Education
Master of Fine Arts – Sculpture Emphasis
Boise State University, Boise, ID
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Photography Emphasis – Magna Cum Laude
Boise State University, Boise, ID
Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2025
In Pursuit of Poetry and Magic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, Idaho
2024
Featured Artist, KIN, Boise, ID
Second Sight, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Geoffry Kreuger
Featured Artist, Gallery 55, McCall, ID
All In, Silvercreek, Boise, Idaho
2023
A Thousand Words, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Richard Young
2022
Beautifully Broken, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, Idaho
Con-struct, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Randy Van Dyck
2021
Hindsight, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Randy Van Dyck
2020
Absence, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Randy Van Dyck
2019
The Texture of Things, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, Idaho
Passages, Capital Contemporary Gallery, Boise, Idaho, with Richard Young
2017
The Meaning of Meaning, Gallery five18, Boise, Idaho with Christine Raymond
2016
Bad Beauty, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, Idaho
It’s a Love Story, Red Mountain Main Art Gallery, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
PHOTO/realism, Gallery five18, Boise, ID, with Betsy Richardson
2015
The Littles, Project Space, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Sue Latta Sculpture, Garden Valley Center for the Arts, Garden Valley, ID
The Grand Experiment, Gallery five18, Boise, ID, with Connie K. Sales
2014
A Recipe for Bliss, Track 13, Nampa, ID
Hyperbole, Peterson’s Gallery, Baker City, OR
2013
Best Worst Case Scenario, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
Short Stories, Rosenthal Gallery, College of Idaho, Caldwell ID
2011
Red, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, OR
2010
Works of Fiction, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
2008
Twisted Elements, Femina Potens, San Francisco, CA
Of the Flesh, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
2006
Departure, New Work by Sue Latta, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
Grants and Awards
2024
Best Local Visual Artist, Best of Boise 2024, Boise Weekly
2019
Alexa Rose Foundation Artist Grant, Boise ID
2018
Idaho Commission on the Arts, Quick Funds Grant, Boise, ID
2017
Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Boise, ID
2016
Nevada Arts Council Grant, Reno Nevada
2015
Visual Studies Workshop Artist in Residence, in association with ImageArt, Rochester, NY
Alexa Rose Foundation Artist Grant, Boise ID
Best Local Visual Artist, Best of Boise 2015, Boise Weekly
2014-15
Selected for Commission, Public Art, Human Resources Office, Boise City Hall, Boise, ID
2011-16
Selected as Artist on Contract, Boise City Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID
2014
Best Idaho Visual Artist, Second Place, Best of Boise 2014, Boise Weekly
2013
Selected for Commission, Traffic Box Art, Boise City Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID
2011-12
LiveStrong Foundation Artist in Residence, Cancer Center, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID
2012
Finalist, Public Art Project, Idaho Ice World, Boise City Dept. of Arts and History,
2010
QuickFund$ Project Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts
Selected for Commission, Boise Visual Chronicle, Boise City Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID
Selected for Commission, Bay Window Project, Boise State University Student Union Building, Boise, ID
2009-10
8th St. AiR, Artist Residency, Facilitated by Boise City Dept. of Arts and History
Gallery Affiliation
Capitol Contemporary Gallery, 451 S Capitol Blvd. Boise Idaho 83702, https://www.capitolcontemporary.com
Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage Street, Garden City, ID, http://visualartscollective.com
Picture This, 215 N 5th St, Boise, ID, https://www.facebook.com/nelsmj/