DAVID NASH
Biography
1945 Born Esher, Surrey, England
1963-67 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 One-Man Exhibitions
1973 Briefly Cooked Apples, Queen Elizabeth Hall, York and Oriel,
Bangor, Wales
1976 Oriel, Bangor, Wales
Loosely Held Grain, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1978 Fletched Over Ash, AIR Gallery, London; Arts Centre, Chester;
Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
1979 Parnham House, Dorset
1980 Wood Quarry, Elise Meyer Gallery, New York
Mixed Wood, Southampton University Gallery
Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy
1981 Pyramids and Catapults, St. Paul's Gallery, Leeds
1982 Two Views of Nature, Elise Meyer Gallery, New York
Oriel, The Friary, Cardiff
Wood Quarry, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Fellowship Exhibition), Wakefield
Kilkenny Art Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
1983 Sixty Seasons, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow; Fruitmarket Gallery,
Edinburgh; Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
and Museum, Swansea; City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; The
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin
Removals and Conversions, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
1984-85 Ki'no Inochi, Ki no Katachi, Moriyama City, Shiga; Tochigi
Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi-ken; Miyagi Museum of Art,
Sendai; Fukuoka Art Museum; Sogetsu Kaikan, Tokyo
Ki no, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
1985 Hoge Veluwe, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
(with Sjoerd Buisman)
Sculpture by David Nash, Bixby Gallery, Washington University,
St. Louis, Missouri
Elm, Wattle, Gum, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne;
Aveago Gallery, Sydney
Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1986 Tree to Vessel, Juda Rowan Gallery, London
1987 Sculpture from the Djerassi Foundation, L.A. Louver, Los
Angeles
Andrew Knight Gallery, Cardiff
1988 Ardennes Project, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
Chêne et Frêne de Pierre-de-Bresse, Réfectoire
de l'Abbaye de Tournus, Musée Greuze, Tournus/Art Contemporain
Vaughan and Vaughan, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Drawings, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Mosaic Egg, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Oak and Birch, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Vassiviere, Limousin
Ashton Court Beech Project, Bristol
1990 Drawings, Louver Gallery, New York
Chêne et Frêne de Pierre-de-Bresse, Musee des Beaux-Arts,
Calais
David Nash: Sculpture, Louver Gallery, New York
David Nash - Sculpture 1971-90, Serpentine Gallery, London; National
Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris
Art Affairs, Amsterdam
1991 Walily: Smoke and Turpentine, Centre for Contemporay Art,
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (with Leon Tarasewicz)
Poland Project, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
Criccieth Festival, North Wales
David Nash: Planted & Carved, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
Five New Sculptures, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
Sculpture 1971-91, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Wood Quarry, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1992 The Planted Projects 1977-1992, Louver Gallery, New York
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Sounding Form: New Sculpture and Drawings, Peter Pears Gallery,
Aldeburgh; Space 34 and The Marland Gallery, Snape Maltings Sculpture
and Drawings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 At the Edge of the Forest, Oriel, The Friary, Cardiff
The Planted Works, Manchester City Art Gallery
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri
At the Edge of the Forest, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Drawings, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
Brændt Eg, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
1994 Voyages and Vessels, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Museum of
Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Madison
Art Center, Wisconsin
Otoineppu - Spirit of Three Seasons, Asahikawa Museum of Art,
Hokkaido; Nagoya City Art Museum; Ashiya City Museum of Art & History,
Kobe; The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura;
Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1995 Gianni Giacobbi Arte Contemporaneo, Palma de Mallorca
Beyond The Forest, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona
Bat in the Box, Lizard in the Glove, Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco
1996 David Nash: New Sculptures and Drawings, Art Affairs, Amsterdam
Three Places: David Nash, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Croesau, Wyan, Llestr, Pasg 1996, Oriel Y Ddraig, Blaenau Ffestiniog
Green Fuse, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Eighteen Thousand Tides, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
Line of Cut, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Elements of Drawing, Leeds City Art Gallery
Forms into Time 1971-96, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
David Nash: Sculpture from Japan, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Recent Sculpture and Drawing, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1997 Stores and Hearths, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
David Nash, Hans Mayer Galerie, Düsseldorf
David Nash Sculptures, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Sculpture from California, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
David Nash - Language of Wood, PYO Gallery, Seoul
1998 David Nash, European Foundation for Sculpture, Parc Regional
Tournay-Solvay, Brussels
David Nash - Language of Wood, Banque de Luxembourg
Red and Black, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
Stoves, Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida
Drawings and Place, Maneten Gallery, Sweden
Observation, Imagination, Realisation, Ucheldre Centre,
North Wales
David Nash Sculpture, Galerie Lelong, New York
1999 Engaging with Primary Elements, Artists' Gardens, Weimar,
Work Place, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Gianni Giacobbi Arte Contemporane, Palma de Mallorca
2000 Recent Sculpture and Charred Panels, Galerij S65, Aalst,
Belgium
Line of Cut, Galerie Lelong, Paris
Chwarel Goed - Wood Quarry: David Nash, Centre for Visual Arts,
Cardiff; The Old Market Hall, Blaenau Ffestiniog
David Nash, Sculpture at Schoenthal Monastery, Langenbruck,
Switzerland
Chicago Wood - Retrieved and Renewed, State Bridge Street Gallery,
Chicago
2000-01 Green and Black, Oriel 31, Newtown and tour to Wrexham
Art Centre; Burford House Gallery, Lludlow; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,
Swansea.
