David Nash
United Kingdom
5 Works exhibited on Kooness
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Works by David Nash
David Nash (British, b.1945) is a sculptor who uses a wide range of wood products and other natural materials to create unique works, which have earned him international acclaim. He attended school in England, first at Brighton College, followed by Kingston College of Art from 1963 to 1967. Nash's postgraduate years were spent at the Chelsea School of Art from 1969 to 1970. He was also elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England, for his excellence in both school and his career. Nash is most popular for his creations using wood, including sculptures created using live trees. Unlike most sculptors, who typically use chisels to create their works, Nash is famous for his use of chainsaws, blowtorches, and other heavier tools and machinery. The chainsaw allows him to work with large trees to shape and mold them, while the blowtorch allows him to add the blackened effects for which he is known. One of his most famous pieces is called Wooden Boulder, which was made from a large piece of wood that he molded into a spherical shape. Nash carved it in North Wales and then left it. Eventually it weathered, dislodged, and began to roll down the mountainside, after which it was spotted off and on for several decades. The boulder was last seen in 2009, after being reported missing for five years. Another one of Nash’s popular works is Ash Dome, which he created using live ash trees; he planted these trees and then manipulated them to make them grow in a dome shape. The location of the dome is undisclosed to protect it from damage. Nash is famous for using geometric shapes in his work, as well as more natural lines in his tree sculptures. Many of his works are inspired by architecture, such as the pyramids, as well as by the natural world and environment. His work has been featured in the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal, England, Gallery Lelong Zürich in Switzerland, Sala de la Diputacion in Spain, and Annely Juda Fine Art in London. In 2010, his work was showcased at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England, an outdoor gallery that features sculptures by various artists.
Solo show
2018
First the tree, then the form, Museum Lothar Fischer, Neumarkt , Germany
Wood, Metal, Pigment, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, France
Column, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
Nature to nature, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint Louis, France
2017
Escultura, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
David Nash, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
My friend the trees, Krauthügel Art Project, Salzburg, Austria
2016
David Nash, Gallerja Roma , Rome, Italy
Columns, Peaks and Torso, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2015
Im kleinen Format, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
David Nash, kukje Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2014
Columns, Comets and Cork New Sulptures and Drawings, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
Prints & Multiples, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
David Nash, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
2013
A Natural Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, United Kingdom
2012
Red & Black, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
David Nash - Black & Red : Bronze & Wood, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
David Nash Pastels and Sculptures, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
David Nash, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
2011
David Nash, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Wakefield, United Kingdom
RED, BLACK, OTHER, Mostyn, Llandudno, United Kingdom
2010
David Nash, Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
Crack & Warp Column: David Nash, Missoula Art Museum MAM, Missoula, United States
The embodiment of time, Despard Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Recent Sculpture & Coloured Works, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
2009
David Nash, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
Monumental Sculpture, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Drawings and Sculptures, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, United Kingdom
2008
Retrospektive, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Naturformen, ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
New Works, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, United States
2007
Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Galerie am Klostersee, Lehnin, Germany
David Nash, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2006
Trunks Thicken, Branches Lengthen, Roots Deepen, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
Trunks Thicken, Branches Lengthen, Roots Deepen, Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
2005
Pyramids rise, Spheres turn and Cubes stand still, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
The Language of Wood/Sculpture and Drawings, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, United States
David Nash, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
David Nash, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2004
Holzskulpturen, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
David Nash, Tate St. Ives, St.Ives, United Kingdom
Twmps and Eggs, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
New Work, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, United States
2003
David Nash, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, United States
Rückkehr der Kunst in die Natur / The Return of Art into Nature, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg,
Germany
Roche Beech, NewArtCentre, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Holzskulpturen, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, United Kingdom
2002
David Nash, Galerie Lelong, New York City, United States
2001
Black & Light, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
Sculptures, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
2000
Recent sculptures and charred reliefs, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
Line of cut, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
1998
David Nash - Red And Black, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, United States
David Nash, Parc Régional Tournay-Solvay, Brussels, Belgium
1997
Line of Cut & Elements of Drawing, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Stoves, 1979 – 1994, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, United States
1996
Line of Cut, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom
A survey, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
David Nash - Recent Sculpture, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
1995
Voyages And Vessels, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, United States
Voyages And Vessels, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD Downtown, San Diego, United
States
Otoineppu Spirit Of Three Seasons, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kamakura, Japan
Voyages and Vessels, The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), Madison, United States
1994
Voyages And Vessels, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, United States
David Nash, Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA), Santa Monica, United States
1993
At the Edge of the Forest, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
1992
The Planted Works 1977 - 1992, Louver Gallery New York, New York City, United States
1991
Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, United States
1990
David Nash: chêne & frêne de Pierre-de-Bresse, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Calais, France
David Nash, Louver Gallery New York, New York City, United States
Sculpture 1971-90, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Drawings, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, United States
Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Fragments Of Recent Commissions, Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1989
En villégiature, Centre international d'art et du paysage de l´île de Vassivière, Ile de Vassivière, France
1987
Funagata Works, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1986
Tree to Vessel, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
1984
David Nash, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
1983
Sixty Seasons. A survey of sculpture, drawings and outdoor work., Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA),
Glasgow, United Kingdom
David Nash, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1979
David Nash, Arnolfini, Bristol, United Kingdom
1976
David Nash, Arnolfini, Bristol, United Kingdom