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'{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person |name = David Nash |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|11|14}} |birth_place = [[Esher]], Surrey, England |death_date = |death_place = |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |residence = [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]] |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = 'Wooden Boulder' |education = |alma_mater =[[Kingston University|Kingston College of Art]] |employer = |occupation = sculptor |years_active = |home_town = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |title = OBE |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relations = |callsign = |awards = |signature = |website = |footnotes = |box_width = }} '''David Nash''', [[OBE]] [[Royal Academician|RA]] (born 14 November 1945) is a British sculptor based in [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]]. Nash has worked worldwide with wood, trees and the natural environment. ==Early life== David Nash was born at [[Esher]], Surrey, and raised with his older brother Chris in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] where they both attended preparatory school. He spent all his childhood holidays in [[Ffestiniog]], [[Wales]]<ref>The Sculpture of David Nash, Julian Andrews, David Nash, p.8, Published by University of California Press, 1999 ISBN 0-520-22044-7, ISBN 978-0-520-22044-7</ref> David helped clear and replant a nearby forest that his father owned, and also worked for the Commercial Forestry Group. He learned about wood of many kinds and learned he hated planting trees in rows.<ref>Tree News, John May, Spring-Summer 2004, UK</ref> ==Artistic career== He attended [[Brighton College]] from 1959 to 1963, then [[Kingston University|Kingston College of Art]] from 1963 to 1967 and the [[Chelsea School of Art]] as a postgraduate from 1969 to 1970. Nash was elected a member of the [[Royal Academy|Royal Academy of Arts]] in 1999. In 2004, he was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire]]. A significant exhibition of his work is displayed in the [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]] for a period in 2010/11. Kew Gardens currently has a [http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm working exhibition], launched in June 2012. David Nash is working on site in a 'wood quarry', his first for 10 years, to create new works at Kew. ==Artistic creations== David Nash is known for works in wood and [[living sculpture|shaping living trees]]. His large wood sculptures are sometimes carved or partially burned to produce blackening. His main tools for these sculptures are a chainsaw and an axe to carve the wood and a blowtorch to char the wood. Nash also makes [[land art]], of which the best known is ''Wooden Boulder'', begun in 1978. This work involves the journey of a large wooden sphere from a Welsh mountainside to the Atlantic Ocean. ''Wooden Boulder'' is a large wooden sphere carved by Nash in the North Wales landscape and left there to weather.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Deakin |first1= Roger |authorlink1=Roger Deakin |title= Wildwood : a journey through trees |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= 2009 |publisher= Free Press|location=New York |language= |isbn= 0-241-14184-2|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages= |trans_chapter= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}}</ref> Over the years, the boulder has slipped, rolled and sometime been pushed through the landscape following the course of streams and rivers until finally it was last seen in the [[estuary]] of the [[river Dwyryd]]. It was thought to have been washed out to sea but, after being missing for over five years, the boulder reappeared in June 2009{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}. Indications are that it had been buried in sand in the estuary. The sculptor had no idea of its location, and enjoys the notion that wood which grew out of the land will finally return to it.<ref>{{cite news |title= David Nash |first= Alfred |last= Hickling |authorlink= Alfred Hickling |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/29/david-nash-review |format= |agency= |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |publisher= |location= London|isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmd= |bibcode= |doi= |id= |date= 29 September 2009|accessdate= 18 October 2009 |quote= |archiveurl= |ref= }}</ref> Nash also makes sculptures which stay in the landscape. For example, Ash Dome is a ring of ash trees he planted in 1977<ref>Cooper, Paul (2001). ''Living Sculpture''. London: Mitchell Beazely. p.107. ISBN 1-84000-370-7.</ref> and trained to form a domed shape. The dome is sited at a secret location somewhere in Snowdonia and whenever it's filmed, crews are taken there by a circuitous route to guard its security. In the late 1980s, Nash worked at the [[Djerassi]] resident artist program, near [[Woodside, California]], where he used [[Redwood]] and [[Madrone]] wood for his sculptures. Nash has worked with schools, university groups, and teachers throughout his career. He has created a varied body of work in which the relationship between man and nature is a central theme. His artistic ethos has been one of direct, physical involvement with his chosen material – wood – and the landscape. Since 1967, his sculpture has formed two distinctive groupings; sculptures which connect with the outside, the landscape of making and placements, and works which are presented inside, within and in relation to, architectural environments. The [[inorganic]], non-[[allusive]] sculptures that Nash makes using unseasoned wood are based on the [[universal geometry]] of the [[cube]], the [[sphere]] and the [[pyramid]]. He uses the directions of mark-making to his favoured forms: vertical for the cube, horizontal for the sphere, and diagonal for the pyramid. Although the innate character of the material is taken into account, and allowed to affect the outcome, he never allows it to dictate the sculpture's final identity. Nash takes a different approach to carving. Rather than chisels and abrasives, he uses chain saws and a blowtorch. [[File:Coburg-Hofgarten-Column.jpg|thumb|Noon Column in [[Coburg]]]] ==Recent solo exhibitions== * "Drawings and Sculpture" Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, & Blackwell, Bowness (linked show), Cumbria, UK, 2009 * "Sculptures & Drawings," Gallery Lelong Zurich, Switzerland. * "Vessels," Sala de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain * "Pyramids rise, Spheres turn and Cubes stand still," Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England,UK<ref>http://www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Nash_David/Nash_bio.html</ref> * [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]], 29 May 2010 – 27 February 2011 * Kew Gardens, June 2012 – April 2013<ref>http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm</ref> ==See also== *[[Grizedale Arts]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm David Nash at Kew Gardens.] * [http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/sculptors/david-nash-ra,117,AR.html David Nash page at the Royal Academy.] * [http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/david-nash-making-and-placing-abstract-sculpture-1978-2004 David Nash at Tate St. Ives in the UK.] * [http://www.crownpoint.com/artists/nash David Nash bio at Crown Point Press] * [http://www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk/artists/nash/nash.htm David Nash] at Annely Juda Fine Art (representing gallery) * [http://www.galerie-lelong.com/en/oeuvres-david-nash-23.html David Nash] at Galerie Lelong (French representing gallery) {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Nash, David | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British artist | DATE OF BIRTH = 14 November 1945 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Esher, Surrey, England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, David}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Esher]] [[Category:Royal Academicians]] [[Category:British sculptors]] [[Category:British artists]] [[Category:People from Blaenau Ffestiniog]] [[Category:Land artists]] [[Category:Welsh-speaking people]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:People educated at Brighton College]] [[Category:Alumni of Kingston College (England)]] [[Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Art & Design]] [[Category:English contemporary artists]] [[Category:British contemporary artists]]'