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Michael Flynn (born in 1947) - CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED MAJOR COLLECTIONS with dates acquired
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB). 3 pieces
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1989, 1993, 2001
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Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales (GB). 3 pieces
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1992, 2000, 2005
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| Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (GB} |
1992 |
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Crafts Council of Great Britain (GB)
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1991
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Het Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbos (NL).
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1991
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Ariana Museum, Geneva (CH).
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1993, 2003
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Nordfjeldsk Museum of Art and Industry, Trondheim (N) .
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1994
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Westerwaldmuseum, Hoehr-grenzhausen(D). 2 pieces
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1994, 2007
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Ringebu Collection, Ringebu (N), 4 pieces
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1995
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Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (CZ), 2 pieces
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1994
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Sammlung Nievergelt, Zurich (CH). 3 pieces
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1994, 2000, 2002
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University of Birmingham (GB).
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1995
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Posio Ceramic Museum, Posio (SU).
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1995
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Sammlung Roswitha Schild, Solothurn (CH). 3 pieces
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1995, 1996, 2002
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Mimar Sinan Fine Art Museum, Istanbul (TRK)
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1996
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Museum of Porcelain, Nyon (CH). 2 pieces
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1996, 1997
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Grimmerhus Museum, Middlefart, (DK)
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1999
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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GB). 2 piecea
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1999, 2001
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National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (GB), 2 pieces
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2000
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Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA (US)
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2000
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Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario (CAN)
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2000, 2003
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Museum of Porcelain, Meissen Manufaktur, Meissen (D), 2 pieces
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2000
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SITRA Museum. Istanbul (TRK), 3 pieces
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2000
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| Clay Studio, Philadelphia (US) |
2000 |
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Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax (CAN).
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2001, 2002
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Mint Museum, North Carolina (US).
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2001
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Museum of Applied Arts, Cologne (D).
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2001
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Icheon Museum, South Korea.
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2001
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (CAN)
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2001, 2002
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Württemburgisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart (D).
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2002
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Sammlung Weinberg, Zurich (CH)
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2002
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Gardiner Museum, Toronto (CAN).
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2003, 2006
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Guldagergaard International Ceramics Museum, Skaelskør (DK).3pieces
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2000, 2005
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Pottenbakkermuseum, Tiendschuur (NL).
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2004
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National Museum in Wroclaw (PL)
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2011 |
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| ASU Museum of Art, Tempe, Arizona (US) |
2011 |
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SELECTED COMMISSIONS (since 1992)
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1991
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Pearl Assurance Company, Peterborough (GB)
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Large (5metre H) bronze
sculpture
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1992
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Jerwood Foundation, Jersey (GB)
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Silver Trophy (30cm H)
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National Youth Orchestra (GB)
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Series of bronze trophies (30cm H)
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1993
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Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (GB)
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Bronze resin sculpture (1.8m H)
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1995
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Pierson College, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
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Glass/ceramic/steel sculpture (4m x 4m)
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2003
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The Art Dept; Manchester (GB)
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Ceramic Stele with reliefs (1.45m H)
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2006
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Psycho-Therapy Practice, Salzburg (A)
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Ceramic Wall Relief (1.5m x 17m)
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PUBLISHED WORKS BY MICHAEL FLYNN (sole author)
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1989
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“The Domestic Icon”
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Ceramic Review No 118 (GB)
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1995
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“Bewegung und Freiheit”
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Neue Keramik No 12/95 (D)
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1998
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“Ceramics from Wales”
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Ceramics Art & Perception No 34 (Aus)
