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Gemma Nelson (born 1984, West Yorkshire, UK) is a mixed media painter based in London. Her work explores themes of glamour, femininity and obsessive behavior. Nelson studied at The
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, London, graduating in 2007. She was shortlisted for the
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's 2007 ''4 New Sensations'' prize and this generated significant interest in her work. Nelson was also a finalist in the Nationwide Mercury Art Prize 2007. Nelson has also exhibited at the Laure Genillard Gallery in London, Coombe Gallery in Devon and
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2008 in Liverpool as part of the
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year and London.


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1984 births Living people 21st-century English women painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from West Yorkshire {{UK-artist-stub