Born
1981 in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Education
2009 MFA in Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
2004 BFA in Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM summa cum laude

Exhibitions
2010
Cream From The Top: The Best of the Bay Area MFAs, Richmond Art Center, CA
Compelled, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2009
LAB>, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
Interim Infill, Big White Truck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selections from The Ray Graham Collection, The Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
The Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Rayfuse, Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD
Vernissage: MFA Graduate Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
The Paradox of Sets, OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ridiculous Meticulous, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Negotiations, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
Courtyard Painting Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Continuing MFA Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Cabinets of Curiosity, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
City Traffik, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
m.a.space, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
Exhaust, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
Art LA
Pulse NY
Art 212, NY

2005
Bloc-Busta, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos, NM (multi-venue exhibition)
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY

2004
Plant: Industrial Landscapes of the American Southwest, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (solo)

2003
UNSALTED, Trevor Lucero Studio, Albuquerque, NM
Fruition, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Bibliography
2009
"Dead Gerund: On the Vitality of Painting" and "An Undelivered Commencement Speech". This Is Something Else, Josh Keller
Hyun, Michelle Y. "Temporarily Full", ARTslant, http://www.artslant.com/global/articles/show/8570

2006
Carver, Jon. “Critical Reflections,” THE Magazine, July.
Mayfield, Dan. “Factories Intrigue Nina Elder Who Puts Here Own Stamp on Industry,” Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, May 21
King, Sarah. “Summer Preview,” Art in America, June/July, pp.63.

2005
King, Sarah. “Bloc-Busta Summer,” Art in America, June/July, pp. 57.
Carver, John, ed. Bloc-Busta, Summer 2005, pp. 2.
Doland, Gwyneth. The Dish, Weekly Alibi, March 17-23, p. 23.

2004
Durrell, Whitney B. "Maladjustment: A Review of Nina Elder’s Plant: Industrial Landscape of the American Southwest", Donkey Journal, November, v. 1, num. 3
Jackson, Amanda. "Painter Finds Art in Industry", Daily Lobo, September 8.

Awards and Honors
Idea Fund Grant Recipient, 2010
Montana Artists Refuge, San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Fellow, 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Julio Morales, 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Robin Balliger, PhD, 2008
San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Grant Recipient

Public Collections
Ray Graham
Graze and Gulp by Jennifer James