LOREN NELSON - PHOTOGRAPHER
Education
1970-1973 Portland State University; Portland, Oregon
1974 Portland Art Museum Art School; Portland, Oregon
Selected Solo Exhibitions
LightBox Photographic Gallery; Astoria, Oregon 2025
"Colors of Time: Abstract Views
from the Astoria Boatyard"
LightBox Photographic Gallery; Astoria, Oregon 2024
"Found Subject(s) Matter
LightBox Photographic Gallery; Astoria, Oregon 2023
Lan Su Chinese Garden; Portland, Oregon 2018
"Botanicals"
Golden Gallery; Beaverton, Oregon 2017
"Flora"
LightBox Photographic Gallery; Astoria, Oregon 2015
Helzer Gallery; Portland, Oregon 2014
“Portal to the Past”
Walters Blacksmith Shop
Camerawork Gallery; Portland, Oregon 2013
Art Elements Gallery; Newberg, Oregon 2010
Wall Space Gallery; Seattle, Washington 2009
23 Sandy Gallery; Portland, Oregon 2009
First Presbyterian Church - Chapel Hall Gallery; Portland, Oregon 2005
“30 Year Retrospective”
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University; Corvallis, Oregon 2004
"Under Wraps: Buildings in Transition"
S.K. Josefsberg Studio; Portland, Oregon 2003
Plastic-Wrapped Buildings
White Sturgeon Art Gallery; Vancouver, Washington 2002
Oceans Edges: Arch Cape
to Cape Kiwanda - 20 Years of Photography
White Sturgeon Art Gallery; Vancouver, Washington 1999
White Gallery - Portland State University; Portland, Oregon 1994
Maryhill Museum of Art; Goldendale, Washington 1993
Camerawork Gallery; Portland, Oregon 1987
Shado Gallery; Oregon City, Oregon 1976
Selected Group Exhibitions
Blue Sky Gallery “Pacific Northwest Drawers”; Portland, Oregon 2023
Walters Cultural Arts Center “Sense of Place”; Hillsboro, Oregon 2022
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Invitational; Portland, Oregon 2021
Hallie Ford Museum of Art “Depth of Field”; Salem, Oregon 2022
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; Tampa, Florida 2021
Aurora Gallery; Vancouver, Washington 2019
Center for Photographic Art "Depth of Field"; Carmel, California 2018
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Portland, Oregon 2014
“Mind to Hand: Art, Science, and Creative Collision”
Wall Space Gallery “Structure”; Santa Barbara, California 2014
Architectural Heritage Center; Portland, Oregon 2013
Portland Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery; Portland, Oregon 2013-2025
Walters Cultural Arts Center “Full Nelson”; Hillsboro, Oregon 2012
SAM Gallery “New Directions 2009”; Seattle, Washington 2009
Wall Space Gallery “Collectible”; Seattle, Washington 2008
23 Sandy Gallery “Shelter”; Portland, Oregon 2008
Lake Oswego Chronicle – Invitational; Lake Oswego, Oregon 2008
Oregon Historical Society; Portland, Oregon 2006
“This Bountiful Place-Art About Agriculture - The First 25 Years (catalog)
Museum of Contemporary Art; Fort Collins, Colorado 2004
"Fleeting Moments"
S.K. Josefsberg Studio “Decade”; Portland, Oregon 2004
S.K. Josefsberg Studio “Flowers”; Portland, Oregon 2003
Oregon State University; Corvallis, Oregon 2003
Art About Agriculture
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art; Great Falls, Montana 2001
“Art Equinox 2001: A Regional
Survey of Contemporary Art” (catalog)
Tacoma Art Museum Biennial; Tacoma, Washington 2001
Larson Gallery - purchase award; Yakima, Washington 2001
S.K. Josefsberg Studio; Portland, Oregon 1999
"Regional Landscape Photography"
Oregon State University; Corvallis, Oregon 1999
Art About Agriculture - purchase award
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art; Portland, Oregon 1997
Concordia University - "Artes Sagrados"; Austin, Texas 1997
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1996
Tacoma Art Museum - Biennial "The Land"; Tacoma, Washington 1995
S.K. Josefsberg Studio; Portland, Oregon 1994
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1993
Photographic Image Gallery; Portland, Oregon 1990
Public and Institutional Collections
Regional Arts and Culture Council; Portland, OR
Hallie Ford Museum of Art; Salem, OR
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; Tampa, FL
City of Beaverton, OR - Visual Chronicle
City of Portland, OR/RACC – Portable Works Collection
Intel Corporation; Hillsboro, OR
Oregon State University /E.R. Jackman Foundation; Corvallis, OR
Portland Art Museum; Portland, OR - permanent collection
Visual Chronicle of Portland, OR
The Allison Resort; Newberg, OR
Bibliography
View Camera Magazine, January/February 2014
Shots Magazine #110, The Portfolio Edition, Winter 2010
Black and White Magazine, March 2009, Portfolio Spotlight Feature
LensWork – extended #73 DVD, December 2007, LensWork Publishing
Analog Forever Magazine; Summer edition 2022, Issue #6
Residencies
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; Otis, Oregon April, 2021
Gallery Representation
Portland Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery; Portland, Oregon
LightBox Photographic Gallery; Astoria, Oregon