David Nash (Artist)

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David Nash (14 November 1945, Esher, Surrey, UK) is a British artist and sculptor. He attended Brighton College from 1959 to 1963 and then to Kingston College of Art from 1963 to 1967 and Chelsea School of Art as a postgraduate from 1969 to 1970. He is best known for his large wood sculptures, which are sometimes partially burned to produce blackening. He 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 mountain side to the Atlantic Ocean. Nash was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1999.