| Dam de Nogales Sculptors |
| History & CV |
Veronica de Nogales Leprevost, born in Barcelona, Spain in 1970, and Edwin Timothy Dam born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in the same year, did not meet until an exhibition in 1997 with the Generalitat de Barcelona. Discovering that they shared and intense curiosity for life, for nature and for sculpting the relation of man within it, they married and soon after began exhibiting their works together. Naturally, over a short while, it became increasingly difficult to distinguish the works of one from the other...Wishing never to promote a separation of what they considered a singular union, they began to sculpt together, cosigning each work they created. Now, residing in Canada, they continue to work intensely together between both countries of birth. Exposicions/Exposiciones/Exhibitions/Expositions (Individual*) 2007 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2007 Agora, Sitges, Spain 2006 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2006 Agora, Sitges, Spain 2005 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2005 Agora, Sitges, Spain 2004 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2004 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Canada 2004 Ann Arbour Art Fair, Ann Arbour, MI, USA 2004 Square One, Windsor, ON, Canada 2003 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2003 Peterson Fin Art, Toronto, ON, Canada 2003 Mirari Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada 2002 ACWR Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada * 2002 Mirari Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada 2002 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Canada 2002 Gevik Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2002 Art-in-Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada 2002 Micheal Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada 2002 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2002 Jonathon Bancroft Gallery, London, ON, Canada 2002 Figuracio 2002, Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2001 "The Sculptor's Palette", Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Canada * 2001 "The Spell of the Sensuous" Art-in-Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada * 2001 Gevik Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2001 Jonathon Bancroft Gallery, London, ON, Canada 2001 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Canada 2001 TIAF, Toronto, ON, Canada 2001 Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON, Canada 2001 Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2001 ACWR Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada 2000 "Recent Works", Classic Art Gallery, Stratford, ON, Canada 2000 Gevik Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2000 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, ON, Canada 2000 Micheal Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada 2000 The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, Canada 2000 "Power", Art-in-Guelph, Guelph, ON. Canada 2000 "Enchantment", WPL, Windsor, ON, Canada 2000 The Alley Cat Gallery, Chatham, ON, Canada 2000 The Carousel Gallery, Ridgetown, ON, Canada 2000 Galeria Granero, Brussels, Belgium 2000 Figuracio 2000-2001, Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain 2000 Fira Internacional Art Expo, Barcelona, Spain 2000 25 Artistes Joves, Madrid, Spain 1999 "Palpitaciones desnudas", Galeria Tuset, Barcelona, Spain* 1999 Nou Arts, Club 9D, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Galeria d'art Mar, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Fira Internacional Art Expo, Barcelona, Spain 1999 "Sutilezas" Sala d'Art Jove de la Generalitat" Barcelona, Spain 1999 Galeria Al Vent, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Ajuntamiento de Sitges, Sitges, Spain 1999 Jeunes Talents Catalans, Espace Miro, Maison de la Catalogne, Paris, France 1999 "La Figura Humana" Centre Civic Besos, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Galeria Granero, Brussels, Belgium 1998 "De danza, Tierra, y Aire", Rincon Artistico, Barcelona, Spain* 1998 Real Circulo Artistico, Barcelona, Spain 1998 Fira Internacional Art Expo, Barcelona, Spain 1997 "De Cuerpos y Almas" Univesidad de Bellas Artes de Barcelona, Spain* 1997 "De Corpore" Real Academia de Bones Lletres, Barcelona, Spain 1997 "De Cuerpos y Almas", Sala de Arte Lola Anglada, Barcelona, Spain* 1996 Real Circulo Artistico, Barcelona, Spain 1995 "Encuentros", Universidad de Bellas Artes" Barcelona, Spain 1994 Real Circulo Artistico, Barcelona, Spain 1992 Club Deportiva de Encamp, Andorra Estudios/Studies B.F.A. Universidad de Bellas Artes de Barcelona, Spain B.A. Philosophy and Literature, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Theory and Criticism, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada Premis/Premios/Prizes/Prix 2006 Solo Sculpture Award, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario 2000 First Commission Award, Brown Sculpture Court, Bristol College, Fall River, MA, USA 1999 First Prize in Sculpture, Nou Arts, Club 9D, Barcelona, Spain 1998 2nd Prize in Sculpture, 11th Annual Pere Jou Competition, Sitges, Spain Docencia/Teaching/Symposiums 1993-1996 Sculpture and Painting in Aid Centre for Drug Dependents, Barcelona, Spain 1998 Creativity Workshops for Children, Barcelona, Spain 1995-2000 Sculpture Workshops in a The Centre of Mental Health, Barcelona, Spain 2001 "Expressions" Sculpture Symposium -- Thames Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, Chatham, ON, Canada 2003-2006 Advisory Board -- Thames School of Art -- St. Clair College, Chatham, ON, Canada Works on Public Display and Permanent Public Monuments/ Obras Publicas "El Espirutu del Bosque" -- Urus, Spain -- 1999 "Words Towards Poesia" -- Bristol College, Fall River, MA, USA, 2001 "The Wandering Brute" -- Lay Sculpture Park, St. Louis University, Louisiana, MO, USA, 2001 "Meditations over a Chair" -- Lay Sculpture Park, Stl Louis University, Louisiana, MO, USA, 2002 "The Poet" -- Hoke Library, Jensen Beach, Florida, USA, 2002 "The Sculptor's Palette" -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2003 "The Johnny Lombardi Memorial Piazza" -- 2004-- Sculpture and Landscape Design Little Italy, Toronto, Canada "Rafaga--Unleashed" -- 2004 -- Hamilton Waterfront Trust, Pier 8, Hamilton, ON, Canada "Al Purdy -- Voice of the Land" -- in progress -- 2008 Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada "On the Shoulders of Giants" -- June 2006 -- DCCBR University of Toronto, On, Canada "George F. Morris Memorial" -- August 2004 -- Chatham Kent Public Hospital, Chatham, ON "The 14 Stations of the Cross" --August 2004 -- St. Elizabeth Spiritual Park, Hamilton, ON, Canada "Spirit of Discovery " -- July 2005 -- DCCBR -- University of Toronto -- Toronto, ON, Canada "Spirit of the Woods" -- Fountain Sculpture -- June 2006 -- Mickel Park -- Ridgetown, ON, Canada "Echoes of the Iron Horse" -- Sculpture and Landscape Design Sept. 2007 -- Centre Courtyard, Highgate, Ontario, Canada "The Long Ascent" -- June 2007 -- Victoria Park, NorthVancouver, B.C., Canada "Pincellades del Temps" -- Sitges, Spain, Dec. 2007 The Calgary Stampede Sculptures -- 200 8 June -- in progress -- Calgary, AB, Canada |
| History and Curriculum Vitae |
| Veronica de Nogales Leprevost was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1970. Her intense interest in art an in nature began at an early age, manifesting itself in drawings and paintings of nature and of wildlife, which took her as far as the snowy wooded regions of Sweden. In 1988, in the University of Bellas Artes of Barcelona, she began to undergo an anatomical shift towards the study of human body movement, rendered not only through two-dimensional mediums of painting, etching and drawing, but also through the third and fourth dimensions of sculpture and of dance. Recognizing her talent, the Provincial Gallery of Catalunya, Spain offered her a solo sculpture exhibition, first in Spain, and soon after honoured her works in Paris. Her works were soon taken on by galleries in Spain and Brussels. Edwin Timothy Dam, of Dutch and Friesian descent and native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada began his sculptural interest and anatomical studies at McMaster University. Two years later he transferred to Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he underwent a polar shift in his studies to art, philosophy and literature. After graduation, he passed a short stint in creative writing for the Canadian magazine industry, before moving to Vancouver, B.C. where he joined a clay studio. It was here while self employed in the trades that he began to experiment with larger structures of mixed medium, concrete, steel, wood and aluminum. But it was his move to Barcelona which was monumental where during an exhbition he met Veronica. With her encouragement, he entered and placed second in the Pere Jou Sculpture Competition in Sitges, Spain, beginning he career as sculptor. Married after only eight months, they began to exhibit together, and then through the combination of strengths and passions, began to create together. Their joint works took on a new aurora and attracted the attention both of prominent galleries in Spain and of the media. Combining the abstract with the figuative, and iron with bronze, their works increased in magnitude and in power. Now all works are done together, signed under the unified name Dam de Nogales. Together in the winter of 1999, they erected their first permanent outdoor monument El Espiritue del Bosque in Urus, a mountainous pueblo in the north of Spain. Later, that same year, Metamorphosis I and Metamorphosis II went on public display in Barcelona. Having sunk roots in Spain and the European art world, their move and immigration to Canada, and taking of residence in southern Ontario, though unexpected was not without reason. Over and above their affinity to dance, literature, music and architecture,their intense curiosity in nature, apparent in all of their works, almost predicted settlement in a more tranquil area. In Septermber of 2001, they erected "Words Towards Poesia", a monumental work of bronze and steel, on the grounds of Bristol College, Fall River, Massachusetts. In October and January, they permanently installed "The Wandering Brute" and "Meditations over a Chair" on the grounds of the Lay Sculpture Park of Louisiana, Missouri. "The Sculptor's Palette" now graces Hazelton street in the famous Yorkville of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In November of 2002, "The Poet", commissioned by Martin County, FL, was installed in front of the new Hoke Library, of Jensen Beach, Florida, USA. 2003 and 2004 saw the Canadian unveilings of the Johnny Lombardi Memorial Sculpture, in Little Italy, Toronto, and of Rafaga--Unleashed at Pier 8 of the Hamilton Waterfront, Hamilton, Ontario, and of the George F. Morris Memorial Sculpture, in Chatham , Ontario, and of the Passion-- 14 Stations of the Cross in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 2005-2006 saw the Unveilings of The Spirit of Discovery in Toronto, Ontario and "On the Shoulders of Giants" at the University of Toronto as wekk as "Spirit of the Woods" in Ridgetown, Ontario. 2007 was celebrated the year of the Horse as the sculptors dedicated themselves to three equestrian based works, "Echoes of the Iron Horse" for the main square of Highgate, Ontario, "The Long Ascent" for Victoria Park of North Vancouver, and a yet untitled work in progress for the Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB, to be unveiled in 2008. In December of 2007, the sculptors will be unveil "Pincellades del temps" in Sitges, Spain. 2008 will also see the three the monumental memorial to late poet Al Purdy, to be installed in Queen's Park, next to the Parliamentary Buildings, in Toronto, Ontario, as well as one in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and another in Highgate, Ontario. Presently the sculptors work between both countries of birth, with a studio both in Belltall, Catlunya, Spain, and in Highgate, Ontario, Canada. |
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