Renowned UK artist David Nash was born in 1945. He studied at Kingston College of Art from 1963 to 1967 and at Chelsea School of Art (Postgraduate) from 1969 to 1970.
Nash’s first solo exhibitions were held in 1973 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, York and at Oriel, Bangor, Wales. These rapidly led to a series of solo exhibitions throughout the UK and his international reputation was established after his first solo shows overseas were held in 1980 at Elise Meyer Gallery, New York and at Galleria Cavallino, Venice, Italy. Since then, he has continued to hold solo shows on an annual basis throughout the world. Nash explores the different properties of wood and trees as artistic material from early tower constructions, burnt twig charcoal drawings and growing works, most famously Ash Dome, planted in 1977. Nash’s work is held in over 100 public institutions across the world. Capel Rhiw, in the small mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, is home to his own collection, which he calls the ‘new congregation’, and has been at the heart of his practice for over 40 years. It is here that he lives and works and where his pieces return after international exhibitions.