Sara Flynn
b. 1971
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
| 2026 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Rhythm, Dance and Everything: The Body and Performance from Hepworth to Now, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK |
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| 2025 | RINN / 輪 Ireland and Japan: a dialogue on making, place and time, Ireland House, Tokyo, Japan, then travelling to The Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland Small Wonders: 50 New Works by Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2024 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Joseph Walsh & Sara Flynn: Contexte et Collaboration, Irish Cultural Centre, Paris, France Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2023 | Sara Flynn, Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, France Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK International Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK On Foot: An Exhibition Curated by Jonathan Anderson, Offer Waterman, London, UK |
| 2022 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Ten Great Works, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Making and Momentum, a group exhibition curated by Richard Malone that toured the National Museum of Ireland and Wexford |
| 2021 | Sara Flynn, Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, France Making and Momentum, a group exhibition curated by Richard Malone that toured Eileen Gray's home in the South of France |
| 2020 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Tea Bowls by 9 Artists, Online Exhibition, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2019 | Winter Exhibition, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Sara Flynn, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan In the Form of a Bowl, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Design Miami, Florida, USA Surface Matters, DCCol Portfolio 'Critical Selection', Barcelona, Spain Surface Matters, DCCol Portfolio 'Critical Selection', The Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2018 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Modern Masters, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany |
| 2017 | Chance Encounters 3 - Lionel Wendt, Richard Smith, Sara Flynn, curated by Jonathan Anderson, Miami Design District, Miami, Florida, USA Disobedient Bodies, JW Anderson Curates, The Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield, UK PAD Paris, France |
| 2016 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Vase, Function Reviewed (curated by Brian Kennedy), National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland London Art Fair, London, UK |
| 2015 | Ontogeny, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland Caliology & Lineage, a joint exhibition with Sasha Sykes, Dublin, Ireland Sara Flynn & Andrea Walsh, Mouvements Modernes, Paris, France Joint exhibition with Matthew Chambers, Puls Gallery, Brussels, Belgium London Art Fair (represented by Erskine, Hall & Coe), London, UK In Residence, group exhibition in Fitzroy Square, London, UK Artgenève, Taste Contemporary Craft, Geneva, Switzerland Group exhibition, Lacoste Gallery, Concorde, USA |
| 2014 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Vase, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland Centred, (juried exhibition), Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland European Ceramic Context 2014, Bornholm Art Museum, Bornholm, Denmark Taste Contemporary Craft, Geneva, Switzerland Vase. Vessel. Void. Dublin, Ireland |
| 2013 | Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK In Situ, The Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Art Centre, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK Future Beauty, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland Liverpool Corked, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK |
| 2012 | Sara Flynn, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK My Place, The Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK Collect, (represented by Erskine, Hall & Coe), Saatchi Gallery, London, UK SOFA, (represented by Erskine, Hall & Coe), New York, NY, USA SOFA, (represented by Erskine, Hall & Coe), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA Dubh - A Dialogue in Black, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, UK In Situ, The Civic, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK Future Beauty, Portfolio - Critical Selection, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2011 | Duet, (joint exhibition with UK ceramicist, Jane Hamlyn), The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dubh - A Dialogue in Black, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA TransFORM, Ceramics Ireland Juried Exhibition, Ireland Ceramics Ireland Annual Exhibition, Rathfarham Castle, Co. Dublin, Ireland FineEarth, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland Newcomers, OnLine Gallery, Hampshire, UK Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 2010 | Present - Contemporary Craft, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, UK Design Miami/Basel, Miami, Florida, USA Black, Leach Pottery Museum, St Ives, Cornwall, UK Material Poetry, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA Origin, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK Positive Space, (joint exhibition with Cork artist, Nuala O'Donovan), Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork Womens' Work, Gallerytop, Derbyshire, UK Portfolio, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London Art of Clay, Zozimus Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Thrown - Ceramics Selected by Sara Flynn, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland Sculptural Ceramics, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Black and Gold, Platform Gallery, Lancashire, UK Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 2009 | Bowls, Le Lavoir, Paris Distinction, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, UK Origin, Somerset House, London, UK Virtuoso, SDC Gallery, London, UK Organic Geometry, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland 50, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK |
| 2008 | Realisations, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA Origin, Somerset House, London, UK NCG @ SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Clay & Four, Doswell Gallery, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, Ireland Portfolio, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK You'll Never Walk Alone, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2007 | NCG @ SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Side by Side, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland The Stour Gallery, Shipston on Stour, England Seomra, SEMA, Paris, France Ballade Irlandaise, Garlerie Embargo, Paris, France |
