KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage sculptor, presently working out of her La Jolla, California studio and exhibiting in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Orleans. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract; and she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work. Even when using artifacts from earlier centuries, her theme is almost always about contemporary America – social injustice, racism, sexism, and violence – aspects of our national psyche – which have their seeds planted in our past but exist in the present. The baseball artworks are visual essays that touch upon the theme of racial segregation in sports: sports, especially baseball, serve as a convenient metaphor for our society as a whole.
Selected Exhibits
2023 Krevsky Fine Art, Hot Stove League, Oakland, CA
2022 Gallery 825, Underdog, LAAA, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
2022 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Ripped from the Headlines, Solo Show – New Orleans, LA
2021 Los Angeles Art Association, Ceremonial, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Inspiration in Isolation, New Orleans, LA
2020 Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Birds Exhibit, Walnut Creek, CA
2020 Oceanside Museum of Art, Biennial 2019, Oceanside, CA
2019 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, White Noise Solo Show, New Orleans, LA
2019 Gallery 825, Solo Show, Los Angeles, CA
2018 LAAA, Open Show, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, No Dead Artists, New Orleans, LA
2018 LAAA Juried Auction
2018 Gallery 825, Bunk Show, Los Angeles, CA
2017 LAAA, Open Show, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Art for Aids, Auction, San Francisco, CA
2017 Orange County Center for the Arts, Incarceration, Santa Ana, CA
2016 The National Pastime Museum, Casey at Bat
2016 Bedford Gallery, Safe at Home, Walnut Creek, CA
2015 The Athenaeum, Exhibition Juror Show, La Jolla, CA
2015 Art for Aids, Auction, San Francisco, CA
2014 Artspan, Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
2014 Art for AIDS, Auction, San Francisco, CA
2013 Yogi Berra Museum, Jerry Malloy Negro League Exhibit, Little Falls, NJ
2013 ARC Gallery, 4 Square, San Francisco, CA
2012 George Krevsky Gallery, Art of Baseball, San Francisco, CA
2012 ARC Gallery, Consequences, San Francisco, CA
2012 ARC Gallery, Lost & Found, San Francisco, CA
2012 San Francisco Fine Arts Fair, George Krevsky Gallery, CA
2011 ARC Gallery; Guerrilla Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 ARC Gallery, Dollhouse, San Francisco, CA
2009 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Artfully Reclaimed 2, Novato, CA
2008 Market Street Gallery, The Dream of Memory, San Francisco, CA
2008 ARTwork SF Gallery, About Face, San Francisco, CA
2008 Market Street Gallery, Recollections, San Francisco, CA
2007 ARTwork SF Gallery, Breaking Ice: African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2007 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Artfully Reclaimed, Novato, CA
2006 The Athenaeum Gallery, Solo Show, La Jolla, CA
Awards & Publications
2016 National Pastime Museum, Casey at Bat, 2nd Prize
2013 Jerry Malloy Negro League Exhibit, 1st Place Professional
2012 The Morning News, Our Future National Pastime, Llewellyn Hinkes
2012 Eventseeker Blog (May 23), San Francisco, CA
2011 Artspan, Juror’s Choice award, San Francisco, CA
2011 Artspan Guide Magazine, Featured artist, San Francisco, CA
2007 Marin County Museum of Art, Juror Choice Award, Art Reclaimed, CA