David Nash is a British sculptor, who studied at Kingston College of Art, as well as the Chelsea School of Art.
Nash’s first solo exhibitions were held in 1973. These rapidly led to a series of exhibitions throughout the UK. His international reputation was established after his first solo shows overseas, held in 1980 at Elise Meyer Gallery, New York and Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy. Since then, he has continued to show throughout the world.
He has worked with wood, trees and the natural environment and some of the sculptures stay in the landscape. He not only carves wood, largely from fallen trees, with chain and milling saws, but also creates sculptures from growing plants, cutting and training them into domes or ladders. The process is almost as ritualistic as it is intense.
Nash was elected a Royal Academician in 1999, the same year in which he was appointed a Research Fellow at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle and was awarded a Honorary Doctorate in Art & Design by Kingston University. In 2004 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire. |