Artist Sabrina Nelson awarded the 2022 WCA President’s Award for Art & Activism
Artist Sabrina Nelson was awarded the 2022 WCA President’s Award for Art & Activism by the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA). Sabrina Nelson’s work will be on view in the gallery’s January 2022 group exhibition.
From the WCA October 2021 Newsletter:
Sabrina Nelson was born in the wake of the ‘67 Rebellion in Detroit, Michigan. She is a painter by degree from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies. Influenced by Yoruba Religion, as well as Eastern and African philosophies, Sabrina’s work is a combination of spirit, motion, and intimacy. She sees herself as a visual witness to the tumultuous times she lives in and reflects this in her work. The scope of her work includes sculpture, objects, murals and installations.
She has worked in arts administration at the College for Creative Studies and at the Detroit Institute of Arts for over 25 years and is committed to mentoring young artists and designers in the business of making it as an artist.
Sabrina has lectured on the preservation of Black Feminism in Art at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. She is a guest curator at both The Carr Center and the Music Hall Performing Arts Center. She has judged numerous art competitions, curated art talks and exhibits, and conducted artist interviews for the City of Detroit’s Culture video channel MyDetroitCable.
She is a 2021 Kresge Artist Fellow. Her work has been exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the African American Art in Culture complex in San Francisco, Art Basel and the American University in Paris. Her work is in the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History’s permanent collection and private collections throughout the US.
