PAINTING SLICED BY LEVI NELSON

Levi Nelson, Blue, 2023
60 x 84" inches. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Levi Nelson is an Indigenous artist of the Lil’wat Nation, British Columbia, Canada. His chosen medium is oil paint and mixed media work on canvas which can best be described as Contemporary First Nations Art. Levi Nelson is a Masters graduate of Columbia University MFA Visual Arts New York, NY, and received his BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada, and was awarded the 2021 John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts. Nelson’s work can best be described as contemporary First Nations art, where he fuses Indigenous elements and ideas concerning Indigeneity, with pop culture imagery through the traditional Western practice of oil painting, in addition to mixed media; integrating silkscreen, paint, and collage on canvas.