exhibitions / cv

 

Thomas Flynn II, I know you're trying to sleep, but I think you should come look at this, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 in.

 


Based in Atlanta, GA

 

EDUCATION

2012-2016, B.F.A. Painting with minor Art History; Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; graduated Magna Cum Laude

 

selected EXHIBITIONS

2024

Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Little Things (forthcoming)

Visionary Projects, New York, NY; Collective II

Daisha Board Gallery, Dallas, TX; UNREPPED Art Fair

Emrose Projects, Bluffton, SC; Facades and Forests

The Spot, Atlanta, GA; Aftermath organized by Aineki Traverso

MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Last Call group show to benefit displaced MINT artists

MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Art in Bloom

The Hale Gallery, Islamorada, FL; Hot Summer Night

SOLO SCAD Campus, Atlanta, GA; Solo Presentation of work with SCAD Art Sales

Jones Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC; ArtFields

MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Blooming Perspectives curated by Brit Sade

Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott, Decatur, GA; &yet again & again curated by Anna Carnes

Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA; The New South V curated by William Downs and Wesley Terpstra

2023

ZanZan Gallery, Asheville, NC; Cold Warmth

MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Postcard Pinup

Graci Gallery, Marquette, Michigan; 7 x 7 Show

MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Fresh Cut, curated show from MINT studio artists

The District Gallery, Knoxville, TN; 3rd Annual Big Tiny Show Exhibition

George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX; AST Group Exhibition organized by Big Medium

SOLO Vaughn Art Gallery, Austin, TX; To Catch the Sun Dreaming

Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA; SCAD Open Studio 2023, Featured Alumni

McLennon Pen Co Gallery, Austin, TX; Open Call Show

Coria Jacobs Gallery, Franklin, PA; Grand Opening

Two-Person Exhibition Studio Boudreaux, Austin, TX; Full Moon Cinco de Mayo

SOLO Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX; Glance Happy Hour

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons, MD; Breaking Ground: Art about the Earth, curated by Anna Davis

2022

SOLO ArtDirect Gallery, Austin, TX; Midnight Daydream

Austin Studio Tour Group Exhibition, Austin, TX; organized by Big Medium Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX; Austin Studio Tour

Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX; Heart of Nature, organized by Jolie Soiree

Art’s Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX; Staff Pick Series

Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX; Texas Now Online Showcase

500x Gallery, Dallas, TX; Hot and Sweaty 2022

Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX; CHAOS!8

BLK WHT GRY, San Antonio, TX; Loose Scraps

B-space Art House, New Braunfels, TX; Building Dreams

2021

Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX; Season of the Self, curated by JJ Baker

SCAD Art Sales, Virtual, Open Studio Fall 2021

SOLO Musik Curatorial, Virtual Exhibition; The Lotus Eater

Visual Space, Virtual Gallery; Spring Exhibition 2021 SCAD Art Sales, Virtual, Open Studio Spring 2021

2020

Visual Space, Virtual Gallery; Autumn Exhibition 2020

Box Mobile Gallery, Ashville, NC; Inaugural Exhibition

500X Gallery, Dallas, TX; 2020 Expo juried by Letitia and Sedrick Huckaby

500X Gallery, Dallas, TX; Hot and Sweaty Virtual Exhibition

2019

500X Gallery, Dallas, TX; EXPO 2019 juried by Adrian Zuñiga

Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX; New Texas Talent XXVI juried by Caleb Bell

2018

Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX; Rendevous curated by Meredith Cawley

2017

Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX; Materials Hard + Soft

2016

Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX; And the Horse You Rode in On

Welmont Gallery, Savannah, GA; Nepantla: a space in between

Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA; Proclivity

 

selected COLLECTIONS

Canva Corporate Office, Austin, TX; 2024

SCAD Permanent Collection, Savannah, GA; 2013, 2014, 2016, 2024

 

FELLOWSHIPS / HONORS / AWARDS

2024, SCAD Alumni Atelier Ambassador, Atlanta, GA

2022-2023, SCAD Painting Department Alumni Mentor, Savannah, GA

2021, Visionary Art Collective Artist Directory; New York, NY

2021, Visual Space platform’s inaugural artist; Cyprus

2017, Wax Casting Workshop sponsored by GDAC; Denton, TX

2016, Publication Fellow of Peripheral Vision Arts

2016, 6th Round of Artslant Prize for Sculpture

2016, Honorable Mention in B.F.A. Senior Painting Exhibition, Savannah, GA

 

PUBLICATIONS / BOOKS / PODCASTS

Issue 3, Red Branch Review, cover artist and interview

Issue 10, New Visionary Magazine, two page spread

Episode 5 - Palette Chats - podcast interview with Thomas Flynn II and Leah Grace Craig

Issue 8, New Visionary Magazine – selected by Victoria J Fry of Visionary Arts Collective

Volume 18, Friend of the Artist – selected by Jonathan Hoyt of Steve Turner Gallery

“In Plein Air”, published by Snap Collective Monoprint Book

Episode 22- The Ten Frame - A podcast for emerging artists

Episode 22- Don't Drink the Paint Water - with Lisa Horlander and her guest

Thomas Flynn II “The Lotus Eater”, self published book of poetry and artwork, April 2022

Glasstire, “Top Five: February 17, 2022”

New Visionary Magazine, featured on the back cover of Issue 1 Winter 2022

Visionary Arts Collective. “Artist feature and Artist Directory” January 2021

Visual Space. “Artist Feature and Interview” December 2020

Musik Curatorial. “Artist feature and interview” September 2020

Peripheral Vision Arts.” Madonnas, Oil Rigs, and Toothbrush Holders: The Sculpture of Thomas Flynn II”. Web. Interview with intro written by editor Scott Gleeson. 2017

Boston Accent Lit. “Artwork of Thomas Flynn II” Web. September 12th, 2016.

Savannah Art Informer. “Proclivity examines force of habit through painting, sculpture, video.” Review. Web. May 27th, 2016