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contact name: Jonathan Nelson
phone: please email
email: PostConsumer01 (AT) yahoo.com

location address:
2751 Hennepin Ave. S. (#145)
Minneapolis MN 55408

open to public: no

mailing address:
Post Consumer Productions
2751 Hennepin Ave. S. (#145)
Minneapolis MN 55408

Pseudonym: Jon Nelson, Escape Mechanism

Similar Artists:
Visual: Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Bruce Conner...

Aural: Omer Fast, The Tape-beatles, Evolution Control Committee, Negativland...

Related Organizations:
Some Assembly Required
http://www.some-assembly-required.net/

Escape Mechanism
http://www.escape-mechanism.com/

The Festival Of Appropriation
http://www.festivalofappropriation.org/

Recombinations
http://www.recombinations.com/

Post Consumer Productions
http://www.postconsumerproductions.com/

Formal Education:

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
• B.A., Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (Major) & Studio Art (Minor)

Columbia College (Chicago)
• Completed course work for Major in Production for Radio
• Majored in Photography and Production for Radio

Minneapolis College of Art & Design (Minneapolis)
• Studied Fine Art and Photography

Awards:

2001: 2nd Place in Mixed Media, NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show ("Marquee #1")
2005: Austin Critic's Table Award for “Outstanding Original Score” (for the Escape Mechanism soundtrack to "Fear of a Fuhrer" - an original play by Abi Basch)

October 16 - November 14, 2008: "Amendments" (Solo Show)
Abercrombie Gallery (Lake Charles, LA)

April 4-20, 2008: "Re-purpose, Re-use, Re-cycle" (Group Show)
AZ Gallery (St. Paul, MN)

November 17, 2007 - January 12, 2008: "Ultimate Landscapes" (Group Show)
Gallery 13 (Minneapolis, MN)

May 19 - August 27, 2007: "Jonathan Nelson: That's The News (And I Am Out Of Here)" (Sound Installation)
The Rochester Art Center (Rochester, MN)

May 4-24, 2007: “Art For Other Senses” (Group Show)
Altered Esthetics (Minneapolis, MN)

April 6-22, 2007: “Fragment Nation: New work by Jonathan Nelson and Robert Roscoe”
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

April 5-26, 2007: “Art Reincarnated” (Group Show)
Altered Esthetics (Minneapolis, MN)

March, 2007: New work at The Rogue Buddha Gallery
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

January 20 – March 4, 2007: New work at Gallery 360
Gallery 360 (Minneapolis, MN)

December 19, 2006 – January 6, 2007: "Rosalux Holiday Bazaar" (Group Show)
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

December 1-17, 2006: “Create, Destroy, Repeat: New work by Jonathan Nelson and Ruben Nusz”
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

September 12-October 15, 2006: Rosalux Group Show (Group Show)
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

July 6, 2006: Untitled (Group Show)
Northrup King Building (Minneapolis, MN)

May 19-21, 2006: “Art A Whirl 2006” (Group Show)
Density Studios (Minneapolis, MN)

April 21-23, 2006: “St. Paul Art Crawl: Jonathan Nelson and Kurt Schulz”
Last Minute Gallery (St. Paul, MN)

December 1-29, 2005: “Lumen” (Group Show)
Red Saw Gallery (Newark, New Jersey)

November 19-December 17, 2005: “Heteroclite” (Group Show)
Density Studios (Minneapolis, MN)

August 6, 2005: “Festival of Appropriation” (Group Show)
Varsity Theater (Minneapolis, MN)

June, 2005: “Live With It” (Group Show)
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

April 5-29, 2005: “Now Showing: New work by Amy Rice and Jonathan Nelson”
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

April, 2005: “Fuse Box Festival” (Sound Installation)
The Blue Theater (Austin, TX)

February 10-26, 2005: “The Mayor of Uptown” (Group Show)
Central Air Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

June/July 2004: Window Display
Gallery 360 (Minneapolis, MN)

June, 2004: Untitled (Group Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

March 20-May 1, 2004: “The Hard Hat Show” (Group Show)
Outsiders and Others (Minneapolis, MN)

November, 2003: Untitled (Solo Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

November, 2003: “Festival of Appropriation” (Group Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

August, 2003: "Nicholas Harper and Jonathan Nelson"
Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis, MN)

May 17-19, 2002: “NEMAA Art-A-Whirl” (Sound Installation)
Northrup King Building (Minneapolis, MN)

May 17-19, 2002: “NEMAA Art-A-Whirl” (Group Show)
Northrup King Building (Minneapolis, MN)

January, 2002: “War & Peace” (Group Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

January 12 - March 9, 2002: “Light” (Group Show)
The Art Collective (Minneapolis, MN)

November, 2001: “NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show” (Group Show)
Grainbelt Bottling House (Minneapolis, MN)

October, 2001: “Festival of Appropriation” (Group Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

October, 2001: “Shafted Sound” (Sound Installation)
The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)

September 30, 2001: "Sound Unseen" (Performance)
The Oak Street Cinema (Minneapolis, MN)

July 23, 2001: “Future Perfect showcase” (Performance)
The First Avenue Mainroom (Minneapolis, MN)

March 9, 2001: “Yes Yoko Ono opening” (Performance)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)

December, 2000: “Recollection” (Solo Show)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

October 13, 2000: “DeFacto(ry) Films” (Performance)
The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)

August, 2000: Window Display
Gus Lucky’s Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

August 13, 2000: “Rain Taxi release party” (Performance)
Loring Bar (Minneapolis, MN)

August 13, 2000: “The Polar Bear Club” (Performance)
Loring Bar (Minneapolis, MN)

July 4, 2000: "Multiplex V” (Performance)
The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)

June 24, 2000: "The New Atlantis" (Performance)
The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)

May 20, 2000: "Art-A-Whirl" (Performance)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

April 1, 2000: “Spunk Art Collective Spring Art Show” (Performance)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

January 2, 2000: "The Polar Bear Club" (Performance)
Loring Bar (Minneapolis, MN)

April 6, 1999: “Radio K Gigawatt Showcase” (Performance)
Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, MN)

Various Personal Collections

Altered Esthetics (Minneapolis, MN)
The Art Collective (Minneapolis, MN)
AZ Gallery (St. Paul, MN)
The Blue Theater (Austin, TX)
Density Studios (Minneapolis, MN)
Gallery 13 (Minneapolis, MN)
Gallery 360 (Minneapolis, MN)
Gus Lucky’s Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
Outsiders and Others (Minneapolis, MN)
Red Saw Gallery (Newark, New Jersey)
The Rochester Art Center (Rochester, MN)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)
Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis, MN)
The Varsity Theater (Minneapolis, MN)

Arts Features:
- HOOKED ON PHONICS (The Star Tribune)
- The Music Of Sound (City Pages)
- Global Ear (Wire Magazine)


Visual Art Reviews:
- The Pulse (Twin Cities)
- Skyway News (Twin Cities)


Sound Art Reviews:
- City Pages (Twin Cities)
- Exclaim
- Flagpole Online
- Indieville
- Ink 19
- Michigan Daily
- Orbit
- Pitchfork Media
- Pop Culture Press
- The Pulse (Twin Cities)
- Revue
- Rift
- Sonic Detours
- Toast (Twin Cities)
- Vital Weekly
- Wire Magazine


Articles by Jonathan Nelson:
- Ruminator (Twin Cities)
- City Pages (Twin Cities)

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Dallas, Texas

Birth Date:
May 18, 1974

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Collagist

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