Noel Flood b. 1936

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Flood trained as a potter and artist, worked with Alan Caiger-Smith UK, Royal Delft Pottery, Netherlands c 1962, and in Australia with David Boyd & John Perceval. Exhibits thrown functional wares & sculpture. He also had an extensive career as an educator.
Tags: ceramic artist, sculptor, potter, ceramist, Ballarat School of Mines, Victorian Ceramic Group, James Joyce, Bloomsday, Ballynakill Co Galway, Woodford Co Galway, Gryphon Gallery, Pottery in Australia, SKEPSI Gallery, Walker Ceramic Award, Melbourne State College, Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Trinity University, Dublin, National College of Art and Design Dublin, POL

Noel Flood was represented in the 'Australian Ceramics’ exhibition, touring of State and regional galleries 1974-1976 (organised by Australian Gallery Directors’ Conference). In 1977, now head of Ceramics at Melbourne State College, he held a two-person show with fellow staff member John Teschendorff that mocked the view of pottery as craft at 'Art of Man Gallery’.

While Noel enjoyed throwing & producing functional forms, he is probably best known as a sculptor, with audiences not always sure what to make of his challenging female figures. In 1981 (James Joyce’s centenary year), on sabbatical as artist-in-residence at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, he produced a body of work entitled “The Private Parts of James Joyce’s Women”. He was elected president of the Victorian Ceramic Group in 1973.

In the 1980s, Flood advised and collaborated with Wally Curran @ Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Vic.

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Date written:
2021
Last updated:
2023