About Peter
Peter Bonde Becker Nelson (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist who works in animation, video, performance, photography, and installation. Drawing from the personal narratives of friends and family, his work critically examines the nuances of race, gender roles, relationships, memory, aging, and loss.
Nelson lives and works on occupied land of the Wapekute Band of the Dakota Nation, now known as Northfield, Minnesota. He teaches digital, time-based, and performance art at St. Olaf College.
Nelson has been awarded a 2019 McKnight Media Arts Fellowship, a 2020 Jerome Foundation Film, Video and Digital Production Grant, and multiple Minnesota State Arts Board Grants (2005, 2015, 2021). His work has been screened, exhibited, and performed nationally and internationally, most recently at The Walker Art Center (MN), San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (CA), Austin Film Festival (TX), D.C. Shorts Film Festival (Washington D.C.), Currents International New Media Festival (NM), and the Sioux City Art Center (IA). Nelson's work can be found in public and private collections including the Brush Museum at St. Lawrence University (NY), Knox College (IL), Grinnell College (IA), Middlebury College (VT), Lake Forest College (IL), and Kenyon College (OH). His most recent animated film, Intruder Man, is distributed by Largo Films in Lucerne, Switzerland. Nelson received a B.A. in Studio Art from St. Olaf College in 2004 and an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Art from the University of Washington in 2010.
In addition to art, Peter sings and plays the mandolin with the indie-folk duo Jayber Crow.