Three Forms for Chicago, exhibition on Chicago's Museum Campus,
Chicago
2001 David Nash - Skulpturen & Zeichnungen, Kunst im Bethmannhof,
Frankfurt
David Nash - From Wales
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
Black and Light, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
2002 Charred Panels, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Stones and Hearths, Penny School Gallery, Kingston- on-Thames
David Nash - Sculptures, Gallery Lelong, New York
David Nash - Neue Skulpturen, Galerie S 65, Köln
2003 David Nash: Roche Beech, New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery,
Roche Court
David Nash: Holzskulpturen, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen
David Nash – Rückkehr der Kunst in die Natur, Galerie Scheffel,
Bad Homburg, Germany
David Nash – Sculptures et dessins, Scene Nationale d’Orleans,
France
2004 David Nash, Galeria Metta, Madrid
David Nash, Holzskulpturen, Stiftung für Bildhauerei und Georg-Kolbe-Museum,
Berlin
David Nash – Making and Placing Abstract Sculpture 1978-2004,
Tate Gallery, St Ives
David Nash - Twmps and Eggs, Galerie Lelong, Paris
David Nash - New Work by David Nash, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
2005 David Nash – Vessels, Sala de la Diputación de Huesca,
Spain
David Nash- Pyramids rise, Spheres turn, and Cubes stand still. Annely
Juda Fine Art, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
1970 Chelsea Tower 3 shown in inaugural exhibition Post-diploma
work from Manchester, Birmingham and Chelsea, Serpentine Gallery,
London
1975 The Condition of Sculpture, Hayward Gallery, London
1976 Summer Show III, Serpentine Gallery, London
1977 From Wales, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh
On Site, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1979 LYC Museum, Cumbria
Corners, Elise Meyer Gallery, New York
1979-80 Wood, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
1980 British Art Now: An American Perspective, Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York; San Diego, California; Savannah, Georgia; Austin,
Texas; Royal Academy of Art, London
Mixage, De Lantaren, Rotterdam
1981 Art and the Sea, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow and tour
British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century Part II, Whitechapel
Art Gallery, London
Cleveland Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough
A Wood Exhibition, The Minories, Colchester
1982 Presences of Nature, Carlisle Art Gallery and Museum and
tour
Aspects of British Art Today, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum;
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsonomiya; National Museum
of Art, Osaka; Fukuoka Art Museum, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo
Hayward Annual: British Drawing, Hayward Gallery, London
Object-Subject, LYC Museum, Cumbria
4th Sydney Biennale
Through Children's Eyes, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Word, Midland Group, Nottingham
1983 The Sculpture Show, Serpentine and Hayward Galleries, London
Tongue and Groove, Coracle Press, London
53-83: Three Decades of Artists from Inner London Art Schools,
Royal Academy of Art, London
1984 Survey of Recent International Painting and Sculpture, Museum
of Modern Art, New York
ROSC International Exhibition, Dublin
Haarlem Hout, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
1985 Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
25 Years - Three Decades of Contemporary Art: The Eighties, Juda
Rowan Gallery, London
Transformations: American and European Sculpture 1945-1985, Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
1986 Overland, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Landscape - Place, Nature, Material, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Forest of Dean Project, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Japonisme, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
200 Years and 10 Days at Pwllywrach, South Wales
American/European Paintings and Sculpture, L.A. Louver,
Los Angeles
Naivety in Art, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo
Focus on British Art, The International Cultural Centre, Antwerp
Contemporary British Sculpture, Exchange Square Gallery,
Hong Kong
1987 Unpainted Landscape, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr and tour
Inside Outside, Inaugural Exhibition, Museum van Hedendaagse
Kunst, Antwerp
Sculpture and Sculptors' Drawings, Juda Rowan Gallery, London
Mathematik in der Kunst, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am
