Lily Nash is a textile artist, born in Kissimmee, Florida in 2002. Moving shortly after her birth, she spent her formative years in Vancouver, Washington, eventually moving to Long Beach, California in 2012. She received her B.A. in Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2024. Throughout her studies she was recognized for her excellence in the arts, receiving numerous undergraduate awards including the William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Grant and Scholarship, Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship, the Ken Norris Student Natural History Award, and the Dean's Undergraduate Award. She has exhibited work at ArtMill in the Czech Republic, as well as UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery and Eduardo Carrillo Gallery. Lily Nash currently resides and works in Santa Cruz, California.
EDUCATION
2020 - 2024 B.A. in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
C.V. :
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 RAPTURES, Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Climate Crisis, Perspectives on UCSC Students, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2024 Material Matters, Irwin Scholarship Exhibition, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
2023 Art and Globalization student exhibition, ArtMill, Czech Republic
2023 Sesnon Salon, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
AWARDS
Dean of the Arts Undergraduate Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024
Irwin Scholarship Recipient, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024
Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship Recipient, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024
Norris Center Student Natural History Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2024