Nell Waters
Based in Connecticut & Brooklyn
Education:
1999 BFA in Painting, SUNY Purchase, New York.
1994-95 Parsons, New York, New York.
Solo exhibitions:
2025 Field Within, Art Cake, Brooklyn, 2020 ORIGINS, One River School, Westport, CT. 2018 Moving Away and Towards, Brethren Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2017 Wayfarers, Brooklyn New York 2013 SOLOS, selected by Susan Cross for MASS MoCA, Westport Arts Center, CT
Two Person exhibitions:
2021 Eternal Present with Jason Rolf Catskills Gallery, New York, New York 2019 Longer Terms with Benjamin Pritchard at Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn New York
Group exhibitions:
2025 Mist, Helm Contemporary, New York, NY,; Good Medicine curated by Ben Pritchard Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine; 2024 Among Friends, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn; 2023 Among Friends, Equity Gallery, NY NY; 2020 Store for Rent Gallery curated by Jen Hitchings,Brooklyn,NY; Solitaire, Proto Gomez gallery, Artsy; 2019 Holiday show, M.David & Co Gallery, Brooklyn, New York,Thunderdome curated by Becky Yazdan, Interboro Tigerforce, Brooklyn; Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, New York; 2018 M. David gallery Brooklyn, New York; Walking is a Way of Knowing, Brooklyn, New York;Bushwick Open studios, Brooklyn, New York; 2017 We Are The Ones, curated by Jordy Kerwick,CGK, Copenhagen, Denmark; UNEARTHLY, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York; Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York; WOVEN, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; Nasty Women, The Institute Library gallery, New Haven, CT. ; 2016 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, selected by Katherine Markel, CT; The Artist Collective Pop-up, WAC, CT; DMA show, Westport, CT; 2015 Claudine Maidique Gallery, MIAMI PROJECT, Art Basel Fair, Miami, FL.;WAC Collective Members Show, Westport, CT. ;WAC Collective Pop Up Show, WAC, CT;Serena and Lily, San Francisco, CA.; 2014 WAC Collective Members Pop Up Show, CT. ;Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, Serena and Lily, San Francisco, CA.; Moments show, WAC, CT; Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT.; Ridgefield Guild of Artists,CT.; Dovecote, Westport; 2013 Home Sweet Home, WAC, selected by Jennifer Gross curator of deCordova Sculpture park & Museum; Art About Town show, Westport, CT.;Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT.; 2012: Harvest Show, Brooklyn, New York; Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT; ‘Foodies’ WAC, CT.; Mayor’s Gallery, Norwalk City Hall, CT; 2011 Dovecote Westport, CT;49th Annual CCNS Art Show, Rowayton, CT.; Troy Gallery Westport, CT.; 2010 H20 Show S.P.A.G. Norwalk, CT.;THE ART STUDIO show, Westport, CT.; Art by Local, Sconsett Square, CT; 48th Annual CCNS Art Show, Rowayton, CT.; ‘Summer’ WAC, CT. ;Dovecote, Westport, CT, Rockwell Gallery, Wilton, CT.; 2009 THE ART STUDIO show, Westport, CT.; Dovecote Westport, CT; 2008 Members Show WAC, CT. 1999 MFA/BFA Graduate Student exhibition SUNY Purchase, New York.
Art Fairs:
2015 Art Basel, Miami Project- Claudine Maidique Gallery
Curatorial
Woven, Group show Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Residencies:
2025 (upcoming) DNA Residency, Provincetown,MA; 2019 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA.; 2018 Georgia Residency, Corpus Christie, Texas MA ; 2017 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Press:
Artsy, Two Coats of Paint, Architectural Digest, The New Haven Register, CTHomes & Gardens Magazine, Telegraph.co.uk, Domino Magazine, New England Art Magazine
Collections:
Yale-New Haven Hospital Permanent Collection ; Private Collections in United States and Europe
Prints Collaborations:
Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, One Kings Lane, Minted
Teaching:
Silvermine Arts Center, Teacher 2025-
Silverhill Hospital, Healing Arts, Adolescent & Adult 2025-
One River School 2019-current
STAR (outreach) 2020- current
MoCA Westport (Museum of Contemporary Art) Art Education 2020-22
Aldrich Museum, Healing Arts Panel Discussion 2019
Yale-New Haven Hospital- Teaching Artist for Healing Arts program, New Haven, CT. 2013-15
TEA Talks: Healing through the Arts- panel discussion, Town Hall, Westport, CT. 2014
Special Arts Teaching Artist, Westport Arts Center, CT. 2013-14
Nellwb1974@gmail.com