Rhein, Germany
Viewpoint: l'Art Contemporain en Grande-Bretagne, Musées
Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
1987-88 A Quiet Revolution - British Sculpture Since 1965, The
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco;
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California; Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
New York
Wales/Finland Exchange, Otso Galleria, Espoo and tour of Finland
1988 Britannica: Trente Ans de Sculpture, Musée du Havre,
Le Havre
Beeldhouwers Tekenen, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Three Artists in Wales: Keith Arnatt, Gillian Ayres, David Nash,
Oriel, Cardiff
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Vaughan & Vaughan, Minneapolis
Images of the Sea, Maritime Museum, Rotterdam
Innovations in Sculpture 1985-1988, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1988-89 Artists in National Parks, Victoria & Albert Museum,
London and tour
1989 Through Children's Eyes, Southampton City Art Gallery
Working in Wood, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
Camouflage, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow subsequent tour
Tree of Life, Cornerhouse, Manchester and tour
David Nash, Andy Goldsworthy, Thomas Joshua Cooper,
L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
The Natural Element - Artists and Makers in Wales, Oriel, Cardiff
Out of the Wood, Crafts Council touring exhibition (in collaboration
with Common Ground)
Eco-Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Art Landmarks, Ashton Court, Bristol
1990 Roger Ackling, David Nash, Diane Samuels, Mincher/Wilcox
Gallery, San Francisco
The Forces of Nature, Manchester City Art Gallery
A Natural Order, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1991 Europäische Werkstatt Ruhrgebiet '91, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Charred Sculptures, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Espace, The Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery, Dublin
Kunst Europa 91, Kunsthalle Heidelberg
Criccieth Festival, North Wales
Hortus Cambrensis - Decay and Revival in the Gardens of Wales,
Erdigg, Clywd and tour
1992 David Nash, Therese Oulton, John Virtue, L.A. Louver,
Los Angeles
The Artist's Hand, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
Millfield British 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, Millfield,
Somerset
1993 Differentes Natures, Espace Art Défense, Paris
1994 Disclosures, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales and tour
In Pursuit of Lost Time, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
1995 The Edge of Town, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
Here and Now, Serpentine Gallery, London
British Abstract Art, Part 2: Sculpture, Flowers East, London
Drawn Together: Works on Paper from the Contemporary Art Society
and the Arnolfini Trust, Middlesbrough Art Gallery
1995-96 Sculptors' Drawings 1945-90, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York
1996 Sightlines, Honiton Festival, Devon
Place to Place, Parish Maps, Common Ground, Barbican Centre,
London
Sculpture in the Close, Jesus College, Cambridge
Paul Gees, Ludwig Vandevelde, David Nash, De Vishal, Haarlem
Endangered Spaces, Christie's, London
Trilogy: Art-Science-Nature, Confrontation with Creation, Kunsthallen
Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
1996 British Abstract Work: Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
1996-97 A Sculptor's Choice: Works selected by Ann Christopher R.A.,
Royal Academy of Art, London
1997 The Sixth International Shoe-Box Sculpture Exhibition, Hawaii
Art Gallery, Honolulu
Third Wexford Artist's Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre,
Eire
Push The Boat Out, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery
1997 8 x 8, Pallant House, Chichester
Ecce Ubu, La Maison du Spectacle - La Bellone, Brussels
1998 The Collection of Ed Broida, Orlando Museum and Art Gallery
Twenty Five Year Celebrations, Butler Gallery, Eire
Places in Gothenburg, Gothenburg
The Hollowed Out Trunk of Wood, Städtische Museen
Heilbronn, Germany
Landscapes, Meyerson and Nowinskai Gallery, Seattle, Crown Point
Press, USA
Nature, Art, Architecture, Landscape, Tweede Natuur, Antwerp,
Belgium
50 Years of British Sculpture, Lothbury Gallery, London
1999 Tweede natur - belden en installaties, Halle-Zoersel, Belgium
Blickachsen 2 - Skulpturen im Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany
A line in painting, Gallery Fine, London
