GARY NASH
Garry Nash
Garry NasH, Large Purple Platter
Thirty-five years after he started, Garry Nash still talks about the magic of glass-blowing. It is the molten state that captives him, the process of creating a form and retaining it—that brief period when a team wrestles with the hot liquid mass that collapses so easily under gravity. Once the work has cooled he no longer feels the same attachment to it, and this allows him to sell the work.
There is a pleasure for Nash in working with a permanent material. He is driven by wanting to leave artifacts that record the experience of living in our time for future generations. When it comes to recording history, he sees objects as much more eloquent than words. Nash enjoys working both on a large and small scale. For Nash, glass blowing stays fresh by experimentation and pushing the limits of the material.
Garry Nash exhibits internationally and has been featured in many prestigious collections and exhibitions, including the Auckland Museum; the Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia; the Glass Museum in Ebeltof, Denmark; and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. He is an honorary life member and the current President of the New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass. In 2001 Garry was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Glass Art.
“Colour is the corner stone of the studio glass movement. I combine colour and form in my work to evoke an emotional response.”
~ Garry Nash
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Selected Solo Shows
2014 ‘Neon Sign 2’ Pataka Museum of Art and Design, Pataka, NZ
2014 ‘Cultivate’ Form Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2013 ‘Neon Sign’ The Pah Homestead/The Wallace Arts Trust, NZ
2011 ‘New Work’ Solo Showcase at Te Papa Store, Wellington, NZ
2010 ‘Janus’ Real Aotearoa, Wellington, NZ
2010 ‘New Work’ Form Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2006 Selected Objects in Sequence’, Milford Galleries Dunedin, NZ
2005 ‘Private Collection’ Milford Galleries Dunedin, NZ
Koru. Page One. Taipei, Taiwan
2004 Form Gallery Christchurch, NZ
2002 Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2002 Gallery V.C., Queenstown, NZ 2001 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2001 Avid Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2000 Form Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Group Shows
2015 White Night, Remuera, own installation of ‘From Chaos to Order’ and also as part of ‘The Neon Collective’
2014 Art in the Dark, as part of ‘The Neon Collective’, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
2014 ‘Sprout 2’ Remuera Gallery, Auckland, NZ 2013 Art in the Dark, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
2013 ‘Sprout’ Guest MANZ artist, Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland, NZ
2012 ‘Electric Glass’ The Pah Homestead/The Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland NZ
2011 ‘Laisee’ Koru HK, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, NZ
2010 NZSAG Members Show, Essenze, Auckland, NZ
2010 ‘New Work’ Waiheke Island Art Gallery, NZ
2009 ‘Masterworks’ Milford Galleries Dunedin, NZ
2008 ‘Shape Shifter’, Wellington NZ
2008 ‘Sculpture OnShore’ Fort Takapuna, NZ
2007 ‘Masterworks’ Milford Galleries Dunedin, NZ
2006 ‘Sculpture OnShore’ Fort Takapuna, NZ
2006 ‘Masterworks’ Milford Galleries NZ
2005 ‘Glass Invitational’ Milford Galleries Dunedin, toured to Auckland Museum, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch and Pataka Museum of Art & Culture, Porirua, Wellington
2004 ‘3-Dimensional Sculpture – Glasss/Ceramics’ Milford House Galleries Dunedin
2004 ‘Southern Exposure’, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2004 ‘NZ Garden Sculpture and Outdoor Art’ Auckland NZ.
‘Shape Shifter’ Wellington, NZ
2003 Bark Modern Art Gallery, Hong Kong “Art Out There” Outdoor Sculpture exhibition, Ellerslie Auckland The Touch House of Art & Design, Singapore “Seaview” Singapore
2002 Glass Invitational NZ, touring Milford House Galleries, NZ ‘NZ Garden Sculpture and Outdoor Art’, Auckland, NZ
2002 ‘Five Sydney Years’ Australian Art Resources, Sydney Australia
2000 ‘NZ Garden Sculpture and Outdoor Art’, Auckland, NZ
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Auckland Museum
The Dowse
Glass Museum, Ebeltof, Denmark
Hawkes Bay Art Gallery, NZ
Ishikawa, Design Collection, Ishikawa, Japan
Manawatu Art Gallery, NZ
Manly Art Gallery, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Robert McDougal Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand
The Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, NZ
Whangarei City Art Gallery, NZ PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
ANZ Bank Collection, N
BNZ Bank Collection, NZ
Connections, Borowsky Collection, USA
Glaxo Collection, NZ
Kensington Swan Collection, NZ
Leaders Gifts APEC, Auckland, NZ
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Collection, NZ
New Zealand Insurance, NZ
David and Barbara Thomas, Australia
AWARDS
2013 Craft/Object Fellowship towards writing
2013 ‘The Glass Makers Palette’ from Creative New Zealand
2011 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship
2001 Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit
WORKSHOPS
2015 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2013 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2013 Guest Instructor, Wanganui regional polytechnic
2011 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2009 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2007 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2007 Guest Instructor, Wanganui Regional Polytechnic, NZ
2005 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2004 Guest Instructor, Wanganui regional polytechnic
2003 Guest Artist, CollaborationNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2001 Guest Artist, CollaboratioNZ, Whangarei, NZ
2001 Guest Instructor, Wanganui Regional Polytechnic, NZ
Warm Springs Gallery
12 Katydid Trail
Warm Springs, VA 24484
540.839.2985
Gallery & Cafe Hours
April 1 – December 31, 2022
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
11 am – 3 pm
Ninth Annual Bath County
Plein Air Festival
September 26 – October 2, 2022
For seven days artists will paint picturesque scenes throughout Bath County. Visitors and locals will have the unique opportunity to observe artists as they paint on location.