Terrence Higgins Trust, The Timed Auction 2021

Nicholas Lees’ work has been exhibited widely in the UK and overseas and is held in private and public collections including York City Art Gallery, Westerwald Keramikmuseum in Germany and Royal Caribbean International.

He has won several awards including the Cersaie Prize at the Premio Faenza (Italy) in 2015, the National Sculpture Award at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool in 2010 and the Desmond Preston Prize for Excellence in Drawing at the RCA in 2012.

Lees says: "I am intrigued in exploring the boundaries between shadows and light, in optical illusion and how to manifest these qualities in clay."

This lot is kindly donated by Nicholas Lees and Alveston Fine Arts www.alvestonfineart.com www.nicholaslees.com  @alvestonfineart @nicholas.lees