ArtBarns: after Kurt Schwitters, Farm Barns in the Forest of
Bowland, Padiham, Lancashire
The Shape of the Century - 100 Years of Sculpture in Britain,
Salisbury Cathedral and Canary Wharf, London
2000 Open Deur 2 - Young British Sculptors, Halle-Zoersel, Belgium
Bronze, Holland Park, London
Nikolaus Gerhard, David Nash, Robert Schad, Museum im Prediger,
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Sculptura, Blauwhuis, Izegem, Belgium
2001 Summer exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Blickachsen 3 - Skulpturen im Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany
Geometrisk, 17 November - 16 December, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2002 In Praise of Trees, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
Plotting - A Survey Exhibition of Artists' Studies, Carrie Secrist Gallery,
Chicago
Haines Gallery 15th Anniversary Show, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
2004 In Praise of Trees, Metropole Galleries, Folkstone
2005 Fieldnotes and Sketchbooks, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Effervescence – La sculpture anglaise dans les institutions francaises
1969-1989,
Musée d’Angers
David Nash Bibliography
Bibliography - Books
1982 David Nash with Anthony Barnett, Forest Poems, Forest Drawings,
Ferry Press, London
1984 John Beardsley, Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape, Abbeville Press, New York
Peter Davies and Tony Knipe, A Sense of Place: Sculpture in Landscape, Ceolfrith Press, Sunderland
Richard Mabey (ed.), Second Nature, Jonathan Cape, London
1987 David Nash, Wood Primer, Bedford Press, San Francisco
Graham Beal and Mary Jane Jacob, A Quiet Revolution - British Sculpture Since 1965, Thames and Hudson, London
1996 Marina Warner, David Nash - Forms into Time, Academy Editions, London
Julian Andrews, The Sculpture of David Nash, Lund Humphries, London
1997 Dr Ferdinand Ullrich, David Nash Skulpturen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2001 Sarah Blomfield, Twmps, Seren, South Wales
Dr Judith Collins, Black and Light, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
2002 Lucien Kayser, Black Above - White Below, Dexia Luxembourg
2003 Dr Ferdinand Ullrich, David Nash – Rückkehr der Kunst in die Natur, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
2004 Richard Cork, "Inside/Outside: The Art of David Nash", exhibition catalogue David Nash: Making and Placing – Abstract Sculpture 1978-2004, Tate St Ives
Bibliography - Periodical and Newspaper Articles
1977 Hilary Chapman, 'David Nash - The Reconstruction
of Awareness', Arts Review, Vol XXIX, 3 February, p.86
Ben Jones, 'A New Wave in Sculpture', Artscribe, No. 8, September
1978 Alan McPherson, 'Interview with David Nash', Artscribe, No. 12, June, pp.30-34
John McEwen, 'From Structure to Surface', The Spectator,
July, pp.22-25
Margaret Richards, 'Going along with Wood', Tribune, 21 July
William Feaver, 'Paris Fashion', The Observer, 23 July
Marina Vaizey, 'The Men who built our Cages', Sunday Times,
23 July, p.35
Terence Maloon, 'David Nash at AIR', Artscribe, No. 13,
August, p.55
William Feaver, 'Woodwork', The Observer Magazine,
19 November, p.65
1979 Hugh Adams, 'The Woodman', Art & Artists, Vol. 13,
April, pp.44-47
'Grizedale Forest Sculpture', Aspects, No. 7
1980 'Which Art for Education,' Aspects, No. 10
Robert Hughes, 'From Sticks to Cenotaphs', Time, 11 February
John Ashberry, 'Puttin' on the Brits', New York Magazine,
4 February
Hilton Kramer, 'British News at the Guggenheim', New York Times, 25 January
Theodore T. Wolff, 'British Art Now', Christian Science Monitor, 30 January
Dale Harris, 'The Art that caught the Lady's Eye', The Guardian, 25 February
William Feaver, 'Little Old England', The Observer, 2 March
William Feaver, 'Missed Opportunity', The Observer, 26 October
William Packer, 'British Art Now: An American View', Financial Times, 4 November
Diane Waldman, essay in catalogue of exhibition British Art Now: An American Perspective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Gail Gelburd, introduction in catalogue of exhibition Environmental Art Projects, Morris Museum, Morristown,
New Jersey
1982 'Het hout als prooi voor de beeldhouwer', Het Financieele Dagblad, Holland, 25 June
'20 days with a Mizunara tree', Artists Newsletter, November
James Hamilton, Arts Yorkshire, September
1983 Virginia Fubbri Butera, 'Album: Hayward Annual: British Drawing', Arts Magazine, LVII, 5 January, p.48
Maron Lawson, 'Birnam Wood', West End Times, 28 January
