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Brittany Nelson (b. 1984, Great Falls, MT) creates images, videos, and objects that draw parallels between space exploration and queer experience through shared themes of loneliness, isolation, and coded language. Collaborating with scientists, authors, and archivists, Nelson uses science and science fiction archives to explore how communication with distant non-human actors can function as a proxy for the unrequited desires shaping queer life. Nelson is an Artist in Residence with the SETI Institute, a former resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the recipient of a Trellis Art Fund Stepping Stone Grant (2025) and Creative Capital Foundation Grant (2015). She has recently presented works at Luhring Augustine, New York; the Museum of Art São Paulo; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway; Le CAP - Centre d’art Saint Fons, France; the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; and The Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans. Her work has been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Art In America, Frieze Magazine, Cultured Magazine, and Camera Austria.