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Nelson Henricks was born in Bow Island, Alberta and graduated from the Alberta College of Art (1986). He moved to Montréal in 1991 and received a BFA from Concordia University (1991). He has taught art history and studio art at Concordia University, McGill University, UQAM and Université de Montréal. He completed a Ph.D in research-creation at UQAM in 2018. His writings have been published in exhibition catalogues, magazines, and in several anthologies.
A curator and artist, Henricks is best known for his videotapes and video installations, which have been exhibited worldwide. A focus on his video work was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as part of the Video Viewpoints series in 2000.
Henricks was the recipient of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 2002, the Prix Giverny Capital in 2015, the Prix Louis-Comtois in 2023, and the Prix Robert-Forget in 2024. An solo exhibition of his work was presented at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in 2023. His work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal and others. He is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto.
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1994 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 25 € distribution: 16mm |