William Packer, 'In Pursuit of Nature', Financial Times,
25 January, p.15
Cordelia Oliver, 'David Nash', The Guardian, 25 January
Ciaram Carty, 'The Man who gave Modern Art the Chop', Sunday Independent Ireland, 6 February
Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, 10 February
Elvis Thomas, Y Ffynnom, April
Duncan MacMillan, 'David Nash: Brancusi joins the Garden Gang', Art Monthly, April, pp.7-9
Marina Vaizey, Sunday Times, 31 July, p.39
'Air on a Tree String', Observer, 14 August
1984 Mary Gamer, 'Success for Couple whose Talents have matured in the Wood,' Cambrian News, 27 April
1985 Frederick J. Nelson, 'David Nash', New Art Examiner, Vol. 12, summer, p.74
1986 Waldemar Januszczak, 'David Nash', The Guardian, 19 April
William Packer, 'In Response to Raw Timber', Financial Times, 22 April, p.21
William Feaver, 'Dead Wood Sculpture', The Observer, 4 May
Larry Berryman, 'David Nash: Tree to Vessel', Arts Review,
9 May, p.249
Lieven van den Abeele, 'David Nash, Nature as the only Reality', Artefactum, Vol. 3, April/May, pp.19-23
1987 Gilbert Jimenez, 'Art, Institute, Terra herald the arrival of exciting new shows', Chicago Sun-Times, 23 January, p.53
John Teets, 'Artist Carves Niche in Nature', Chicago Tribune, 4 February, p.5
Sue Taylor, 'Scavenging Artists send a Message', Chicago Sun- Times, 12 February
Alan G. Artner, 'Branching Out', Chicago Tribune, 15 February
Richard Cork, 'Mapping Out Images', The Listener, 2 April
Marina Vaizey, 'The Lords of all Creation', Sunday Times, 12 April
Judith Higgins, 'Britain's "New Generation"', ARTnews,
December, p.118
John Loughery, 'Emerging Young Artists', ARTS Magazine, December, p.105
'Charles' Standpunt', Laatste Nieuws, Brussels, 18 December
'Viewpoint: l'art anglais contemporain: objets inanimes, avez-vous donc une âme?', Soir Bruxelles, 18 December
'Verrassende verscheidenheid van de hedendaagse Britse Kunst', Hetvolk - Cultuur op Donderdag,
1988 'De Kunstenaar in de zon of in de Schaduw', Kunst & Kultur, January
David Briers, review of 'Wood Primer: The Sculpture of David Nash', Crafts, March/April
William Feaver 'Turning New Leaves', Observer, 10 July, p.39
Marina Vaizey 'Landscapes Shape Up', Sunday Times, 10 July, p.C9
Building Design, No. 877, 18 March
'Portrait David Nash', Beaux Arts, November, p.94
'Prince picks rotting art', The Daily Telegraph, 25 November
1989 'Down to Earth with trees, woods and the Green Man', The Independent, 1 April
Ekoch Bjork, Hufuudstadbladet, Helsinki, Finland, 2 June
'Art Lives in Light', Helsingen Saromat, Finland, 4 June
Aidan Walker, 'Branching Out', The Illustrator, June
Marina Vaizey 'Why British art is bigger and better than ever', Sunday Times, 11 June
London Diary, Metropolitan Magazine, 13 June
Robert MacDonald, 'David Nash', Time Out, 21 - 28 June
'Alternative Art', Karjalainen, Finland, 27 June
'Nash sort du bois', Libération, 3 August
Caroline Smulders, 'David Nash', Art Press, France, October
'Land Art', Gertrud Kobke Sutton, Landskab, Denmark, December
1990 Kenneth Baker, 'Wood Sculptures as Faux Geology', San Francisco Chronicle, 7 February
David Bonetti, 'A very English way with wood sculpture', San Francisco Examiner, 24 January
Stephen Gardiner, 'Their Medium is Nature', American Society of Landscape Architects, February
'Sculptures de David Nash', La Voix du Nord, 5 April
Daniel Dobbels, 'David Nash, la langue du bois', Libération, 17 April
Samantha Hutchins, 'David Nash, le bois à la lettre', Le Quotidien de Paris, 19 April
Fabrice Hergott, 'David Nash', Libération, 19 April
Fernand Rolet, 'Sculpture de David Nash au musée, L'art de l'enracinement', La Voix du Nord, 27/28 May
Fabrice Hergott, 'David Nash', Art Press, June
William Packer, 'If you go down to the woods today', Financial Times, 19 June
Tanya Harrod, 'The Freedom, flourish and waywardness of wood', The Independent on Sunday, 24 June
William Feaver, 'Growth from fallen timber', The Observer, 1 July
Martine Arnault, 'David Nash', Cimaise, June/July/August
Janet Koplos, Review of Exhibitions, 'David Nash at Louver', Art in America, October
Simon Morley, 'David Nash, Serpentine Gallery', Tema Celeste, November/December
Richard Mabey, 'Art and Ecology', Modern Painters, Winter Edition
Ann Wilson Lloyd, 'Evidence of Fundamental Forces', Contemporaea, No. 23, December
1991 John Russell Taylor, 'Simply the best shows in town', The Times, 1 February
Anton Costro, Lapiz Magazine, February
Peter Bellars, 'David Nash's Growing Works', Asahi Evening News, 25 May
Julia Cassim, 'Warped art from wild wood', The Japan Times,
