Noel Flood b. 1936

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Flood trained as an artist and worked with Alan Caiger-Smith UK, Royal Delft Pottery Netherlands, David Boyd & John Perceval. Returned to Australia ca.1962 and exhibits thrown functional wares & sculpture. He also had an extensive career as an educator. Elected as President, Victorian Ceramic Group, 1973.
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
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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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  • Royal Delftware Collection, Netherlands (collected in)
  • Victorian Ministry for the Arts (collected in)
  • Melbourne College of Advanced Education see Melbourne Teachers College Collection (collected in)
  • Victoria College (collected in)
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (collected in)
  • Gold Museum, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Etta Hirsh Ceramics Collection (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Collection (collected in)
  • Melbourne Teachers College Collection @ Uni of Melbourne Art Collection (collected in)
  • Gryphon Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund Collection (collected in)
  • A. J. Law Art Collection. (collected in)
  • Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Craft Australia National Historical Collection (collected in)
  • Deakin University Art Collection (collected in)
  • Sothebys Amsterdam, Netherlands (collected in)
  • Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Royal Delftware Collection, Netherlands (collected in)
  • Victorian Ministry for the Arts (collected in)
  • Melbourne College of Advanced Education see Melbourne Teachers College Collection (collected in)
  • Victoria College (collected in)
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (collected in)
  • Gold Museum, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Etta Hirsh Ceramics Collection (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Collection (collected in)
  • Melbourne Teachers College Collection @ Uni of Melbourne Art Collection (collected in)
  • Gryphon Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund Collection (collected in)
  • A. J. Law Art Collection. (collected in)
  • Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Craft Australia National Historical Collection (collected in)
  • Deakin University Art Collection (collected in)