Born in Scotland 1971. Currently lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education
Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland
1989-1992 Diploma - Ceramic Design
1997-1998 BA - Ceramic Design
Solo Exhibition
2021 Galerie De L’ancienne Poste, Toucy, France
2020 Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
2019 Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
2016 Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
2015 Ontogeny, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland
2014 Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
2012 Erskine Hall & Coe, London, U.K.
Selected Group Exhibition
2021 White, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Chance Encounters 3 - Lionel Wendt, Richard Smith, Sara Flynn, Curated by Jonathan Anderson, Miami Design District, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
DISOBEDIENT BODIES, Curated by Jonathan Anderson, The Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield, U.K.
2016 VASE, Function Reviewed, Curated by Brian Kennedy, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2015 Caliology & Lineage, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Basic Black, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, U.S.A.
Sara Flynn and Matthew Chambers, Puls Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2014 Centred, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Vase. Vessel. Void, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2013 4 into 5, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Future Beauty, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Liverpool Corked, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, U.K.
In Situ, The Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham University, U.K.
2012 My Place, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, U.K.
Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
2011 Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
DUBH – A Dialogue in Black, American Irish History Society, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2010 Material Poetry, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Black, Leach Pottery Museum, Cornwall, U.K.
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, U.K.
Black and Gold, Platform Gallery, Lancashire, U.K.
Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
2009 Origin, Somerset House, London, U.K.
50, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, U.K.
2008 Realisations, AIHS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2007 Seomra, SEMA, Paris, France
2005 Not Just Pots!, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Forty Shades of Green, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2002 Of Colour in Craft, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Awards / Competitions
2019 Golden Fleece Award, Shortlist
2017 Loewe Craft Prize, Finalist
2016 Golden Fleece Award, Merit Award
2014 European Ceramic Context 2014, Bornholm, Denmark
2010 Ceramics Ireland, Peter Brennan Pioneering Potter Award
2007 D.C.C.I., Travel Bursary Award
2006 D.C.C.I., Travel Bursary Award
2005 D.C.C.I., Research and Development Award
Public Collection
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, U.K.
The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, U.K.
Shanghai Municipal People's Government, Shanghai, China
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Office of Public Works, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, U.S.A.
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Ulster Museum, Belfast, U.K.
Department of Foreign Affairs- Foreign Embassies Collection:
Canberra, Australia (2005)
Madrid, Spain (2007)
Hague, The Netherlands (2007)
Beijing, China (2013)
Member of the Experts Panel - Loewe Craft Prize - 2018, 2019, and 2020
Member of the Judging Panel - RDS Craft Awards - 2018, 2019, and 2020
Selected Maker - D.C.C.I (Design & Crafts Council Ireland) “Portfolio - Critical Selection” - every year since 2005
International Residencies
2019 SASAMA International Ceramic Art Festival, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
2013 Hope University, Liverpool, U.K. Partnership with the Bluecoat Display Centre, Supported by The Crafts Council of Ireland
2011 FULE International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China
Publication
Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2019, Sokyo Gallery, Essay by Jonathan Anderson, 2019
Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2018, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by The Duke of Devonshire, 2019
Unique Pieces - Artists and Artisans, Helen Lambert Kennedy, 2018
New Wave Clay - Ceramic Design, Art & Architecture, Tom Morris, 2018
Chance Encounters 3, Essay by Andrew Bonacina, Loewe Foundation Publication, 2017
Contemporary British Crafts -The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museum, Amanda Game, 2016
Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2016, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Emma Crichton-Miller, 2016
Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2014, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Garth Clark, 2014
Ceramic Review, Jan./ Feb. 2013 (Interviewed by Angus Stewart)
Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2012, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Sebastian Blackie, 2012
Irish Arts Review, Nov./ Dec. 2012 (Interviewed by Frances McDonald)
Ceramics – Art & Perception, Sep. 2009
la revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, Jul./ Aug. 2007
NCG Review, 2000 - 2004, DCCI Publication