Nelson Henricks

Nelson Henricks was born in Bow Island, Alberta and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art. He moved to Montréal in 1991 and received a BFA from Concordia University, where he now teaches. Henricks has also taught at the Université de Québec à Montréal and McGill University. A musician, writer, curator and artist, Henricks is best known for his videotapes, which have been exhibited worldwide. A focus on his videowork was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of the Video Viewpoints series. His writings have been published in Fuse, Public and Coil magazines, and in the anthologies So, To Speak (Editions Artexte, 1999) and Lux (YYZ Press, 2000). Henricks co-edited an anthology of artists' video scripts entitled By the Skin of Their Tongues (YYZ Press, 1997) with Steve Reinke. 
Recipient of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art, 2002