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2002
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“Ceramic Figures, A Directory of Artists”
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A & C Black (London) Rutgers University Press, New Jersey(USA)
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2005
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“Harlequin’s Backwards Glance”
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Ceramics in Society, London
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In preparation
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“The Animal in Ceramic”*
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A & C Black (London)/Rutgers University Press, New Jersey (USA)
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“Cornu, the Crow in Mythology and Folklore”*
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Helm Books (London)
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* provisional titles
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CO AUTHORED WORK/PUBLICATIONS BY MICHAEL FLYNN AND OTHERS
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1989
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Greenhalgh, Smith,
Barrat-Danes, Flynn
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“Running the Dog”
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Oriel 31 Newtown
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| 2010 |
Greenhalgh,Kurgan,
Flynn |
"Bez Powrotu/No Return" |
BWA Wroclaw Galleries of Contemporary Art |
SELECTED ARTICLES OR BOOKS ABOUT OR INCLUDING MICHAEL FLYNN AND HIS WORK
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D Coles
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“The New Wales”
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University of Wales
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1991
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P Dormer
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“Myth & Mischief, Michael Flynn
Dynamic Figures”
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Crafts March/April
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G Tschachler-Nagy
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“Die Apokalypse des Michael Flynn”
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Neue Keramik (D)
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A O’Hear
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“Figurative Sculpture after Henry Moor”
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Modern Painters Vol 4
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1992
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I Gregory
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“Sculptural Ceramics”
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A & C Black/Chiltern
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P Greenhalgh
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“Ceramic Series, Michael Flynn
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Aberystwyth Art Centre
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1993
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A Smith
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“Michael Flynn
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Kunsthandwerk(N)
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1994
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T Andrews
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“Raku”
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A & C Black/Chiltern
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A Gause
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“Allegro Furioso, Michael Flynn”
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Neue Keramik (D)
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1996
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F Tristam
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“Single Firing, the Pros and Cons”
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A & C Black, London
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A Gause
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“Death of the Dancer, Ceramic Art
of Michael Flynn”
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Ceramic Art & Perception 26
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1997
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M Hall
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“The Potter’s Primer”
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Simon & Schuster (AUS)
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1998
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P Greenhalgh
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“Still Life with Attitude”
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Crafts Oct/Nov
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2000
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E de Waal
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“Ceramic Design Handbook”
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New Holland, London
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D Jones
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“Raku, Investigations into Fire”
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The Crowood Press
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P Wakelin
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“Fifty Years of Welsh Art”
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National Museum of Wales
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2001
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B Blandino
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“The Figure in Fired Clay”
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A & C Black, London
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J Waller
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“The Human Figure”
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The Crowood Press
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2002
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J Doherty
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“Porcelain”
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A & C Black, London
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P Greenhalgh
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“The Persistence of Craft”
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A & C Black, London
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F Nievergelt
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“Michael Flynn, Machtig Bewegt –Figurlich Plastik
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Keramos 178, Mayen (D)
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2004
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P Lane
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“Studio Porcelain”
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A & C Black, London
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2005
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S Wardell
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“Porcelain”
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The Crowood Press
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J Dahn, M Vincentelli
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“Bodywork”
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School of Art Publication
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J Dames
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“Collecting Contemporary Ceramic”
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Ruthin Craft Centre
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Various
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“The Figure in Clay”
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Lark Books, New York
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2006
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J Dahn
M Oestermann
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Michael Flynn: Crowded Ocean
Narrative in Ceramics
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Crafts 204
