David Nash RA (B. 1959-63)
David's new Exhibition is currently on in The Regency Assembly Room in Lewes Town Hall from 5th May to 10th June.
This is the fourth in the series of occasional, major exhibitions held in Lewes, and organised by Sculpture Exhibitions Limited. The exhibition features major works that David Nash has reserved for his own collection, and which chart his development as a sculptor. Sculptures, carved in wood, constructed, and sometimes charred, the selection demonstrates the plethora of ways in which Nash works with trees.
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David Nash RA (B. 1959-63) David Nash RA (B. 1959-63)
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Born: 14 November 1945, Esher, Surrey, UK

David Nash studied at Kingston College of Art from 1963 to 1967 and at Chelsea School of Art (Postgraduate) from 1969 to 1970. Nash’s first one-man exhibitions were held in 1973 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, York and at Oriel, Bangor, Wales. These rapidly led to a series of solo exhibitions throughout the UK and his international reputation was established after his first one-man shows overseas were held in 1980 at Elise Meyer Gallery, New York and at Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy. Since then, he has continued to hold one-man shows on an annual basis throughout the world. Nash’s work has also been included in numerous international key group exhibitions since 1970. These include 'The Condition of Sculpture', at the Hayward Gallery, London (1975), 'British Art Now: An American Perspective', at the Soloman R Guggenheim Museum, New York and tour (1980), 'British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Part II', at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1981) and 'Aspects of British Art Today', at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in (1982). More recently his work was included in 'Here and Now', at the Serpentine Gallery, London (1995), 'Sculptors’ Drawings 1945-90', at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and 'The Shape of the Century: 100 Years of Sculpture in Britain', at Salisbury Cathedral and Canary Wharf, London (1999). In 2000 his work 'Cube, Sphere, Pyramid' was purchased by the Chantrey Bequest for the Nation.

David Nash is represented by Annely Juda Fine Art, London; Galerie LeLong in Paris, Zurich and New York; Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium; Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo and the Haines Gallery, San Francisco.

Nash was elected a Royal Academician in 1999, the same year in which he was appointed a Research Fellow, University of Northumbria, Newcastle and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Art & Design by Kingston University. Nash lives and works in North Wales.

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Buy David's book:
cover "The Sculpture of David Nash"
£15.10

The Sculpture of David Nash is the first publication to review the entire range of Nash's work, and to consider it in the context both of sculptural precedents and influences, and of some of the key issues affecting contemporary sculpture. It addresses the rigour of Nash's concern with geometric form, and examines the genesis of his major pieces, from sculptures made at art college, through his first period of working in Wales, and subsequent phases, to recent developments in the 1980s and 1990s.

Julian Andrews' narrative, produced in close collaboration with the artist, presents Nash's work in terms of themes, drawing formal relations between works which are highlighted through the illustrations accompanying the text. Seventeen key works are illustrated as colour plates. The main text is supported by comprehensive reference material, comprising chronology, bibliography, list of exhibitions, public collections, and works in open space.
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