Lily Nash is a West Coast based textile artist whose work explores the connective, sensory experience of working with fabric, a needle, and thread. Inspired by the resourcefulness and adaptability of past generations, Nash seeks wisdom in the ancestral and embodied experience of quilting. Her practice is guided by the material stories that reveal themselves through meditative hand-stitching. Using quilts as vessels, she connects the women who came before her and those who will live on after her.

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. Nash currently lives, teaches, and maintains a studio practice on Lopez Island, WA.