A&C Black, London
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2007
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I Gregory
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“Animal Ceramics”
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MacMillan Press
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J Schwartz
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“Confrontational Ceramics”
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MacMillan/Black
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N Mayo |
"Michael flynn, Crowded Ocean" |
Ceramic Review Jan/Feb 2007 |
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2008
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C Thomas
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““Mapping the Welsh Group at 60”
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Welsh Group
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2009
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Emmanuel Cooper
D Whiting
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Contemporary Ceramics, an International Perspective"
Modern British Potters and their studios
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Thame and Hudson
A&C Black, London
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| 2011 |
Piet Augustijn, Ronald Brouwer,H van Leeuwen, Colin Martin, Lidy Thijse, Sandra Smets,Etty Walda |
Brandpunt Terra, Traditie en Vernieuwing in de Keramiek
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Stichtung Keramiek Promotie Delft |
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TEACHING/RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS since 1990:
Akademie voor Kunst en Voorngeving, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
University of Exeter, Fine Art Dept (GB)
Cardiff College of Art, Ceramics Dept; BA, MA, PH. D (GB)
Kunst og Handverk Skole, Oslo (N)
Töpferschule Gordola (CH)
Kunst Akademie, Bergen (N)
University of Dundee, Ceramics Dept (GB)
Corcharan Institute, Washington DC (US)
Herriot Watt University, Ceramics Dept; Edinburgh (GB)
Institut für Künstlerische Keramik, Höhr-Grenzhausen (D)
N. Y. U. Ceramics Dept; New York (US)
Les Printemps de Potiers, Bandol (F)
Töpferhuus, Albinen (CH)
George Washington University, Washington (US)
Red Deer College, Alberta, (CAN0
Royal college of Art, London (GB)
Hungarian Academy, Budapest (H)
University of Illinois, Champaign-Albana (US)
Parcours des Ceramiques, Carouges (CH)
International Ceramic Centre, Kecskemet (H)
Porcelain Another Way, Walbrzych (PL)
Keramikverein, St Veit (A)
Peter’s Valley, NJ (US)
Gulgegard Ceramic Centre, Skaelskor (DK)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS since 1999:
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1999
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Ceramic Focus, Contemporary Applied Arts, London (GB)
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2000
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Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York (US)
Animal Sculpture, Galerie fuer Zeitgenossische Keramik, Vienna (A)
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2001
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Harlequin Unmasked (side exhibition), Gardiner Museum, Toronto (CAN)
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2001-2
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Michael Flynn, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (GB)
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2003
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Michael Flynn, Kunsthalle Wil (CH)
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2004
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Narrative Figures, Ceramic Focus, Contemporary Applied Arts, (GB)
Michael Flynn, Les Parcours de Ceramique, Carouge (CH)
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2005
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Masks (with Jindra Vikova), Česky-Krumlov Castle (CZ
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2006
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Michael Flynn/Benédikte Peyrat, Majoloka Galerie, Karlsruhe (D)
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2006-7
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Michael Flynn, Craft Series, Glyn Vivian Museum, Swansea, Wales (UK)
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2007
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Michael Flynn, Orpheus Gallery, Limasol (CYP)
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2008
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Michael Flynn, Marianne Eggimann, Nathalie Schnider-Lang, Silvia Siems, Galerie Frederik Bollhorst, Freiburg (D)
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| 2009 |
"Forest" Contemporary Applied Arts, London (GB)
"Keramik u. Zeichnungen", Galerie Unart, Villach (A)
" Guest Maker", Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales (GB) |
| 2010 |
"Bez Powrotu/No Return", Galeria Szkla i Ceramiki, Wroclaw (PL)
Mindy Solomon Gallery at "Scope", Basel (CH) |
| 2011 |
"Faces in the Forest" National Museum in Wroclaw (PL)
"Wald als Theatre", Westerwald Museum, Hoehr-Grenzhausen (D)
Michael Flynn, Monika Patuszynska, Galleri Brantebjerg, Nakke (DK) |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS since 1999
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1999
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Menschliche Figur, Kunstforum Kirchberg (CH)
Contrasts (Flynn, Kecskemeti, Heger), Grimmerhus, Middlefart (DK)
Objekt ‘71, Westerwald Museum, Höhr-Grenzhausen (D)
Europäische Keramik, Westerwaldpreis, Höhr-Grenzhausen(D)
50 Years of Welsh Art, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (GB)
Porcelain, Southern Arts Touring (GB)
Contemporary Welsh Ceramics, Aberystwyth Art Centre, Wales(GB)
European Ceramics Fair, Park Hotel London (GB)
International Artists at Skälskør, Kunstindustriemuseet, Copenhagen(DK)
British Ceramics, Bandol (F)
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2000
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Contemporary decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London (GB)
Born of Earth, Garth Clark Gallery, New York (US)
Porcelain for Meissen, Grassi Museum, Leipzig (D)
New York Sofa (Franklin Parrasch), N Y (US)
Le Printemps des Potiersl 1984 – 2000, Bandol (F)
World Cup, Suku Gallery, Seoul (SK)
Porcelain Another Way, Walbrzych Museum (PL)
European Sculpture Today, Kunsttreff Kunglberg, Vienna (A)
Aspects de Céramique Britanique Contemporaine,
Galerie Hamelin, Honfleur (F)
New Quingci (celadon), Hap Gallery, Beijing, China
International Raku, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts & Touring (GB)
4 Ceramists, Galerie Rooyart, Venroy (NL)
Ceramic selection 2000, Steninge Slott, Maersta (S)
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2001
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Heiteres Figurliches, Galerie MARIANNE Heller, Heidelberg (D)
Ceramic Figures, Crafts Council Shop, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
The Unexpected, Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, New York (US)
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2002
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Salzbrand Keramik, Handwerkkammer, Koblenz (D)
Form u. Glasur, Keramikmuseumwesterwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen(D)
British Crafts Council at Sofa, Chicago (US)
The Cutting Edge, Sotheby’s, London (GB)
Visiting Artists at the Clay Studio, Philadelphia (US)
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2003
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International Ceramics 2003, Stenninge Slott, Maersta (S)
Keramik, Schloss Reineck (D)
Made at Rufford, Rufford Craft Centre, Notts (GB)
Animal Crackers, Galerie du Don, Montsalvey (F)
International Ceramics, Galerie Ingrid Desmet, Kortrijk (B)
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2004
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Genius Locii, Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo (CAN)
Animal Crackers, Galerie du Don, Montsalvy (F).
