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