Jer Nelsen
Assistant Professor

Designations
MFA
Contact
765-677-2512
BAC 113
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Biography
Born in Springfield, Illinois, Jer Nelsen is a photographer, artist, idea-person, and maker with an insatiable appetite for learning. He holds a Bachelor of Science in photography from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Master of Fine Arts in visual art from Lesley College of Art and Design (formerly the Art Institute of Boston) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Along with his background in
His fine art exhibitions have included solo shows, such as Chasing Light, at the Mount Memorial Gallery, and group and duo shows, such as Rhyme & Reason and un/ceremonial at Old Master. His work is often concerned with ideas of time and space and contends with questions of sublimity, limitlessness, and the unknown.
His recent research has been based
As a university educator, he enjoys living his true-to-life dream job of working with students, where his aim is to teach his students to see — the world, their potential, and the beauty in others and in the world.
He currently teaches at Indiana Wesleyan University and resides in Marion, Indiana, with his incredible wife, Laura, and their two very imaginative children.
Degrees
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MFA - Visual Arts
Lesley College of Art and Design -
B.S. - Photography
Indiana Wesleyan University