ROBERT 'IRISH' FLYNN (1944 - ) UNTITLED stoneware, height 15" -- 38.1 cm., diameter 10.5" -- 26.7 cm., applied seal mark, circa 1997 Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist Note: ROBERT 'IRISH' FLYNN (1944 - ) Robert Flynn was born in Teaneck, New Jersey in 1944. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1970 and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1972. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1973, where he taught at the School of Art, University of Manitoba, alongside Robert Archambeau. Flynn eventually became Professor and Head of Ceramics at the school until his retirement in 2002. Flynn, known for his functional ware and low-fired salt glazes, has exhibited across Canada and the United States, in New Zealand and South Korea. His work is included in collections across North America, and in 1993, he was nominated for the Saidye Bronfman Award. Flynn is presently a studio artist living in Helena, Montana. Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT Cameron Gallery, Winnipeg MB Claridge Collection, Montreal PQ First Trust Bank, Minneapolis MN Friendship Wall, NAU, Flagstaff AZ MacKenzie Art Gallery Collection, Regina SK Mills College Collection, Oakland CA Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ Red Deer College, Red Deer AB Residential tile installation, (Adams), Otterburne, MB Residential tile installation, (Blakeman-Welch/Panych), Winnipeg, MB Russell Museum, Great Falls MT The Lee Sclar Gallery, Portland OR University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Selected Solo Exhibitions 2002 Around Function, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1986 Recent Ceramic Works, Culpepper Gallery, Calgary AB 1985 Changes, Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1982 Lindor Gallery, Winnipeg MB Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1980 Yamato House, Lenox, MA 1979 Lewistown Gallery, Lewistown MT Butte-Silverbow Gallery, Butte MT 1978 Atelier Ladywood, Ladywood MB 1976 Ellis East Gallery, Toronto ON 1975 Young Designers, Winnipeg MB Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1974 Cameron Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1973 Ketterer Gallery, Bozeman MT Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1971 Crafts Gallery, Leverett MA Selected Invitational Events 2012 Montana by the Sea, Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala CA 2011 Archie Bray International, Helena MT; Studio Tour 2004 CERAM*A*RAMA; Celebrating Clay, Phoenix AZ Red Sky Studio: Former Archie Bray Residents, Spokane WA 2002 Archie Bray Benefit Auction, Helena MT 2001 Clay Odyssey (Auction), Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1999 Clay at the Crossroad: Directions in Contemporary Ceramics, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Contemporary Manitoba Clay, SITE, Winnipeg MB Archie Bray Benefit Auction, Helena MT Ceramic Reunion Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 1997 Claridge Collection, American Crafts Museum, NYC Hearts and Humans Charity Invitational, Helena MT 1996 Third Oregon Clay Invitational, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, OR 1995 Winter Showcase, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT Art at Terminal 3, Toronto ON The Entirely Approachable Art Auction Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1994 The Archie Bray Foundation, I/O Gallery, New Orleans LA Containment: The Space Within, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON Bray Foundation Directors/Residents, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 1993 Bronfman Award Nominees, Winnipeg MB NCECA International Invitational Traveling Ashtray Show, San Diego CA Clay North, Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff AZ 1990 Kanadisk Keramikk, International Ceramics Symposium, Oslo, Norway Archie Bray Exhibition, Maveety Gallery, Portland OR Canada Collects, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON 1989 Premiere Exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON KECSKEMET/CANADA, Montreal PQ Teapots, Prime Gallery, Toronto ON CLAYAZART, Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ 1988 1000 Miles Apart '88, Unlimited Art, Winnipeg MB The Canadians Are Coming ..., Ohio State University, Columbus OH Fired Imagination, a Canadian-Australian Exchange touring international invitational. Venues include Winter Olympics, Calgary; World Crafts Council Conference, Sydney; Expo'88, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Queensland From Canada, Lee Sklar Gallery, NJ Live From Canada, Edmonton