Adele Nelson

Clark Fellow

Summer 2026-2027

Adele Nelson is an associate professor of art history and Co-Director of the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in modern and contemporary art of Latin America, with a focus on Brazil. She is the author of Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil (University of California Press, 2022), an Antonio Candido Prize recipient from the Latin American Studies Association, and a Choice Outstanding Academic Title winner (2023). She co-edited the exhibition catalogue Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil (University of Texas Press, 2023; Editora da Unesp, 2024), and her writings have appeared in Art Journal, ARTMargins, Latin American Jewish Studies, and museum publications. At the Clark, Nelson will work on her current book, Women’s Print Work: Art and Feminism in and out of Brazil.