Nicholas Duval Smith

  • Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
  • Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
  • Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
  • Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
  • Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
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Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment

Nicholas Duval-Smith is a sculptor whose creative practice offers opportunities to relax and play with sculpture that moves and lasts. Nicholas was born and educated in Ōtepoti (Dunedin) and now works from his studio 'Frost and Fire' in Whakatū (Nelson).

Liberty Fragment is the most recent in a strand of work that spans more than two decades. It was formed from a part of the original of the hanging bell in Wake-up Call (a vibration from within), and it’s title also refers to the American Liberty Bell, famously cracked.

This work is a limited edition of 10, 2/10, with one artist’s proof.

  • Bronze, gold
  • Dimensions: 220mm x 304mm x 265mm 
  • 16kg weight
  • 2022

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Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment
Nicholas Duval-Smith - Liberty Fragment

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Artist Bio

Nicholas Duval-Smith works from his studio at Frost and Fire in Motueka. Born and educated in Ōtepoti (Dunedin), he studied sculpture at Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Arts (1988–1990) and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008.

He has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally, with recent highlights including Construct and Mountains (2021) and NZ Sculpture OnShore (2016). In 2023, he was named Overall Winner of the Sculpt Nature exhibition at Brook Waimārama Ecosanctuary. In 2022 he was interviewed by Karyn Hay on Radio New Zealand in relation to an exhibition that included Wake-Up Call.

Earlier exhibitions include Almost an Island (2002), Gaudi in Barcelona (2002), and community-focused projects such as the Festival of the Arts in Roxburgh and the Becroft Garden Women’s Refuge fundraising exhibition (both 2002).

His practice spans public and private commissions as well as sculptural works in stone, steel, and mixed materials, exploring form, balance, and material presence in the landscape.