Angela van Baard, Michael Flynn, Peter Hemstra, Terra, Delft (NL)
Keramik, Schloss Rheinbeck (D).
Ursula Fatorini, Michael Flynn, Gisella Gredig, Leukerbad (CH).
Animal Sculpture, Pottenbakkermuseum, Tiendschuur (NL)
Collect (Crafts Council), Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
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2005
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Bodywork, Aberystwyth Art Centre and touring (GB)
Collecting Contemporary Ceramics, Ruthin Craft Centre(GB)
Lieblings Stücke, Crusoe Halle, Bremen (D)
European Fine Art & Ceramic Fair (Adrian Sassoon), London (GB)
Collect (Marianne Heller), V&A Museum London (GB)
London Art Fair (Adrian Sassoon), London (GB)
1 Kunstler, 1 Objekt, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg (D)
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2006
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London Art Fair (Adrian Sassoon), London (GB)
Deutscher Mitglieder der AIC, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
Höhr-Grenzhausen (D)
European Fine Art & Ceramic Fair (Adrian Sassoon), London (GB)
International Keramik, Hüffingen (D)
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2007
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“Menscheit” Kunstforum Solothurn (CH)
European ceramic & Fine Art Fair (Adrian Sassoon) London (GB)
“The Figure”, Zobole Gallery, Pontypridd, Wales (GB)
London Arts Fair (Adrian Sassoon) London (GB)
“Collection”, Ruthin Gallery, Wales (GB)
Linea Arts Fair, Ghent (Melissa Muys Gallery) Ghent (B)
“Porcelain Another Way” Walbzryk Museum, Walbrzych (P)
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2008
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„Porzellan, Unikat und Editionen“, handwerksform, Hannover (D)
London Art Fair (Adrian Sasson), London (GB)
“The Human Condition”, Galerie Melissa Muys, Antwerpen (B)
“Collect” (Ruthin Gallery), Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
“Art Athina” (Orpheus Gallery), Athens (GR)
European Ceramic & Fine Art Fair (Adrian Sassoon), Lonon (GB)
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| 2009 |
2nd Festival of Ceramic Sculpture, Galerie du Don, Montsalvy (F)
London Art Fair (Adrian Sassoon), London (GB)
Ceramics from Great Britain, Gallery for Applied Arts, Muenchen (D)
European Ceramics & Fine arts Fair, London (GB)
Porcelana Inaczej, Galeria Szkla i Ceramiki, Wroclaw (PL) |
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| 2010 |
"Smile", Ruthin Art Centre, Wales and touring (GB)
"Modern Potters", Goldmark Gallery, Uffingham (GB)
"Figuratively Speaking", Bevere Gallery, Worcs. (GB)
"Attention Fragile". Musee de Historique et des Porcelains, Nyon (CH)
"Porcelana Inaczej", Galeria Szkla i Ceramiki, Wroclaw (PL)
"Meister der Moderne", Handwerkkammer, Muenchen (D) |
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| 2011 |
"the Figuratives", Brandpunt Terra. Old Church, Delft (NL)
"Porcelana Inaczej", Galeria Szkla i Ceramiki, Wroclaw (PL)
Guest Artist, Emocje Group Exhibition, Russian Centre for Science & culture, Warsaw (PL)
"TRANSform", Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin and touring (IRL)
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EDUCATION
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1963-65
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Birmingham College of Art, Painting
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1968-71
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Worcester College of Education, Teaching Certificate
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1975-78
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Cardiff College of Art, BA (Hons), Ceramics
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1985-86
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Cardiff College of Art, MA, Fine Art
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