Lawrence Nash RWA

All Rights Reserved Lawrence Nash RWA 2024

Curriculum Vitae


Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.


Member of Bath Society of Artists.



Judging:


      Selection Committee - RWA, Drawn 2017, Bristol 2017

      Selection Committee – RWA, for new Academicians, Bristol 2014, 2015

      Awards Judge – Ilminster Arts Centre, UK Coloured Pencil Society Exhibition, Ilminster 2014

      Selection Committee - Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster 2014, 2016

      Selection Committee - Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Open, Bristol 2013

      Selection Committee - Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome, 2016

      Selection Committee – Bath Society of Artists, Open Exhibition, 2019

      Selection Committee – Royal West of England Academy, Brain Art, 2020     



Placement Committee:


     Royal West of England Academy, Drawn 2013, Bristol 2013

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Open, Bristol 2013, 2014, 2015



Curated:


     Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, Recent Graduates from the Slade 1996

     Praxis Gallery, Bristol, Artists at Praxis 1995

     Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, Artists in Residence show 1995

     Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, Artists in Residence show 1993

     Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, Re-opening show 1993



Publications:


     The State of Art: Abstract and Representational Vol. 2, Bare Hill Publishing.



Administration:


    Council member and Honorary Secretary at the RWA 2014-2017

     Executive Committee member, Bath Society of artists 2017-2023




Exhibitions:


2024:


     Ilminster Arts Centre, Prize winner’s Exhibition.



2023:

      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster. Prize winner.


2022:


      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome


2021:


      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome


2020:


      Wells Art Contemporary Open

      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome


2019:


      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome



2018:  


       Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

      Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Bath Society of Artists Members Exhibition, Bath

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

      Ilminster Arts Centre, Solo Exhibition, ‘quiet’, Ilminster

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome



2017:


     Royal West of England Academy, Drawn, Bristol

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

     Allanbank Arts, Open Exhibition, Duns, Scottish Borders

     National Open Arts Exhibition, Bargehouse, London

     Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome



2016:   

     

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

     Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Bath Society of Artists Members Exhibition, Bath

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Prizewinners Exhibition, Ilminster

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

     Allanbank Arts, Open Exhibition, Duns, Scottish Borders

     Aberglasney Gardens, Sacred Art exhibition, Carmarthenshire

     Atkinson Gallery, RWA @ The Atkinson, Street

      Pop Up Gallery, West London Action for Children, London

     


2015:   

     

     Royal West of England Academy, Exhibition of small works by Academicians, Bristol

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     Royal West of England Academy, Drawn In, Bristol

     Menier Gallery, UKCPS Open, London

     Pop Up Gallery, West London Action for Children, London

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

           Prizewinner: Bath Society of Artists Prize

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

           Prizewinner: Branston Prize

     Allanbank Arts, Open Exhibition, Duns, Scottish Borders

     Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome

     Pop Up Gallery, West London Action for Children, London


2014:   

     

      Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Wells and Mendip Museum, Wells Art Contemporary, Wells

    Elysium Gallery, From Here and There: Drawings From Swansea to Colorado, Swansea

     Clara Hatton Gallery, From Here and There: Drawings From Swansea to Colorado, Colorado, USA

     Mall Galleries, Derwent Drawing Prize, London

    Allanbank Arts, Open Exhibition, Duns, Scottish Borders

    Pitsford Hall, Brit Poppy Art, Pitsford

     One Church Street Gallery, Art-in-a-Box, Great Missenden

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

     Pop Up Gallery, West London Action for Children, London

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster

     Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome



2013:   

        

      Royal West of England Academy, Exhibition of small works by Academicians, Bristol

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

      Menier Gallery, Draw13, Society of Graphic Fine Art, London

     Mall Galleries, Derwent Drawing Prize, London

     Allanbank Arts, Open Exhibition, Duns, Scottish Borders

     Worcester Museum and Art Gallery, Worcester Open, Worcester

     Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome

     Royal West of England Academy, Drawn 2013, Bristol

     Pop Up Gallery, West London Action for Children, London

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Ilminster



2012:    

      

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     One Church Street Gallery, Drawing Open, Great Missenden

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Spring Open, Ilminster

     Redearth Gallery, Spring Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tiverton

     Fulham Library, West London Action for Children, London

     The Tobacco Factory, Amnesty 50 Exhibition, Bristol

     The Grant Bradley Gallery, ‘Snapshot’ Exhibition, Bristol

      Black Swan Arts, Open Exhibition, Frome

     The Grant Bradley Gallery, ‘New Visions’ Exhibition, Bristol



2011:

         

     The National Open Art Exhibition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     Royal West of England Academy, Solo Exhibition - “quiet” - Friends Room, Bristol

     The Gate Arts Centre, Open Exhibition, Cardiff

     Bristol School of Art, Clifton Arts Open, Bristol

     Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath

     Ilminster Arts Centre, 12x12 Exhibition, Ilminster

     Ilminster Arts Centre, Spring Open, Ilminster

     Kensington and Chelsea College, West London Action for Children, London



2010:

         

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol

     LACDA, ‘Snap to Grid’ (non-juried), Los Angeles

     Matt Roberts Arts, Salon Open, London

     Art Space, 6x4 Secret Postcard, Portsmouth

     Birmingham City University, 125 years Celebration, Birmingham

     Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London

     Tiger Arts, Summer Open, Malvern

     Thing-a-day On-line event



2009:

         

     Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition, Bristol



1998:

         

     Axiom Art Centre, Cheltenham

     Birmingham City University (MA Show), Birmingham



1996:          

     

     Custard Factory, Birmingham (MA Show)



1995:    

     

     Praxis Gallery, Bristol

     Axiom Art Centre (Artist in Residence Exhibition), Cheltenham



1994:  

      

     Custard Factory, Birmingham

     Collyer-Bristow, London



1993:  

       

     Axiom Art Centre (Artist in Residence Exhibition), Cheltenham

     Axiom Art Centre (Re-opening Exhibition), Cheltenham

     Praxis Gallery (Solo Exhibition), Bristol



1991:

         

     Walsall Museum & Art Gallery, Walsall

     Praxis Gallery (Three Person Exhibition), Bristol



1990:          

     

     Crockwells, London

     Red Cow, London



1989:    

     

     Gloucestershire College (Degree Show), Cheltenham

     Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol

     Leopard Press, London



1988:      

   

     Axiom Art Centre (Student Exhibition), Cheltenham

     Original Gallery (Two Person Exhibition), London