2 June
Nishimura Gallery exhibition review, Nikkei Art, July, p.99
Kevin Perryman, 'Back to nature', Spotlight, August, pp.22-24
1992 Charles Dee Mitchell, 'Man and wood', The Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, 29 April
William Packer, Exhibition Diary, The World of Interiors, June
James Hall, 'The Tree Sculptor', The Independent Magazine, 6 June
Ann Wilson Lloyd, 'David Nash', Sculpture, September - October Barbara MacAdam, 'David Nash, Louver', ARTnews, December
Dana Self, 'David Nash, Wood Sculpture and Drawings', Jan Weiner Gallery, Forum Magazine, 19 November
'Dealer Works Coast to Benefit the Middle', Art Business News, December
1993 Rosemary Markham, 'Wood artist conjures spirits', Western Mail, 25 January
Ken Rowat, art review, The Guardian, January
Gweledigaeth Ar Gwd Y Goedwig, January
Chiara Dal Canto, 'Secondo Natura', Casa Vogue, February
Charles Hall, 'Eye Openers', The London Magazine, April
Janet Koplos, 'Rooted', Art in America, April
Laurence Marks, 'Language of wood', The Observer, 25 April
'David Nash Monday, February 15, 1993', Art Review, May
Giles Auty, 'Shock tactics', The Spectator, 1 May
William Packer, 'Never had it so good', Financial Times, 4 May
Richard Cork, 'Plane speaking in formal dress', The Times, 7 May
Geraldine Norman, The Independent, 10 May
Geijutsu Shincho, July (Review of Nishimura Gallery exhibition) Clifford Myerson, 'David Nash, Annely Juda', Untitled, No. 2, Autumn
William Feaver, Reviews 'David Nash, Annely Juda',
ARTnews, September
Katherine MacInnes, 'David Nash - An Art and Design Interview', Art and Design Magazine, No. 31
World Wide Video Issue
Keith Patrick, 'David Nash', Art Line , International Art News, Vol. 5, No. 8, Summer 1993
Marta Dalla Bearnardina, 'Londra' Segno n. 126,
Estate
Hokkai Times, 8 September
1994 Leah Ollman, 'David Nash Carves His Art in a Love Affair with Wood', Los Angeles Times, 11 July
Chunichi News Paper, August
Asahi Graph, September
GQ,
Nikkei Art, October
Geijustsu Shincho, June
Hokkaido Shimbun, 18 & 23 June, 7 August
Marlena Donahue, Sculpture Magazine, Nov/Dec
1995 Miranda Innes, 'Welcome to Nashville', Country Living, September
1996 James Scarborough, Flash Art, February
Terry Grimley, Birmingham Post, 22 April
John Aehl, 'Arts in Pieces', Wisconsin State
Renate Franke, '1. European art forum', Weltkunst, October 1996
1998 'David Nash Sculpture', Galerie Lelong, Review, 1 November
The Essential Garden Book ('Two Together' Sculpture at Goodwood)
Leah Ollman,'Sculptor Shapes His History on a Tree', LA Times
Cathy Curtis, 'Raw Talent', LA Times
Jeremy Hunt, 'David Nash - Studio Visit', Art and Architecture
Christopher Andreae, 'David Nash's Life Affair with Wood', Christian Science Monitor
Ignacio Ramonet, 'Pastranas Sieg', Le Monde diplomatique
deutsche Ausgabe), Juli 1998
1999 Reena Jana, 'David Nash at Haines Gallery', World Sculpture News, Volume 5, No. 2, Spring
Eleanor Heartney, 'David Nash at Galerie Lelong', Art in America, April
Apollinaire Scherr, Review of 'Work Place' show at Haines Gallery, Express, 14 May
Kenneth Baker, 'Sculptor Plies Chain Saw Like Fine Artist's Brush', San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday 22 May
Deborah January, 'Out of the earth', Kew, No. 26, Summer
Susan Hagen, 'Growth Rings and Heartwood - An Abridged Introduction to Contemporary Sculpture in Wood, Part 1', Woodwork, August
Pilar Ribal, 'David Nash expone sus tallas en la Gianni Giacobbi', El Mundo/El Dia de Baleares, 21 October
T.L., 'El escultor británico David Nash muestra el arte de moldear los árboles', Ultima Hora, 21 October
Lourdes Duran, 'David Nash: "Aprendo de los árboles"', Actual, 21 October
C.C., 'David Nash duu a Gianni Giacobbi l'art ecològic de ressuscitar la natura', Diari de Balears, 21 October
Brigitte Lucke, 'Von Holz und anderen Menschen', Palma Kurier, 29 October
P. Ribal, 'David Nash, más que ecologia', El Mundo/El Dia De Baleares, 13 November
Fernando Castro Flórez, 'David Nash: desde la raíz', ABC Cultural, 13 November
M. Magdalena Brotons Capo, 'David Nash: l'escultura com a paisatge', LLUC, November/December 1999
Biel Amer, 'La madera como argumento', Bellver/Cuaderno cultural de Diario de Mallorca
2000 'David Nash: la poética del árbol', Ultima Hora, 23 January
Dean Hawkes, 'Rooted in Landscape. Chwarel Goed - Wood Quarry: David Nash', the architects journal, 11 May
Jane Shilling, 'Open Season', The Times, 29 May
Shinoda Tatsumi, 'Simple Question', Ikebana Sogetsu, no. 253, December
