Verónica de Nogales Leprevost was born in Barcelona Spain in 1970. Her intense interest in art and in nature began at an early age, manifesting itself in drawings and paintings of nature and of wildlife. In 1988, in the University of Fine Arts 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 exhibition in Barcelona and soon honoured her works in Paris . After many exhibitions in Europe she moved to Canada and in the year 2000, where she shifted towards Public Sculpture with her partner Edwin Dam, under the signature Dam de Nogales, together they have realized over 40 public sculptures around the world, and to this day, they still collaborate in many projects while pursuing their own personal artistic journeys.
Selection of Monuments, Urban design and Public Sculpture,
Dam de Nogales
– Escultura Monumental Universidad Internacional de Catalunya UIC, Barcelona 2025
– Te UnforeSeen Variable ,
( on the homelessness crisis)
expo at WEF 2025, Davos Switzerland 2025
– The Pull
( on animal wrights), Dam de Nogales in collaboration with artist Floyd Elzinga)
– Polar Passage
( On Climate Change)
Portland Oregon, USA 2020
– The Melting Ice Bear
(On Climate Change) exhibit during COP 25 Plaza Colon, Madrid 2019
– The Elephant Project
Created for the IWT Illegal Wildlife Trade conference
London 2018
– Because Cats Can Fly
Kitchener ON, Canada
– In Scope
Li Ka Shing Center Of Health and Science Research, Innovation and Technology ,
U of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada 2015
– “Wait for me, Daddy “
World War II Memorial, Hyack Square, New Westminster, BC Canada 2014
– Swale
Spirit Cercle Lynnmouth Park
North Vancouver BC, Canada 2013
– Connecting Spaces
Plaza de Los Estados Unidos de America , ST Coloma , Andorra 2010
– Voice Of The Land
Monument to Al Purdy, Queen’s Park, Toronto ON, Canada 2009
– Pincellades En El Temps
Sitges, Barcelona,Spain 2007
– On The Shoulders of Giants
Centre for cellular and Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto,
ON,Canada 2006
– Spirit Of Discovery,
Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
University Of Toronto, ON Canada 2005
– Rafaga UnLeashed, Federal Marine Life Discovery Center
Hamilton Waterfront
Hamilton ON, Canada 2004
– Piazza Johny Lombardy,
Monument to multiculturalism , Urban Design and Sculpture Creation
Little Italy, Toronto ON, Canada
– The Poet, Hoke Library, Jensen Beach, FL, USA 2001
Words Towards Poesía- Bristol College, Fall River MA, USA 2001
STUDIES
University of Fine Arts of Barcelona
TEACHING, ART THERAPY
– Sculpture and Painting in Aid Center for Drug Dependents in Barcelona Spain-1993- 1996
– Sculpture Workshops at The Center Of Mental Health, Barcelona, Spain 1996-2000
– Advisory Board, St Clair College, Thames School of Art, Chatham ON Canada 2003-2006
– Workshops for children to bring awareness on Climate Change and the need to protect biodiversity , Viladrau and Barcelona Spain 2019 to 2024