SEAN NASH
b. Memphis, Tennessee, USA 1980
Sean Nash received his MFA in painting from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; and, his BFA in painting from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His work pairing visual art, food fermentation, and queer/ trans identity is known internationally through exhibitions, published writing, speaking engagements, and awards. Sean is the head of the Social Practice program at the Kansas City Art Institute and he works and resides in Overland Park, Kansas.
Installation view: KRAUTSOURCING, Kniznick Gallery, 2019
PROJECTED SPACES FOR SYMPOIESIS: THE GARDEN, THE KITCHEN, THE STUDIO, THE LABORATORY, 2019, 80 x 100 inches, rope, epoxy putty, wood, acrylic sheets, basket, burlap, fabric, acrylic paint, kombucha scobys, dehydrated cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, thread
PROJECTED SPACES FOR SYMPOIESIS DETAIL (KOMBUCHA)
PROJECTED SPACES FOR SYMPOIESIS DETAIL (MICROSCOPES)
BRASSICA OLERACEA CULTIVARS: SELECTION FOR HEADS, FLORETS, AND LEAVES, 2019, 40 x 71 1/4 inches, muslin, acrylic paint, burlap, dehydrated cabbage cultivars, resin, glue, wood panel
MAKING KIN (WITH SELF AND OTHER), 2019, 28 x 68 1/4 inches together, repurposed wood from raised garden bed, laser engraved plywood, fabric, cabbage stains, acrylic paint, burlap, composite resin, color pencil
CABBAGES ALL THE WAY DOWN, 2019, 147 x 15 x 15 inches, rope, composite resin, fiberglass, epoxy putty, acrylic paint, wood, glass jar, sauerkraut
CABBAGE LOOPER LEAF TRACINGS, 2019, 15 x 12 inches, colored pencil on paper with laser cut wood frame
CABBAGE LOOPER LEAF TRACINGS, 2019, 15 x 12 inches, colored pencil on paper with laser cut wood frame
CABBAGE LOOPER LEAF TRACINGS, 2019, 15 x 12 inches, colored pencil on paper with laser cut wood frame
CABBAGE LOOPER LEAF TRACINGS, 2019, 15 x 12 inches, colored pencil on paper with laser cut wood frame
Installation view: LACTOBACILLUS AMONGUS, Plug Projects, 2017
THE STABILITY OF SOURDOUGH ECOSYSTEM DURING TIME IS DEBATED, 2017, wood, polyurethane foam, cardboard, sculptamold, burlap, acrylic paint, acrylic sheeting, glass jars, sourdough starters
PROPAGATED UNDER PECULIAR TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS (1) & (2), 2017, 48 x 36 x 7.5 inches, wood, burlap, sculptamold, acrylic paint, glass jars, sourdough starters
Detail: PROPAGATED UNDER PECULIAR TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
Installation view: THEY / THEM / THEIR, Black Ball Projects, 2015
SCHIZOMYCETES PHASE 1, 2015, 66 x 44 x 24 inches with table, Jun tea, glass jar, polyurethane foam, burlap, modeling compound, sintra, epoxy putty, wood, acrylic paint
Alternate view: SCHIZOMYCETES PHASE 1, 2015
ARTIFICIAL CAVE, this piece contains a mead that is a tribute to the artist's neighborhood park, Ft. Tryon. The park contains heather flowers, an ancient mead ingredient, 2015, 22 x 24 x 13.75 inches, wood, burlap, epoxy putty, paper mache, plaster, paint, jar, heather mead.
AUFWUCH COMMUNITY, 2015, 22.5 x 18 x 15 inches, thermoplastic, wood, paint, fermented hot sauce, jars, airlocks
Detail: AUFWUCH COMMUNITY, 2015
AN INCOMPLETE INDEX OF BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY, 2015, 90 x 90 x 2 inches, wood, burlap, modeling compound, acrylic paint
Detail: AN INCOMPLETE INDEX OF BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY