David John Flynn © David John Flynn
My painting concurrently expresses contradicting themes in art. The aim is not to nullify these themes, not to mesh them together but to have them challenge each other.
I compel the accidental and the restrained to occur in a painting. Marks on the canvas are traces, vestiges of the act of painting, and suggest spontaneous gestures that describe the image.
In my work a library of stencils (made of marks drawn from incidents, recollections and painting) assist in constructing a visual language. Paintings are created by using, reusing and distorting these elements.
David John Flynn
| Born in Manchester, Connecticut US on the 29th of February 1952 | |
| 1975 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Studio assistant for Gerald Donato, Lithography |
| 1973 |
Summer Academy Edinburgh Arts ‘73, Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edinburgh GB, with Josef Beuys |
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1972
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Summer Academy Edinburgh Arts ‘72, Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edinburgh GB, with Magdalena Abakanowicz |
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
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2022 |
Towpath, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, München |
| David John Flynn, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, Germany | |
| 2019 | a sense of light, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, München (mit Bettina Bürkle) |
| 2017 | stations, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, München |
| 2015 | painting, Max-Planck-Institute für Biochemie, München |
| 2013 | tribute, Galerie Schütte, Essen |
| 2011 | David John Flynn, new work, H&Z, München |
| 2010 | andenken, Theologisches Studienseminar der velkd, Pullach |
| 2009 | recognitions, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| 9. Austellungsprojekt, projektraum-bahnhof25, Kleve | |
| 2008 | schichten, Stadtmuseum Penzberg, Penzberg |
| 2007 | Keepsakes, Galerie Knyrim, Regensburg |
| inflections, Kunstverein Landshut e.V., Landshut | |
| 2006 | keepsake, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart (Cat.) |
| 2005 | David John Flynn, Torre Villa, centre cultural Salou ES (Cat.) |
| David John Flynn, Galerie Piñyol, Reus ES | |
| 2003 | buoyage, Galerie von Tempelhoff, Karlsruhe |
| 2002 | A Painters Missal, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| Standards of Memory, Warsaw Project Space, Cincinnati US | |
| Notes on the Paintings, Cloister Aldersbach, Aldersbach in association with the Europäischen Wochen Passau | |
| 2001 | Patterns of Choice, Galerie Schweden, München |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee US |
| 1999 | New Paintings, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart (Cat.) |
| marina del rey, Galerie Schweden, München | |
| 1997 | William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles US |
| Paintings, Galerie Oliver Schweden, München | |
| 1996 | Paintings, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| 1994 | Paintings, Galerie Schweden, München (Cat.) |
| 1992 | Ginko Biloba, Galerie X, München |
| 1991 | Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| 1988 | Galerie Albrecht, München |
| Letters Home, Kellergalerie im Schaezler Palais, Augsburg (cat.) | |
| 1987 | Galerie X, München |
| 1979 | Works on Paper, Modlin Fine Arts Center, University of Richmond |
Group Exhibitions (Selected) |
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| 2024 | Light up, Galerie Fenna Wehlau |
| 2023 | im Grunde nichts, Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10, Fürstenfeldbruck |
| Supé I Flynn, Museum Penzberg | |
| im Grunde nichts, Essenheimer Kunstverein - Kunst Rheinhessen e.V., Essenheim | |
| 2022 | untitled, Epiphaniaskirche, Frankfurt am Main |
| Im Grunde nichts..., Galerie im Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim | |
| 2017 | Hydrophil, Galerie Schmidt und Schütte, Köln |
| Shortcut to Kettwig, Galerie Schmidt und Schütte zu Gast im Kunstraum der Scheidt’schen Hallen, Essen, Germany | |
| 2016 | VOL1, Galerie Schmidt und Schütte, Köln |
| 2015 | monochromosen, curated by electric art cube, Halle 50, München |
| 2014 | 33 nach 9, with Andreas Stetka and Monika Reinhart, UBO9, München |
| 2013 | Probability Flux, with Michael Lukas, Gabriela Obermaier and Kathrin Pfaff-Lukas, Produzentengalerie Landshut, Landshut |
| 2008 | Together, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman JO (Cat.) |
| 2007 | one artist, one piece, Galerie Knyrim, Regensburg |
| 2006 | 1000 KunstWerke, Galerie Knyrim, Regensburg |
| 2004 | Destination Germany, with Liz Bachhuber, Jon Groom, and Sean Scully, Kunst Galerie Fürth, Fürth (Cat.) |
| 2003 | glücks griffe, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| 2002 | Galerie Hanstein, Saarbrücken |
| 2001 | gegen[d], Amerikahaus, München |
| 2000 | 3+5, Alram 20, München |
| 1999 | Überraschung, Galerie Schweden, München |
| 1998 | One piece only, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart |
| 1996 | Made in Germany, Synchronicity Space, New York, US |
| 1995 | Black and White, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, US |
| 1994 | Kunst, Design und Barbie, Werkbund Archive, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin |
| 1986 | Internationale Kunst aus Münchner Ateliers, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstraße, München (Cat.) |
| 1978 | Small Works, 1708, Richmond US |
Collections |
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Bayerisches Staatsgemäldesammlung, München |
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Städt. Kunstsammlungen Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg |
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| Städt. Galerie Filderhalle, Leinfelden-Echterdingen | |
| Regierungspräsidium Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart | |
| Regierungspräsidium Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe | |
| European Patent Office, den Haag NL | |
| Evangelische Kirche Baden-Württemberg | |
| Bayerische Landesbank, München | |
| HypoVereinsbank, Münster | |
| LandesBauSparkasse, München | |
| Stadtsparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck | |
| ADIG, München | |
| Deutsche Kontor Privatbank, Grunwald | |
| Verlag Unterwegs, Singen | |
| Rodenstock, München | |
| H&Z, München | |
Vertretungen |
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| Galerie Schmidt und Schütte, Köln | |
| Harthan Kunstvermittlung, Stuttgart | |
| Galeria Pinyol, Reus | |
| William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
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