| 2006 | Internationally Local, Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland Collectors Event, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland NCG @ Collect, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2005 | Collectors Event, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland Not Just Pots!, National Museum of Ireland, Ireland Element, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland Review 00-04, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland RED, The Old Sorting Office, Barnes, London, UK Forty Shades of Green, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland |
| 2004 | NCG @ Collect, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2002 | Of Colour in Craft, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland Irish Designers @ Habitat, Habitat, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1998 | Ceramics, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland |
Public Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (gift of Michael and Tamara Root)
Columbus State University, Georgia, USA
Crafts Council, UK
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK
The Diana Reitberger Collection at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (gift of Sir Nicholas and Lady Judith Goodison)
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Embassies Collection, Irish Embassies in Canberra, Australia (2005), Madrid, Spain (2007), The Hague, The Netherlands (2007) and Beijing, China (2013)
Loewe Collection
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Office of Public Works, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK (gift of Peter Ting and Brian Kennedy)
Shanghai Municipal People's Government, China
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (purchase funded by Christopher M. Gorman-Evans)
York Art Gallery, York, UK (gift of Peter Ting and Brian Kennedy)
Awards
| 2019 | Merit Award, The Golden Fleece |
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| 2017 | Loewe Craft Prize Finalist |
| 2016 | Merit Award, The Golden Fleece |
| 2010 | Peter Brennan Pioneering Potter Award, Ceramics Ireland |
| 2006 & 2007 | Travel Bursary Award by the Crafts Council of Ireland |
| 2005 | Research and Development Award by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland |
Publications
| 2024 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by Ashley Thorpe, Erskine, Hall & Coe |
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| 2023 | Studio Ceramics - British Studio Pottery 1900 to Now, Alun Graves |
| 2022 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by Andrew Bonacina, Erskine, Hall & Coe |
| 2020 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with text by Dame Magdalene Odundo DBE and Professor Simon Olding, Erskine, Hall & Coe |
| 2019 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with text by Jonathan Anderson, Sokyo Gallery |
| 2018 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by The Duke of Devonshire, Erskine, Hall & Coe New Wave Clay — Ceramic Design, Art & Architecture, Tom Morris Unique Pieces — Artists and Artisans, Helen Lambert Kennedy |
| 2017 | Chance Encounters 3, with essay by Andrew Bonacina, Loewe Foundation Publication |
| 2016 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by Emma Crichton-Miller, Erskine, Hall & Coe Contemporary British Crafts — The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museum, Amanda Game |
| 2014 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by Garth Clark, Erskine, Hall & Coe |
| 2013 | Ceramic Review, interview by Angus Stewart, January/February |
| 2012 | Solo exhibition catalogue, with essay by Sebastian Blackie, Erskine, Hall & Coe Irish Arts Review, interview by Frances McDonald, November/December |
| 2009 | Ceramics – Art & Perception, September |
| 2007 | La revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, July/August |
| 2000-04 | NCG – Review, 2000 – 2004, DCCOI Publication |
Residencies
| 2019 | A month-long residency at the Koryu Centre in Sasama, Japan, supported by The Golden Fleece Award |
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| 2013 | A six-week residency at Hope University in Liverpool, UK, in partnership with the Bluecoat Display Centre and supported by The Crafts Council of Ireland |
| 2011 | A month-long residency at FULE International Ceramic Art Museums in Fuping, China |
Invited Speaker
| 2026 | Emmanuel Cooper Lecture, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
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| 2025 | Loewe Foundation ‘Craft Conversations’, IED, Madrid, Spain |
| 2024 | Making In, hosted by Joseph Walsh Studio in Paris, France |
| 2020 | Making in/Place, hosted by Joseph Walsh Studio in Cork, Ireland Loewe Foundation ‘Craft Conversations’, IED, Madrid, Spain Loewe en Casa, in conversation with actor Josh O’Connor (online event) |
| 2019 | Chatsworth Arts Festival, Chatsworth House, UK Loewe 'Craft Conversations', IED, Madrid, Spain |
| 2018 | Applied Arts Ireland and Northern Ireland (DCCol), Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland Making in 2018, hosted by Joseph Walsh Studio in Cork, Ireland |
| 2016 | Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland |
| 2015 | Irish Contemporary Ceramics Collection, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland |
| 2010 | Panel discussion at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of America |
Invited Demonstrator
| 2019 | Sasama International Ceramics Festival in Sasama, Japan |
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| 2012 | University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 2011 | University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 2010 | Ceramics Ireland International Festival, Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2009 | GMIT, Galway, Ireland |
Other Achievements
Selected maker by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland 'Portfolio - Critical Selection' each year since 2006
Member of the Experts Panel of the Loewe Craft Prize each year since 2018
Member of the Golden Fleece Award Judging Panel in 2024, 2025 and 2026
Member of the Judging Panel of the RDS Craft Awards in 2018, 2019 and 2020
Invited to compete in the European Ceramic Competition by representing Ireland alongside Nuala O'Donovan in Bornholm, Denmark, 2014