Nellie Gossen (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist who uses clothing as a tool to think and
feel through social systems. Working through the media of fashion,
costume, textiles, photography and performance, Nellie practices fashion as a space
of study, ceremony, and as a performance making modality in its own
right.
With a practice rooted in End-of-Life Spiritual Care, Nellie’s current work and research focuses on interdisciplinary pathways of knowing and holding the body at the end of life, with a particular interest in cross cultural histories of burial garments.
Nellie holds degrees in Fashion Design (Kunsthochschule Weissensee) and Religious Studies (University of British Columbia) and is professionally trained as a Death Doula. Their work has been presented by The Dance Centre (Vancouver), the PuSh Festival (Vancouver), the Icelandic Textile Centre (Blonduos) and Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz (Berlin).
Nellie lives and works between the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver, and Berlin.
With a practice rooted in End-of-Life Spiritual Care, Nellie’s current work and research focuses on interdisciplinary pathways of knowing and holding the body at the end of life, with a particular interest in cross cultural histories of burial garments.
Nellie holds degrees in Fashion Design (Kunsthochschule Weissensee) and Religious Studies (University of British Columbia) and is professionally trained as a Death Doula. Their work has been presented by The Dance Centre (Vancouver), the PuSh Festival (Vancouver), the Icelandic Textile Centre (Blonduos) and Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz (Berlin).
Nellie lives and works between the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver, and Berlin.
