Nelson Stevens (1938–2022) was an artist known for his involvement with Chicago-based Black art collective AfriCOBRA. Stevens’ works are held by institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

In 1956 Stevens began painting murals at jazz nightclubs in Utica, New York; in return, the businesses provided Stevens with free meals. Stevens joined AfriCOBRA in 1969 after meeting co-founder Jeff Donaldson at the College Art Association Conference in Boston. He, along with other members, created silkscreen prints of his work as a way to make art more accessible to the general public; they were initially sold for only $10–15 at local events.

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