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Artist Profile: Genevieve Flynn

Genevieve Flynn

5918 Grand
Kansas City, MO 64113

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Artist Statement Using nature as my inspiration, I endeavor to create expertly crafted heirloom jewelry and vessels. As an artist I receive gratification from working in noble metals that someday will be owned, displayed, utilized or worn by clients in their everyday life. It is my hope to have my artwork passed down from generation to generation. The fluid lines and sensuous feel of the Art Nouveau era along with the beauty of nature is reflected in my work. In contrast, the Art Deco style also resonates with me and allows me to incorporate geometric lines and shapes creating a completely different body of work. Over my 40-year career, my experience as a bench jeweler allowed me to design, create custom jewelry, repair heirloom jewelry and problem solve. I transitioned from working in gold to working in sterling silver. The scale of my work has increased from small jewelry to larger tabletop pieces, offering a layered canvas to express my interest of insects and nature. I fabricate all of my work, which means I do not use any manufactured items. Each piece is cut and shaped from sheets of metal. Silversmith techniques are used to form the metal into 3 dimensional forms, which make my pieces come alive. Ancient metal techniques such as chasing, repoussé, engraving, granulation (a process that fuses gold to silver), saw piercing and many others are incorporated to add detail, interest and beauty. Throughout my career, I have constantly challenged myself to evolve as an artist and as a businessperson. This is reflected in my constantly expanding endeavors, which include moving from creating only jewelry to working on a larger scale. Whether it’s collaborating with clients to create unique, custom pieces to fulfill their desires or a mezuzah for a museum, I strive to incorporate beauty, design and superior techniques in each piece. Curriculum Vitaé Exhibitions 2017 River Market Regional Exhibition/Truth, Trust, Transcend, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City,MO, Curator: Curlee Raven Holton Executive Director David C. Driscoll Center, University of Maryland 2017 Finalist/Saul Bell International Design Competition Hollowware Division, Albuquerque, NM 2017 Pour Your Heart Out, Juried Exhibition of Teapots, The Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery Store, Worcester, MA 2017 Wearable Expressions International Juried Exhibition of Wearable Art, Palos Verde,CA Jurors: Robert K. Liu, PhD, USA, Charles Lewton-Brain, Canada, Anneta Various, France/Russia 2016 R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village State of the Arts Exhibition, Prairie Village, KS 2016-17 Everyday Earring Exhibition, Eat Metal Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 2016 Light, Space and Time 5th Annual “Seasons” Online Art Competition, www.lightspacetime.com 2016 Special Merit Award Nature Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery 2016 3rd Place Awarded Nature Art Exhibition-3D Art Category, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery 2015 2nd Place Hollowware/Art Object division Saul Bell International Design Award Competition, Albuquerque, NM 2015 Re:Members Juried Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition 40th Anniversary,Kansas City, MO, Curator:Jerry Saltz, New York, New York 2015 2nd Place Prairie Village State of the Arts Exhibition, Prairie Village, KS, Larry Thomas, juror 2015 First Annual International Chasing & Repoussé Exhibition, Outnumbered Gallery, Littleton, CO 2015 Saul Bell Award Finalist Show/JCK Exposition, Las Vegas, NV 2015 “Beyond Modern Metal Exhibition”, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL 2014 Locust Street Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Kansas City, MO 2014 “Metal Extinction Exhibition”, Metalsmith’s Assoc. So. California 2014 Locust Street Gallery, Group Show, Kansas City, MO 2014 First Place River Market Regional Exhibit 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition Kansas City, MO, Curator: Antonia Boström of Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England 1998 First Place Highland Park Festival, Highland Park, IL 1985 Merit award Columbia Art Festival 27, Columbia, MO Awards 2016 3rd Place, Nature Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery 2015 2nd Place, Hollowware/Art Object Division, Saul Bell International Design Award Competition, Albuquerque, NM 2015 2nd Place, R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village State of the Arts Exhibition,Prairie Village, KS 2014 First Place, River Market Regional Exhibition 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition,Kansas City, MO, Curator: Antonia Boström of Victoria Albert Museum, London, England Bibliography Rio Grande, The 2017 Saul Bell Design Award, Book of Finalists, Albuquerque, May, 2017 Gabrielle, Wearable Expressions 2017, Seventh International Exhibition Featuring the Ultimate in Wearable Art, Palos Verde, CA, 2017 Floyd, Sudee, Chasing & Repoussé/A Survey 2000-2015, Littleton, CO, August, 2015 Rio Grande, The 2015 Saul Bell Design Award, Book of Finalists, Albuquerque, July, 2015 Benesh, Carolyn L. E., Saul Bell Design Award 2015, Ornament Magazine Volume 38 #3, pages 18-21 Simpson, Janet, RMRE, Kansas City, self published, July 11 - August 22, 2014 Simpson, Janet, re:MEMBERS, Kansas City, self published, July 10 - August 20, 2015 Hartman, Tanya, Exhibition finds inspiration in Midwest annual River Market Event, spotlights regional talents, August 7, 2014, page C16 Hemachandra, Ray, 500 Judaica, Innovative Contemporary Ritual Art, New York, Lark Books, 2010 Collections/Commissions 2015 Private collection of Bai Ming, International Ceramic Artist, China 1994 St. Peter’s Church, Kansas City, MO Custom sterling silver chalice 1990 Paula Abdul Poppy Blossom Mirror, sterling silver, Los Angeles, CA 1985 World Series Commemorative pin Ewing Kaufman, team owner, Kansas City, MO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004-Present Instructor/Director Jewelry Techniques School 1989-1999 Director of the Baltimore Alternative Craft Show 1989-1997 Instructor Beginning silversmithing/junior high level 1975-1982 Trade Jeweler Education 2014 Thomas Herman, Intensive Japanese Metal Carving 2014-2015 Kevin O’Dwyer, Intensive class hollow forms 2012 David Huang, Intensive focus raising vessels 2012 Fabrizio Acquafresca, Using snarling irons in hollowware 2010-2014 Fabrizio Acquafresca, Intensive focusing Old World Italian chasing/repoussé 1999 Valentin Yotkov, Intensive focus chasing & repoussé 1991 Penland School of Arts, Metal forming/Heikki Seppa 1986 Heikki Seppa, Intensive focus on Anticlastic/Synclastic Forming 1984 University of Kansas, Metalsmithing/Hollowware, Professor Jon Havener 1974-1975 The Kansas City School of Watchmaking, Jewelry Design, Jewelry Repair & Hand Engraving 1973 Dodge City Senior High School