Dennis Flynn

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About the Artist

Dennis Flynn was born December 26, 1942, in Fennimore, Wisconsin, USA. He earned his B.F.A. degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and M.A. and M.F.A. at the University of Iowa. He taught art in various colleges including Minneapolis College of Art and Design, University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Idaho.

Dennis has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad including Ljubljana in Slovenia (former Yugoslavia) and Colombia. He was invited to represent the United States in the Florence, Italy, Biennial of Contemporary Art. Museum collections include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Minneapolis Art Institute.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2004 - Elio Ferraro Gallery, Florence, Italy
2003 - Read Street Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2001 - Aztec Café, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1998, 1999 - Museum of Traditional Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1997 - Realist Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1995 - Boca Grande Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1994 - Regional Standard Arts Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Museum Exhibitions:

2003 - International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
2002 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
1981 - International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Skopje, Macedonia
1980 - Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington, USA
1972 - Minnesota Biennial, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
1970 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Merit Award), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2003 - Wiford and Vogt Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2003 - Eldridge-Mc Carthy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2003 - Contemporary Art 2003, Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
2000 - Ojo Caliente Gallery, Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, USA
1997 - Brent Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1993-1994 - Regional Standard Arts Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1993 - Salon des Refusees '93, Gallery at the Rep, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1993 - Copeland-Rutherford Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1992-1994 - 8th Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1992 - Personal Comments, KiMo Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1992 - Cone 10 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1991, 1993 - Visions of Excellance, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA