Past Exhibits
Sean Flood was born and raised on the south shore of Massachusetts in 1982. As far back as he can remember, he was always drawing. During high school, he had attended summer classes at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. With the encouragement of his art teachers, Flood decided to further his studies and attend the Art Institute of Boston in 2000.
During his formative training at the Art Institute of Boston (B.F.A. Fine Art 2005), Flood was immersed in traditional instruction including still life and figurative painting, but he found he was drawn to and captivated by interiors and pictorial spaces. By the end of his college experience, his primary focus was cityscapes, perhaps influenced by the first hand exposure to his father’s life work in the construction business. Flood’s approach to painting urban scenes and structures simulates and celebrates the energy of the city and the construction process. The paintings reveal the process from foundation to structure to completed form.
Sean Flood 2016. Film by Chris Engles.
Grants and Awards
2016 The Stobart Foundation Grant
2014 St. Botolph Club. Fellowship
2013 Copley Society of Art, CO/SO Circle Scholarship Award
2011 Copley Society of Art, Juried Artist Membership
2011 DeCordova Museum, Corporate Lending Artist Membership
2011 Artscope Magazine, Centerfold Award (July/August issue)
Residencies
2017 Contemporary Center for Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2016 Contemporary Center for Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Public Collections/Commissions
Fidelity Investments Art Collection
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Cambridge Trust Company, Cambridge, MA
Morgan Stanley, Boston/NYC
Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA
Conn Kavanaugh, Boston, MA
Nolan, Sheehan, Patten LLP, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library
Private Collections
Jon Murray and Harvey Reese, Provincetown, MA
Tara Sandler and Jennifer Davidson, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Krolak, Medfield, MA
Glen Anton 'Doc' Rivers, Los Angeles, CA
Tim Hoyland, Houston, TX
Mark Hutker, Falmouth, MA
Solo Shows
2017 "Residual Layers" Childs Gallery. Boston, MA
2016 "Eight Years, Two Cities" Gallery at North Hill. Needham, MA
2015 "A New York Minute" Kobalt Gallery. Provincetown, MA
2014 "Urban Outlook" Childs Gallery. Boston, MA
"NewWork NewYork" Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown,MA
2013 "Boston Byways" St. Botolph Cub. Boston, MA
"City By the Sea" Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Selected Group Shows
2016 IFPDA Print Fair. with Childs Gallery. New York, NY
Invisible. Parlor Gallery. Asbury Park, NJ
Intersections. Kobalt Gallery. Provincetown, MA
2015 CRED!, MS17, Contemporary Art Space, New London, CT
Fanfare Fellows Show, St. Botolph Club. Boston, MA
2014 Between the Boroughs, George Billis Gallery. New York, NY
Grit, Copley Society of Art. Boston, MA
2013 Boston Strong/Boston Proper, Mary L. Fitfield Gallery, Boston
Boston Painted, North Hill Gallery, Needham, MA
2012 Ambassadors, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA
Fresh Paint II, DeCordova Museum/New Art Center. Newton, MA
New Members Show, Copley Society of Art Gallery, Boston
2011 Lot F. The Auteurs’ Hand, @DD172 Dash Gallery, New York, NY
Build Boston Bash, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
Buildings and Places, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
Taste of Boston, Boston University. 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Urbanites, The Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA
The Gene Pool, Piano Factory Gallery, Boston, MA
Winter Juried Show, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Large and Small, Lot F Gallery, Boston, MA