Kelly Nelson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Michigan State University and a Master of Art Education as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking at Eastern Michigan University.  Her work is housed in collections to include the Turner Print Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Arkansas State University, the University of Denver and the Cite International des Arts in Paris, France.  Her work has been exhibited in competitive exhibitions at Dundarave Print Workshop, (Vancouver, Canada), Limerick Printmakers, (Limerick, Ireland), Lahti Art Museum, (Finland) and Lessedra Gallery, (United Arab Emerites), among others. She also completed an artist residency at the Cite International des Arts in Paris, France. She earned a diploma for her work Omnivore’s Dilemma at Vilnius International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lithuania.  Kelly taught a SmartPlate workshop at Limerick Printmakers in Limerick, Ireland. She currently teaches at Longwood University.