Lily Nash earned her B.A. in Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. 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, UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery, and UCSC’s Eduardo Carrillo Gallery. Most recently, Nash was an artist in residence at Alchemy Art Center on San Juan Island, WA.
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EDUCATION
2020 - 2024 B.A. in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 RAPTURES, Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Back and Forth: The Unintended Beauty of Textiles, Spotlight Gallery, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2025 Ways to Live, Artist-in-residence exhibition, Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA
2025 The Fiber of Us: Finding Belonging in Landscape, Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, CA
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
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Community, Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA, 2025
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Textiles and Mixed Media, 2025 Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk Series, San Juan Islands Museum of Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Introduction to Hand Quilting, Estero Bay Art and Craft, Morro Bay, CA, 2026
Quilting for Beginners: Make a Log Cabin Quilt, Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA, 2026
Stitching Stories: A Hand Quilting Workshop, Artist in Residence, Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA, 2025
Sewing Teacher, Fabric to Fashion Sewing School, Long Beach, CA, 2024-2025
Climate Grief Quilting Bee, Santa Cruz, CA, 2024