'The Sentinals' - finalist in the prestigious Glover Art Prize
Yass Valley Mayor Rowena Abbey presents Kim Nelson with his Australia Day award
New Kim Nelson 40 page booklet - You'd be suprised whose got a copy!

news & exhibitions

MARCH 2013
Kim Nelson's artwork 'Black Country Communion' was selected as a finalist in the NSW Parliament 'Pein Air' Prize to be staged at the NSW State Parliament building in Sydney. http://www.pleinair.com.au/

FEBRUARY 2013
Kim Nelson's artwork 'The Sentinels' was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Glover Art Prize http://www.johnglover.com.au/

A feature story by Jennifer Kingma about Kim Nelson and his work with the YASSarts project ran in the Canberra Times 'Panorama' magazine on February 16th.  An online version can be seen here: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/support-from-within-20130214-2eg20.html

JANUARY 2013
In the 2013 Austalia Day honours Kim Nelson was named Yass Valley Shire Citizen of the Year for his contribution to the Yass Valley community over the years in a range of events and roles and specifically for his creation of YASSarts and promotion of arts and culture in his home region

NOVEMBER 2012
Kim Nelson’s 2012 solo exhibition 'HOMELAND' kicks off Saturday 3rd November with an opening at 3pm.       
Kim Nelson Fine Art & Editions 67 Comur Street Yass NSW 2582

STOP PRESS: New KIM NELSON 40 page booklet to be launched at 'HOMELAND' exhibition on 3rd November

A feature story on Kim Nelson by writer Sally Hopman entitled featured in the Canberra Times Panorama Magazine on 3rd November.  An online version can be seen here
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/a-kiss-to-the-homeland-20121102-28njb.html

The weekend of the 3-4 November also features the CLASSIC YASS event  http://classicyass.com/ in the Yass Valley Shire including the YASSarts 'Arts Trail' http://yassarts.org which Kim Nelson coordinates.  Other events of the weekend include the Celebration of Heritage Motoring, Rotary Billy Cart Derby, the Red Cross Open Gardens and Historic Houses and the regional wineries festival 'Wine, Roses and All That Jazz'

OCTOBER 2012 
Therese's birthday! 

A feature story on Kim Nelson and his uncle traditional landscape artist Leonard Long OAM (who turned 100 in 2011) will appear in the lifestyle magazine 'Living' this month. http://www.livingmagazine.com.au

JULY 2012
Buratti Fine Art will feature new work by Kim Nelson in a group exhibition entitled ‘Windows to the Sacred’.The exhibition kicks off on the 13th July 2012 at:
Buratti Fine Art 222 Queen Victoria, North Fremantle. http://www.buratti.com.au/

JUNE 2012
Kim Nelson’s portrait of his uncle entitled 'Leonard Long, Patron Saint of Landscape Artists' has been selected as a finalist in the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award which is staged at the Bega Regional Art Gallery. This artwork was also selected as a finalist in the City of Perth 'Black Swan Portrait Award' in 2011.Exhibition details below:
Official opening Friday June 1, 2012
Exhibition closes Saturday July 7, 2012
Bega Valley Regional Gallery Zingel Place, Bega NSW

APRIL 2012
Kim Nelson Fine Art & Editions will stage a special 'Easter Collection' exhibition featuring a collection of artwork on loan from private collections. 
Exhibition runs until Monday 16th April. Oddfellows' Hall, 67 Comur Street Yass

JANUARY 2012
Buratti Fine Art in Western Australia is featuring a group exhibition featuring Kim Nelson’s art alongside Wendy Sharpe, Peter Kendall & Alex Proyas. Buratti Fine Art 222 Queen Victoria, North Fremantle. http://www.buratti.com.au/ Kim Nelson’s painting ‘Flood on the Darling’ was one of two highly commended artworks chosen by judge and landscape artist Ian Grant at the Essential Energy Countryscapes Prize at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in November 2011.  He also received the Essential Energy People’s Choice Award.  The exhibition continues till 15th January
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 70 -78 Keppel St Bathurst


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