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 Ira Nelken


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Dr. Nelken, an educational consultant, has been working with and exhibiting watercolors, pastels, charcoal, and pen & ink renderings for the past 40 years. His style incorporates landscape realism with a touch of Japanese influence. His sense of color saturation, tonal values, and contrast of colors, combined with the subtlety of hues in his watercolor and pastel mediums, are highlights of his work.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Nelken has lived in Northern California for most of the last 46 years, residing in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 30. The first 16 years of Ira’s life was spent in a multi-ethnic “concrete jungle”.  He attended universities in rural Upstate New York, Central New Jersey, and along the West Coast. Teaching in the Coastal Range of California and in the Sacramento river valley area, has given him a deep appreciation of nature in all its simplicity in stark contrast to urban life.

Juried Shows:
Silver Dollar Fair – Best of Show (1979) and placing 1st & 2nd (1979-82)
Creative Arts Center – Men’s, Member’s and Instructor’s Shows (1979-84)
El Cerrito Art Association Annual Show (1985-86) – Special Award (1985)
Pinole Artisans Peer Awards (2007-14), 2- 1st place & 4- 2nd place

Exhibitions (partial list):
Almanor Art Show
Graeagle Art Show
Art Cooperative Gallery (Berkeley)
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
Blue Steeple Gallery (Lakeport)
North Valley Art Show
El Cerrito Art Show
Paradise Art Show
Fischer Gallery (Chico)
Pinole Artisan’s Gallery
Forest Ranch Art Show
South Lake Tahoe Art Festival




Contact Info


Ira Nelken
Pinole, CA

Phone:
(510) 222-9668 (h)
(510) 813-4080 (c)

Email:

iranrich01@aol.com

Address:

2408 Hill View Lane
Pinole, CA 94564-2819













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  • Martinez Art Gallery
  • About
  • Contact
  • Shows
    • 10th Anniversary
    • Meditation
    • Autumn Leaves
    • Nature
    • Dreams
    • Small Treasures
    • Celebrating Martinez
  • Artist Biographies
    • Cheyenne Clarke
    • Jerry Hild
    • Jimmy James
    • Stephen Lao
    • Ira Nelken
    • Peggy O'Farrell
    • Julie Christopher
    • Cathy Riggs
    • Laurie Frank
    • Cynthia Eastman-Roan
    • Carol Rose
    • Meg Easling
    • Rachel Wampler
    • Gary Harbor
    • Charles Blanton
    • Barb English
  • News