Nelson Crespo

Nelson Crespo (Germany, 1975) has an MA in Fine Art from Camberwell College of Art in London and a degree in Fine Art from ESAD, Caldas da Rainha. Since 2005 he has worked at the Tate Gallery, London, as a conservator of contemporary works on paper. He teaches Fine Art at the University of the Arts, London. Since 2007 he has been director of Bookworks, London. Bookworks is a publisher that promotes publishing projects in the visual arts, particularly in the form of books that are recognised as works of art. Her solo exhibitions include Sister - The Mews, London, UK (2010); Tempo - Artecontempo, Lisbon, Portugal (2010); Tempo - Sadler's Wells Visual Arts, London, UK; curated by Sacha Craddock (2008); Sans Papier - Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil (2008). Selected group exhibitions: Sound Installation, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil (2010); Café Portugal, Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada (2009); Triangel, Kloster Bentlage, Münster, Germany (2008); Sans Papier, AC11 - Artecontempo, Lisbon (2006); Cross Poly-nation, Generalpublic, Berlin, Germany (2006); Works on Paper, Flux Factory, New York, USA (2006); Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Barbican, London, Spike Island, Bristol, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK (2005); I.D.E.A. London, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, UK (2005).