AB Apropos Design, Main Access, Winnipeg MB 1987 1000 Miles Apart '87, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB 75th Anniversary, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Series '87, Red Deer AB Fresh Clay, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis MN 1986 International Exhibition..., Seoul, South Korea Canadian National..., Paris Gibson Gallery, Great Falls MT 1985 The Teapot Show, Shelley Tadman Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1984 Canadian Clay Eh!, Calgary AB Tour du Canada, Montreal PQ 1983 Teapot Invitational, Rubiyat Gallery, Calgary AB 1982 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1981 Manitoba Crafts Council, Winnipeg MB 1979 Danco Art Gallery, Northampton MA 1977 Manitoba Craftsmen, Winnipeg MB 1976 Faces of Canada, Montreal PQ 1975 Potters of Western Canada, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC Winnpipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg MB 1971 Supermud, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA Selected Juried Exhibitions 2006 The Teapot: Form and Function, Oregon Potters Association NCECA, Portland OR 1993 A Taste of the Claridge Collection, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo,ON 1992 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal PQ 1990 N.C.E.C.A. Members Exhibition (traveling exhibition), Cincinnati OH 4th National Biennial of Ceramics (traveling exhibition), Trois Riviere PQ 1989 Manitoba Crafts Council, Winnipeg MB 1984 Reflections on Three Plains, Winnipeg MB 1976 National Ceramics, Calgary AB 1973 Crafts and Craftsmen, Great Falls MT Northwest Craftsmen, Henry Gallery, Seattle WA 1972 THINGS, Boston MA National Student Clay Today, Iowa City IA Southern Tier Crafts, Corning NY New York Crafts, Ithaca NY Providence Art Show, Providence RI 1971 Providence Junior College, Providence RI 1967-69 Leverett Art Gallery, Leverett MA Selected Grants and Awards 1989 Manitoba Nominee - Bronfman Foundation Award 1986 University of Manitoba Special Travel Grant 1986 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant 1977 Manitoba Research Council 1973 Manitoba Research Council 1972 Juror's Award; State of New York Selected Links Red Lodge Clay Center
ROBERT 'IRISH' FLYNN (1944 - ) UNTILTED clay, condition noted, missing lid, height 18.5" -- 47 cm., impressed seal mark, circa 1987 Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist Note: ROBERT 'IRISH' FLYNN (1944 - ) Robert Flynn was born in Teaneck, New Jersey in 1944. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1970 and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1972. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1973, where he taught at the School of Art, University of Manitoba, alongside Robert Archambeau. Flynn eventually became Professor and Head of Ceramics at the school until his retirement in 2002. Flynn, known for his functional ware and low-fired salt glazes, has exhibited across Canada and the United States, in New Zealand and South Korea. His work is included in collections across North America, and in 1993, he was nominated for the Saidye Bronfman Award. Flynn is presently a studio artist living in Helena, Montana. Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT Cameron Gallery, Winnipeg MB Claridge Collection, Montreal PQ First Trust Bank, Minneapolis MN Friendship Wall, NAU, Flagstaff AZ MacKenzie Art Gallery Collection, Regina SK Mills College Collection, Oakland CA Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ Red Deer College, Red Deer AB Residential tile installation, (Adams), Otterburne, MB Residential tile installation, (Blakeman-Welch/Panych), Winnipeg, MB Russell Museum, Great Falls MT The Lee Sclar Gallery, Portland OR University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Selected Solo Exhibitions 2002 Around Function, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1986 Recent Ceramic Works, Culpepper Gallery, Calgary AB 1985 Changes, Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1982 Lindor Gallery, Winnipeg MB Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1980 Yamato House, Lenox, MA 1979 Lewistown Gallery, Lewistown MT Butte-Silverbow Gallery, Butte MT 1978 Atelier Ladywood, Ladywood MB 1976 Ellis East Gallery, Toronto ON 1975 Young Designers, Winnipeg MB Gallery 1.1.1., Winnipeg MB 1974 Cameron Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1973 Ketterer Gallery, Bozeman MT Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1971 Crafts Gallery, Leverett MA Selected Invitational Events 2012 Montana by the