
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Alternative Process, Masters Program, Photography, Bloomfield, Hills, MI, 2015
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Alternative Process, Creative Capital Artists Retreat, Troy, NY, 2015
Society for Photographic Education, Southeast Regional Conference Guest Speaker, Greenville, NC, 2014
New Mexico State University, Stuff I Hate, Department of Art, Las Cruces, NV, 2014
College of Visual Arts, Mordancage, Department of Photography, St. Paul, MN, 2012
Education
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2009 – 2011
Montana State University, Bachelor of Arts With Honors Photography, Minor Philosophy, Bozeman, MT, 2003 – 2007