Nelson Henricks was born in Bow Island, Alberta and graduated from the Alberta College of Art. He moved to Montréal in 1991 and received a BFA from Concordia University. He recently completed a PhD at Université du Québec à Montréal. Henricks is the recipient of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 2002, the Prix Giverny Capital in 2015, the Prix Louis-Comtois in 2023, and the Prix Robert Forget in 2024. Henricks' work is in permanent collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (NY), and the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.