Patrick Nash

Patrick Nash was born in 1959, in Buffalo NY. He attended SUNY Buffalo where he studied History, film and media. There, he met and was influenced by Tony Conrad who introduced him to the work of Stan Brakhage and other experimental film makers.

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He moved to New York’s East Village in 1982 and began making animated Super 8 films and creating electric, kinetic sculptures for performance art. During this period he began working with cast ceramics and neon.  

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In 1984, in collaboration with Willy Baer, he designed and built the set for a piece entitled “Miniature Tales of the Apprehended.” This was performed only once, at El Pueblo Gallery on East Houston Street in New York City. The success of the show led to a subsequent, larger production entitled “The Story of Abraham” later that year at Hallwalls Gallery in Buffalo NY.

 

In 1985, he exhibited his first piece incorporating neon and cast cement called “Purple Deposition” at a group show at Hudson Galleries in Tribeca. Two years later he worked at the Museum of Holography in Soho, where he designed and built numerous installations, including the “Through the Looking Glass” at the former premises of FAO Schwarz on 5th Avenue.

 

During the period from 1992 through 1994, he exhibited works of neon and cast cement at Let There Be Neon’s rotating permanent exhibit in Tribeca. Also at that time, he performed and composed music with the band Spawnbath on the Lower East side.