Westminster School Alumni Art Exhibit to Feature Work of Bryan Nash Gill

Westminster School’s third annual Alumni Art Exhibit will showcase the work of the late Bryan Nash Gill, a member of the class of 1980, who is best known for his sculptures and large-scale wood cross-section relief prints. The exhibit will present some of his rarely seen pieces, including pastels, monoprints, woodcuts and sculpture.

The show will take place May 2-25 in the Baxter Gallery of the school’s Armour Academic Center. Bryan died unexpectedly in 2013, and the show is being held in honor of his 35th reunion.

Bryan earned a B.F.A. in 1984 at Tulane University. He later studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, receiving a M.F.A in 1988. He had a studio and lived in Connecticut near the same farm where he was raised.

With his signature woodcuts, Bryan was able to elevate ordinary logs, found in what he often described as “boneyards,” into magnificent prints of nature from the “inside out.” And it was through these prints that he gained much artistic acclaim.

His work has been internationally exhibited, including an installation for the American Pavilion at the 2005 World’s Fair in Aichi, Japan. The recipient of two Connecticut Individual Artist Grants and a California Arts Council Fellowship, his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine and Sculpture magazine, among other publications. In 2012, Princeton Architectural Press released 31 of his original prints in a book titled “Woodcut,” which was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Style Magazine.

The exhibit is free and open to the public Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The school is located at 995 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Ample parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the Armour Academic Center.