About the Artist

STATEMENT:
"To me, art is about losing yourself and tapping into something larger- suspending time in wonder- angst- and hope"

Flynn created the American Dream: Steps toward Abstraction series to examine her reflections on the American Dream. This body of work intends to question the narrative of the American Dream. The series is broken into 3 stages: Daydream, Fog, and Abstract. The work slowly transitions from bright and dreamy to muted and evocative. The paintings in this series begin with words written hundreds of times on the canvas. She paints over the words and plays with the visibility of that word in the painting's context.

Flynn works with the concept of memory in her studies, often beginning with a specific experience — either her own or inspired by a photograph. Memory is fluid; figures are intentionally kept loose and gestural. She plays with paint. Like memory, it's sometimes lush and vibrant, sometimes thin and dripping away. Land and seascapes are broad and dreamy, stripped of specificity. Color, composition and mood dominate.

The final stage, abstract, represents a deconstruction of images either from the media or from the Flynn's studies. The images are then reassembled through painterly collage.

BIO:
Caitlin Flynn received her BFA from the University of New Hampshire. While attending UNH she sold and exhibited her work. After living and exhibiting in Santiago, Chile, Flynn moved to NYC and earned her Master's degree from Pratt Institute. Flynn lived and exhibited in NYC before moving to Neptune Beach, FL where she has lived for the past 12 years. Flynn currently teaches drawing at the University of North Florida, and exhibits and sells her work throughout the United States. Her work is in prestigious collections in California, New York City, and Ireland.

Flynn gathers inspiration from Abstract Expressionism, Wolf Kahn, and the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

"Flynn offered emotive abstract ocean scenes reminiscent of Richard Diebenkorn, as well as moody expressionist figures. She imbues all her work, figurative and abstract, with a gracefulness and painterly sensitivity." — The Huffington Post


Caitlin Flynn | Artist Resume

www.caitlinflynn.com
insta @caitlinflynnart

Teaching
2024 Drawing, University of North Florida

Galleries
2018 - present Stellers Gallery, Jacksonville, FL

Exhibitions
October -November 2024, University of North Florida Faculty Exhibition, UNF Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
August 2024, Women of the World, On the Fringe Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
April 2024 High Point Market with Zoe Bios Creative, High Point, NC
April 2024 A Vision for Art, Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
April 2024 WAX:Women's Art Exchange, Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
March - May 2024 JAX International Airport, Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
December 2023 Winter Design Show, Prime Osborn Convention Center, Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
August 2023-November 2023 Solo Show, Beaches Museum, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Fall 2023 Solo Show, Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville, FL
August - November 2023, Group Show Endless Summer, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna, FL
April 2023, Group Show, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
March 2023, Solo Show, Adele Grage Cultural Center, Jacksonville, FL
December 2022, Group Show Flaunting the First Coast, Prime Osborn Convention Center, Jacksonville, FL
May 2022, Solo Show Ormond Art Museum, Ormond, FL
April 2022, Group Show, A Vision for Art Fundraiser, Jacksonville, FL
March 2022, Solo Show, Beaches Library, Neptune Beach, FL
February 2022, Solo Show, Beaches Fine Art Series Jacksonville, FL
January 2022, Solo Show, Adele Grage
May 2021, Water V, James May Gallery, Group Show, Algoma, WI
April 2021, Group Mural Project, Enlighten Art Festival live painting in Mayport, FL Art Republic
October 2020, curated and exhibited, Artworkers United Group Show, Group Show, University of North Florida, FL
September 2020, Women of the World, Group Show, New York, NY
July-September 2020, Group Show, Haskell Art Gallery Jacksonville International Airport, FL
March 2020, Solo Exhibition, Adele Grage Gallery Space, Atlantic Beach, FL
January-March 2020, *Awarded Juried Art Show Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra, FL
September 2018, Vandroff Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Jacksonville, FL
September 2018, Rise: Group Show, Writing for a Cause, Jacksonville, FL
January 2018, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 1st Amendment: Creatives Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
March 2017, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Humanity: Group Show, Jacksonville, FL
July 2016, Gallery 725, Deck the Chairs Fundraiser Group Show, Atlantic Beach, FL
December 2016, Gallery 725, Private Showing and Demonstration with Wells Fargo Patrons, Atlantic Beach, FL
December 2015, Gallery 725, Earth: Group Show, Atlantic Beach, FL
November 2013, Gallery 725, Group Show, Atlantic Beach, FL
March 2011, Pratt Institute, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
December 2010- January 2011, Lindhart Studios, Solo Show, NY, NY
December 2010-February 2011, Theater for the New City Gallery, Group Show, NY, NY
July 2010- 320 Open Studios, Group Show, NY, NY
February 2010- March 2010- Ave A Restaurant and Gallery, Group Show, NY, NY
December 2009-January 2010- Kush Café, Solo Show, Brooklyn, NY
December 2009- United Film Festival, Solo Show, New York, NY
2008-2009- Clinton Hill Art Gallery, Solo Show, Brooklyn, NY
2007-2008- Private Funding Event for Film: Manzanas Verdes, Group Show, Santiago, Chile
2005-2006- Monastery Artists Collective, Group Show, Manchester, NH
2002-2004- Waysmeet Art Gallery, Artist in Residence Durham, NH
May 2004- Art in the Park, Honorable Mention: Group Show, Portsmouth, NH

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
Master's Degree, Pratt Institute, NY 2011
B.A. B.F.A University of New Hampshire, NH 2005

LINK TO WEBSITE:
http://www.caitlinflynn.com
Instagram @caitlinflynnart

CONTACT:
Caitlin Flynn
904 537 1873
flynncait@gmail.com