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David Nash Biography
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1945 |
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Born Esher, Surrey, England
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1963 - 1967 |
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Studied Kingston College of Art
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1967 |
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Moved to Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, where he lives and works
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1969 - 1970 |
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Postgraduate Study, Chelsea School of Art
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1999 |
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Elected Royal Academician
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1999 |
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Appointed Research Fellow, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
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1999 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Art & Design, Kingston University
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2004 |
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Awarded OBE for services to the arts
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1999 - present |
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Member of the British Royal Academy of Fine Arts
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
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2008
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Naturformen, ALTANA Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
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2006
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David Nash, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
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2006
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Im kleinen Format, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg
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2006
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Trunks Thicken, Branches Lengthen, Roots Deepen. Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany; Museum Galerie Fabrik, Schwäbisch Gmünd
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2005
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For and From, The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone
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2005
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Geometrisk Abstraktion XXIV, Kunstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
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2005
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David Nash – Vessels, Sala de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain
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2005
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David Nash- Pyramids rise, Spheres turn, and Cubes stand still, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
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2005
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David Nash: The Language of Wood/Sculpture and Drawings from the Recent Gift of Andrew and Bronya Galef, Fairchild Gallery, Amherst College, USA
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2005
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David Nash: Sculptures, Projects, Drawings, Galerie Lelong Zürich, Switzerland
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2005
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Fieldnotes and Sketchbooks, Aberdeen Art Gallery
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2005
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Effervescence – La sculpture anglaise dans les institutions francaises 1969-1989, Musée d’Angers
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2005
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Pyramids rise, Spheres turn and Cubes stand still, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
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2005
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Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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2005
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Henry Moore: Epoche und Echo - Englische Bildhauerei im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
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2004
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David Nash “Making and Placing Abstract Sculpture 1978–2004”, Tate St Ives, Cornwall
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2004
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David Nash “Holzskulpturen”, Stiftung für Bildhauerei und Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin
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2004
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“David Nash”, Galeria Metta, Madrid
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2004
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Making and Placing, Abstract Sculpture 1978 – 2004, Tate St Ives, Cornwall
Twmps and Eggs, Galerie Lelong Paris
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2003
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David Nash : Roche Beech, New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court
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2003
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David Nash “The Return of Art into Nature”, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER)
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2003
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David Nash “Holzskulpturen”, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen (GER)
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2002
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‘David Nash: Dark Light,’ Galerie Lelong, New York
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2001
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‘David Nash – From Wales’ Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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2001
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‘Burn: Artists Play with Fire', Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, March 29 - June 3, 2001
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2001
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“Blickachsen 3” Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER)
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2000 - 2001
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‘Three Forms for Chicago’ Chicago’s Museum Campus, Chicago
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2000
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'Bronze: Contemporary British Sculpture' Holland Park, London
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1999
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“Blickachsen 2” Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER)
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1998
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‘Powder’, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
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1998
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'David Nash - Language of Wood', Banque de Luxembourg
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1996
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'Recent Sculpture and Drawing', Galerij S65, Aalst,
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1996
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'Forms into Time 1971-96' Museum van Hedengaase Kunst, Antwerp
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1995 - 1996
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'Sculptors' Drawings 1945-90' Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1995
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'Here and Now' Serpentine Gallery, London
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1995
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‘David Nash: Sculpture from Japan’ Annely Juda Fine Art, London
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1994
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'Voyages and Vessels' Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. Exhibition travelled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Madison Arts Center, Wisconsin
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1994
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'Otoineppu - Spirit of Three Seasons' Asahikawa Museum of Art, Hokkaido Exhibition travelled to: Nagoya City Art Museum; Ashiya City Museum of Art, Kobe; Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura; Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1994
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica
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1993
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'The Planted Works' Manchester City Art Gallery
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1992
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'The Artist's Hand' Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
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1990
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'The Forces of Nature' Manchester City Art Gallery
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1990
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'Chene et Frene' Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais
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1985
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Bixby Gallery, Washington University, St Louis
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
Elm, Wattle, Gum, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
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1984 - 1985
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Moriyama City, Shiga, Japan
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi-ken
Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai
Fukuoka Art Museum
Sogetsu Kaikan, Tokyo
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1983
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Sixty Seasons, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
Exhibition at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh
Oriel,Mostyn, Llandudno
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Swansea
City Museum Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin
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1973
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Briefly Cooked Apples, Quenn Elizabeth Hall, York and Oriel, Bangor, Wales
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Exhibitions underlined indicate group exhibitions, all others are solo exhibitions.
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| Literature |
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2004
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David Nash, Twmps & Eggs, Repères n° 127, Galerie Lelong
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1996
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Julian Andrews, The sculpture of David Nash - The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, London
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1996
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David Nash, Forms into time - Academy Editions
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| Links to further information |
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