Sea, Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala CA 2011 Archie Bray International, Helena MT; Studio Tour 2004 CERAM*A*RAMA; Celebrating Clay, Phoenix AZ Red Sky Studio: Former Archie Bray Residents, Spokane WA 2002 Archie Bray Benefit Auction, Helena MT 2001 Clay Odyssey (Auction), Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1999 Clay at the Crossroad: Directions in Contemporary Ceramics, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Contemporary Manitoba Clay, SITE, Winnipeg MB Archie Bray Benefit Auction, Helena MT Ceramic Reunion Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 1997 Claridge Collection, American Crafts Museum, NYC Hearts and Humans Charity Invitational, Helena MT 1996 Third Oregon Clay Invitational, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, OR 1995 Winter Showcase, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT Art at Terminal 3, Toronto ON The Entirely Approachable Art Auction Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1994 The Archie Bray Foundation, I/O Gallery, New Orleans LA Containment: The Space Within, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON Bray Foundation Directors/Residents, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 1993 Bronfman Award Nominees, Winnipeg MB NCECA International Invitational Traveling Ashtray Show, San Diego CA Clay North, Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff AZ 1990 Kanadisk Keramikk, International Ceramics Symposium, Oslo, Norway Archie Bray Exhibition, Maveety Gallery, Portland OR Canada Collects, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON 1989 Premiere Exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON KECSKEMET/CANADA, Montreal PQ Teapots, Prime Gallery, Toronto ON CLAYAZART, Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff AZ 1988 1000 Miles Apart '88, Unlimited Art, Winnipeg MB The Canadians Are Coming ..., Ohio State University, Columbus OH Fired Imagination, a Canadian-Australian Exchange touring international invitational. Venues include Winter Olympics, Calgary; World Crafts Council Conference, Sydney; Expo'88, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Queensland From Canada, Lee Sklar Gallery, NJ Live From Canada, Edmonton AB Apropos Design, Main Access, Winnipeg MB 1987 1000 Miles Apart '87, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB 75th Anniversary, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Series '87, Red Deer AB Fresh Clay, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis MN 1986 International Exhibition..., Seoul, South Korea Canadian National..., Paris Gibson Gallery, Great Falls MT 1985 The Teapot Show, Shelley Tadman Gallery, Winnipeg MB 1984 Canadian Clay Eh!, Calgary AB Tour du Canada, Montreal PQ 1983 Teapot Invitational, Rubiyat Gallery, Calgary AB 1982 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 1981 Manitoba Crafts Council, Winnipeg MB 1979 Danco Art Gallery, Northampton MA 1977 Manitoba Craftsmen, Winnipeg MB 1976 Faces of Canada, Montreal PQ 1975 Potters of Western Canada, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC Winnpipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg MB 1971 Supermud, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA Selected Juried Exhibitions 2006 The Teapot: Form and Function, Oregon Potters Association NCECA, Portland OR 1993 A Taste of the Claridge Collection, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo,ON 1992 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal PQ 1990 N.C.E.C.A. Members Exhibition (traveling exhibition), Cincinnati OH 4th National Biennial of Ceramics (traveling exhibition), Trois Riviere PQ 1989 Manitoba Crafts Council, Winnipeg MB 1984 Reflections on Three Plains, Winnipeg MB 1976 National Ceramics, Calgary AB 1973 Crafts and Craftsmen, Great Falls MT Northwest Craftsmen, Henry Gallery, Seattle WA 1972 THINGS, Boston MA National Student Clay Today, Iowa City IA Southern Tier Crafts, Corning NY New York Crafts, Ithaca NY Providence Art Show, Providence RI 1971 Providence Junior College, Providence RI 1967-69 Leverett Art Gallery, Leverett MA Selected Grants and Awards 1989 Manitoba Nominee - Bronfman Foundation Award 1986 University of Manitoba Special Travel Grant 1986 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant 1977 Manitoba Research Council 1973 Manitoba Research Council 1972 Juror's Award; State of New York Selected Links Red Lodge Clay Center
ROBERT 'IRISH' FLYNNUNTITLEDstoneware, glaze, height 15" - 38.1 cm., diameter 10.5" - 26.7 cm., applied seal mark, circa 1997Provenance:Purchased directly from the artist