2002 Sophie Léris, 'The Art Airline', Art Review, July/August
'David-Nash-Spirale in Hosingen offiziell eingeweiht' Luxemburger Wort
Marie-Anne Lorge, 'L'arbre, l'intarissable', Le Jeudi
'David Nash: Black Below - White Above', Telecran, June
'Kinder bauten David-Nash-Spirale', Tagesblatt, May 14
Hilda van Heel, 'Un sculpteur en symbiose avec la nature', Luxemburger Wort, June 6
Joanne Atkinson, 'An artist in his element with natural Wales',Western Mail, July 2002
Mikiko Kikuta, 'David Nash', Confort, No. 58, 2002
Mel Gooding, Song of the Earth, illustrations on pages 25, 27, 33, 45
Films and Documentaries
1978 Woodman, directed by Peter Francis Browne, Arts Council of Great Britain
1982 Wooden Boulder, made by the artist, Welsh Arts Council
1984 Sunday Museum Programme, NHK TV Tokyo
1988 Stoves and Hearths, Alter Image, Channel 4 Television
1993 David Nash at the Edge of the Forest, directed by Richard Taylor Smith, BBC TV Wales
1996 From Capel Rhiw to the World, Peter Telfer, HTV
2000 Y Sioe Gelf, S4C
David Nash Selected Works in Public Collections
Selected Works in Public Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Ishiya City Museum of Art and History
Ayr Art Gallery
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais
Museum of Modern Art, Caracas
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Welsh Contemporary Art Society, Cardiff
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Corsica
National Museum, Dublin
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
City of Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Fukuoka City Museum
Grizedale Forest, Cumbria
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
Espoo Karhusaari, Helsinki
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Asahikawa Museum of Art, Hokkaido
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Honolulu Airport, Hawaii
Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek
Ichikawa Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Iwaki City Museum
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Kendal, Cumbria
Tickon Environmental Sculpture Park, Langeland, Denmark
Leeds City Art Gallery
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Limousin
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
British Council, London
Camden Library, London
Contemporary Art Society, London
Government Art Collection, London
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Banque de Luxembourg
Dexia/Banque Internationale, Luxembourg
L'Ecomusée de Pierre-de-Bresse, Macon
Manchester City Council
Heide Art Gallery, Melbourne
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Nagoya City Museum
Margam Sculpture Park, Newport, Wales
Albright Knox Art Gallery, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Otterlo
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Tobacco Museum, Prilep
Portsmouth City Museums & Record Services
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Métrobus de l'Agglomération Rouennaise, Rouen
San Diego Museum of Art, California
San Jose Museum of Art, California
Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Shimane Art Museum
Southampton City Art Gallery
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis
St. Louis Art Museum
Tokyo International Forum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
Musée Greuze, Tournus
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Ile de Vassiviere
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Banque de Luxembourg
Dexia/Banque Internationale, Luxembourg
L'Ecomusée de Pierre-de-Bresse, Macon
Manchester City Council
Heide Art Gallery, Melbourne
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Nagoya City Museum
Margam Sculpture Park, Newport, Wales
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Otterlo
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Tobacco Museum, Prilep
Portsmouth City Museums & Record Services
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Métrobus de l'Agglomération Rouennaise, Rouen
San Diego Museum of Art, California
San Jose Museum of Art, California
Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Shimane Art Museum
Southampton City Art Gallery
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis
St. Louis Art Museum
Tokyo International Forum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
Musée Greuze, Tournus
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Ile de Vassiviere
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
David Nash Exhibition Catalogues
Exhibition Catalogues
