Artist profile

David Nash

King and Queen I (2011)

Bronze, patinated black ed.4
King: 352 x 70 x 40 cm, Queen: 355 x 70 x 35 cm (ref:Dn2656 2)

Black Frame (2015)

Redwood, charred
69 x 74 x 31 cm (ref:Dn2842)

Torso (2011)

bronze, patinated black, edition 3/4
196 x 94 x 61 cm (ref:Dn2653)

Flaire (2015)

Oak
63 x 76 x 16 cm (ref:Dn2827)

Seven Leg Birch (2014)

Birch
58 x 26 x 27 cm (ref:Dn2691)

Tumble Block (2014)

charred oak
127 x 136 x 180 (ref:Dn2655)

Cut Corners: Red and Black (2015 )

Yew, part charred
42 x 32 x 31 cm (ref:DN2699)

Red and Blue (2015)

pastel on paper in charred ash frames
2 parts, 42 x 30 x 6 cm each (ref:Dn2777)

Two Sliced Cedars II (2014)

charcoal on paper in charred ash frame
72.5 x 91 x 6 cm (ref:Dn2779)

Overlap (2015)

Bronze, Ed. 3/3 + 1 AP
106 x 65 cm (ref:Dn2738)

Black Light (2012 )

charred Oak
340 x 92 x 100 cm (ref:Dn2370)

Black Well (2007)

Charred Greenheart, Guyana
9 parts, overall size: 92 x 106 x 118 cm (ref:Dn2216)

Wedge Stack: Crack and Warp (2014 )

Beech
121 x 40 x 41 cm (ref:Dn2677)

Three Red Columns: Deepcut (2010)

Redwood
Three parts: part one: 303 x 28 x 26 cm; part two: 303 x 38 x 30 cm; part three: 303 x 36 x 26 cm (ref:DN2214)

Three Reds - Three Directions (2014 )

pastel on paper in charred frames
3 parts, each part: 116.5 x 55 x 6 cm (ref:DN2670)

Three Blues (2014)

pastel on paper in charred frames
3 parts, each part: 117 x 55 x 6 cm (ref:Dn2669)

Rain at Night (2012)

Sycamore
231 x 65 x 46 cm (ref:DN2372)

Huddle Dome (2012)

Oak
93 x 175 cm diameter (ref:DN2509)

Two Clams (2012)

Oak
i) 25 x 78 x 80 cm ii) 47 x 80 x 82 cm (ref:DN2511)

Branded Column (2012)

Silver Birch, part charred
83 x 26 x 21 cm (ref:DN2550)

Armour Block (2012)

Oak
41 x 28 x 33 cm (ref:DN2586)

Armour Column (2012 )

Oak
109 x 50 x 45 cm (ref:Dn2536)

Two Mountains (2011 )

Redwood
2 parts: 1) 292 x 101 x 6 cm 2) 112 x 154 x 6 cm (ref:Dn2306)

Deep Cut, Deep Red Column II (2014)

pastel on paper
153 x 113.5 cm (ref:Dn2754)

Red and Black Dome (2007)

Yew
12 parts: 235 x 200 x 190 cm (ref:DN2020)

Mosaic Egg (2004)

Oak, partially charred
46 x 90 x 47 cm (ref:Dn1658)

Black Egg and Stump ( 2004 )

charred Sycamore
123 x 55 x 45 cm (ref:Dn1659)

Ladle and Spoon (2012)

Oak
296 x 166 x 100 cm (ref:Dn2507)

Cork Oaks (2012)

pastel on paper, 3 parts
33 x 46 cm each (ref:DN2469)

Four Cork Oaks (2011)

pastel on paper, 4 parts
41 x 59 cm each (ref:DN2459)

Sheaves (2000)

Beech
285 x 41 x 68 cm (ref:DN2208)

David Nash works primarily with wood that has fallen naturally or has been felled due to age, disease or safety. He also makes planted works; living, growing sculptures; long term projects that span decade;, trees, brambles, copses are sculpted and manipultaed over tens of years to form domes, grids of saplings and walls of living matter.

Out of the felled trees emerge eggs, columns and pyramids. Domes are formed from elements of the tree, Cork Oak bark is stacked to make towering spires and squat 9m circles. Oak branches are burnt and stuck into the ground end on to form low convex structures. He burns and chars the wood to form deep black, velvety surfaces. Burnt edges highlight geometric shapes cut into columns, hexagonal shapes are carved into oak eggs.

Biography

1945
Born in Esher, Surrey, UK
1963–65
Studied Kingston College of Art
1967
Moved to Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, where he lives and works
1969–70
Postgraduate Study, Chelsea School of Art
1999
Elected Royal Academician Appointed Research Fellow, University of Northumbria, Newcastle Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Art & Design, Kingston University
2004
Awarded OBE for services to the arts

Selected exhibitions

2015–16
Three Black Humps, 2015, Oak, charred, in three parts, at Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
2015–16
King & Queen I, 2011, Bronze, Keepers House The Royal Academy
2014–15
David Nash Stencil Prints, Abbot's Room, Kloster Schoenthal, Switzwerland
2014
David Nash, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
2014
Galerie Lelong, Paris
2013
Installations by David Nash, Historic Grounds, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire
2012–13
David Nash at Kew Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Surrey
2012
Lines and Smudges, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
2010–11
David Nash at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
2010
David Nash – Recent Sculptures and Colour Works, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
2009
David Nash – Monumental Sculpture, Kunsthalle Mannheim

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