1973 Briefly Cooked Apples, Queen Elizabeth Hall, York
1976 Loosely Held Grain, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1978 Fletched Over Ash, Air Gallery, London
1980 Wood Quarry, Elise Meyer Gallery, New York
British Art Now: An American Perspective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, catalogue essay by Diane Waldman
Environmental Art Project, Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, catalogue introduction by Gail Gelburd
1982 Stoves and Hearths, Duke Street Gallery, London
Wood Quarry, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Aspects of British Art Today, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo
1983 Sixty Seasons, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1984 Ki No Inochi, Ki No Katachi, Association of Art Museums, Japan
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, catalogue introduction by Seiji Oshima
1985 Elm, Wattle, Gum, Heide Park & Art Gallery, Melbourne
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
1986 Tree to Vessel, Juda Rowan Gallery, London
1987 Unpainted Landscape, Coracle Press, London
Viewpoint: l'Art Contemporain en Grande-Bretagne,
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
1988 Chêne et Frêne de Pierre-de-Bresse, Réfectoire de l'Abbaye de Tournus, Musee Greuze, Tournus/Art Contemporain
Ardennes Project, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1989 Mosaic Egg, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
1990 Chêne et Frêne de Pierre-de-Bresse, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais
David Nash - Sculpture 1971-90, Serpentine Gallery, London,
catalogue Essay by Norbert Lynton
1991 Walily, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, catalogue essay by Julian Andrews
Planted and Carved, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
1993 At the Edge of the Forest, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Brændt Eg, Kunsthallen Brændts Klædefabrik, Odense
1994 Voyages and Vessels, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, catalogue essays by Graham Beal and Marina Warner
Otoineppu - Spirit of Three Seasons, Asahikawa Museum of Art, Hokkaido, catalogue introduction by the artist
1995 Beyond the Forest, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, catalogue essay by Liliana Albertazzi
1996 Art Affairs, Amsterdam
Green Fuse, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, catalogue essays by Ashley Wright, Oliver Rackham, Neil Wyatt
Line of Cut, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Elements of Drawing, Leeds City Art Gallery
Forms into Time 1971-96, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Recent Sculpture, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
David Nash Exhibition Catalogues continued
1998 David Nash, European Foundation for Sculpture, Parc Regional Tournay-Solvay, Brussels
David Nash - Language of Wood, Banque de Luxembourg
2000 David Nash: Line of Cut, Galerie Lelong, Paris (repères, cahiers d'art contemporain no 108)
Chwarel Goed - Wood Quarry, Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
Publications by the artist
1973 Briefly Cooked Apples, York
1976 Loosely Held Grain, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1978 Fletched over Ash, Air Gallery, London
1979 'David Nash', Aspects, (summer 79)
1980 'David Nash', Aspects, (spring 80)
Wood Quarry, Elise Meyer, New York
1982 Stoves and Hearths, Duke Street Gallery, London
Fellowship, Yorkshire Sculpture Park 1981-82
Wood Quarry Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
1983 Sixty Seasons, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1984 David Nash - Japan, Ki No Inochi, Japan
Association of Art Museums, Ki No Inochi
1985 Elm Wattle Gum, Heide Art Gallery, Melbourne
Hoge Veluwe, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
1986 Tree to Vessel, Juda Rowan Gallery, London
1987 Wood Primer, Bedford Press, San Francisco
1988 Chene et Frêne, Musee Greuze, France
1989 Mosaic Egg, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
1990 David Nash, Sculpture 1971-90, Serpentine Gallery, London
1991 Walily: Smoke and Turpentine, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (with LeonTarasewicz)
David Nash: Phillipville and Wality Projects, S65 Gallery,
Aalst, Belgium
1993 At the Edge of the Forest, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Brændt Eg, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
1994 Voyages and Vessels, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Otoineppu - Spirit of Three Seasons, Hokkaido pp. 8-9
